# Rafael Valle (slim)

> Rafael Valle is chief Scientist at Rime. Rime TTS API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Chief Scientist, Rime.

Rafael Valle joined Rime as chief scientist in July 2026, when the company announced its Series A.

## What Rafael builds

- [Rime TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rime-tts.md), graded C, 55.9/100, in Text-to-speech. Rime's streaming text-to-speech for voice agents. Chief Scientist, Rime, researched 2026-10-29.

## Works with

- [Ares Geovanos](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ares-geovanos/), Co-founder, Rime
- [Brooke Larson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brooke-larson/), Co-founder, Rime
- [Lily Clifford](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/lily-clifford/), Co-founder and CEO, Rime

## Backed by

- [M13](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/m13/)
- [Unusual Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/unusual-ventures/)
- [Cadenza Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cadenza-ventures/)
- [Corazon Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/corazon-capital/)
- [Twilio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/twilio/)
- [Founders You Should Know](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/founders-you-should-know/)
- [Aaron King](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/aaron-king/)
- [Alex Levin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alex-levin/)
- [Rebecca Greene](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/rebecca-greene/)
- [Michael Akilian](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/michael-akilian/)
- [Maran Nelson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/maran-nelson/)
- [Nick Arner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nick-arner/)
- [Molly Mielke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/molly-mielke/)
- [Arnaud Schenk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/arnaud-schenk/)
- [Coyne Lloyd](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/coyne-lloyd/)
- [Sarah Veit Wallis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sarah-veit-wallis/)
- [Mike Heller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mike-heller/)
- [Zhenya Loginov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zhenya-loginov/)
- [Monica Black](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/monica-black/)

## Questions

### Who is Rafael Valle?

Rafael Valle joined Rime as chief scientist in July 2026, when the company announced its Series A.

### What does Rime Labs make?

Anchor Terminal lists Rime TTS API + MCP from Rime Labs.

### 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.

## Sources

- https://www.rime.ai/company
- https://www.rime.ai/
- https://docs.rime.ai/docs/introduction

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.