Overview
Cobalt Speech stands as a premier provider of custom speech and language technology, specifically engineered for enterprises requiring total data sovereignty and edge-computing capabilities. Founded by Jeff Adams, the engineer who led the development of Amazon Alexa and Apple's Siri, Cobalt's architecture is built on the principle of 'Data Privacy by Design.' Their core engines—Cubic (ASR), Luna (TTS), and Vox (Speaker ID)—are designed to operate entirely on-premise or in private clouds, bypassing the security risks associated with public cloud API calls. In the 2026 market, Cobalt positions itself as the high-security alternative to Google Cloud Speech and AWS Transcribe, focusing on sectors like healthcare, defense, and finance. The technical architecture supports gRPC streaming for sub-second latency and allows for deep domain-specific fine-tuning, enabling accuracy rates that exceed generic models by 20-30% in niche vocabularies. Their 2026 roadmap emphasizes 'Low-Power Edge' deployment, allowing complex speech models to run on specialized silicon with minimal energy footprints.