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Rafael Valle

Chief Scientist, Rime, named behind the Rime TTS API + MCP listing on Anchor Terminal.

Rafael Valle

Chief Scientist, Rime

Rafael Valle joined Rime as chief scientist in July 2026, when the company announced its Series A. He previously led audio understanding at Meta Superintelligence Labs and before that worked on the audio team of NVIDIA's Applied Deep Learning Research group.

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M13 Unusual Ventures Cadenza Ventures Corazon Capital Twilio Founders You Should Know Aaron King Alex Levin Rebecca Greene Michael Akilian Maran Nelson Nick Arner Molly Mielke Arnaud Schenk Coyne Lloyd Sarah Veit Wallis Mike Heller Zhenya Loginov Monica Black

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Who is Rafael Valle?

Rafael Valle joined Rime as chief scientist in July 2026, when the company announced its Series A. He previously led audio understanding at Meta Superintelligence Labs and before that worked on the audio team of NVIDIA's Applied Deep Learning Research group.

What does Rime Labs make?

Anchor Terminal lists Rime TTS API + MCP from Rime Labs. Rime's streaming text-to-speech for voice agents.

Who has invested in Rime Labs?

The sources our research read name M13, Unusual Ventures, Cadenza Ventures, Corazon Capital, Twilio, Founders You Should Know, Aaron King, Alex Levin, Rebecca Greene, Michael Akilian, Maran Nelson, Nick Arner, Molly Mielke, Arnaud Schenk, Coyne Lloyd, Sarah Veit Wallis, Mike Heller, Zhenya Loginov and Monica Black.

How are Rafael's tools graded?

Rime TTS API + MCP is graded C, 55.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

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