Founder of a listed tool
Tony Robinson
Founder and board member, named behind the Speechmatics Speech-to-Text listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Tony builds
Speechmatics Speech-to-Text B · Speech-to-text
Speechmatics' APIs for batch and real-time transcription, including speaker-attributed turns for voice agents.
Founder and board member, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Katy Wigdahl CEO
Backed by
Susquehanna Growth Equity AlbionVC IQ Capital Amadeus Capital Partners Laurence Garrett Ted Briscoe Richard Gibson
Questions
Who is Tony Robinson?
Tony Robinson founded Speechmatics, the Cambridge speech recognition company, and sits on its board. In the 1980s he pioneered the use of neural networks for speech recognition at Cambridge University, where he took his PhD. He earlier founded SoftSound, later acquired by Autonomy, and led the advanced speech group at SpinVox.
What does Speechmatics make?
Anchor Terminal lists Speechmatics Speech-to-Text from Speechmatics. Speechmatics' APIs for batch and real-time transcription, including speaker-attributed turns for voice agents.
Who has invested in Speechmatics?
The sources our research read name Susquehanna Growth Equity, AlbionVC, IQ Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, Laurence Garrett, Ted Briscoe and Richard Gibson.
How are Tony's tools graded?
Speechmatics Speech-to-Text is graded B, 67.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (10)
- https://www.speechmatics.com/company/about-speechmatics
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtonyrobinson/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtonyrobinson
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/katy-wigdahl-967156109/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/katy-wigdahl-967156109
- https://www.speechmatics.com/
- https://docs.speechmatics.com/
- https://docs.speechmatics.com/administration/accounts
- https://www.speechmatics.com/company/contact
- https://support.speechmatics.com/hc/en-gb
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