{"slug": "stellon-labs-adds-a-1-7b-speech-model-and-paid-apis-to-kittenml", "title": "Stellon Labs adds a 1.7B speech model and paid APIs to KittenML", "summary": "Stellon Labs, whose product brand is KittenML, has expanded beyond its 25 MB CPU speech model with the release of KittenTTS 2, a 1.7-billion-parameter speech model, plus hosted text-to-speech and transcription APIs and Kitten-ASR Pro, an emotion-aware transcription product, according to Y Combinator. Co-founders Rohan Joshi and Divam Gupta kept the original 25 MB CPU speech model in the lineup. The published prices show the commercial offer, but the available adoption figures measure developer attention rather than whether the business has recurring customers.", "body_md": "# Stellon Labs adds a 1.7B speech model and paid APIs to KittenML\n\n**The founders' 25 MB CPU speech model remains part of the lineup. KittenML now also offers a larger speech model, hosted text-to-speech and transcription APIs, and an emotion-aware transcription product.**\n\n        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)\n        · Published \n\nPrimary source: [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stellon-labs)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nStellon has turned a small open-source speech model into one part of a broader voice-AI offering that includes larger models and paid hosted APIs. The available adoption figures measure developer attention, while published prices show the commercial offer; neither shows whether the business has recurring customers.\n\n[Stellon Labs](https://stellonlabs.com/?ref=runtimewire), whose product brand is [KittenML](https://kittenml.com/?ref=runtimewire), has expanded beyond the 25 MB speech model that introduced the company. Co-founders [Rohan Joshi](https://x.com/ron_joshi?ref=runtimewire) and [Divam Gupta](https://x.com/divamgupta?ref=runtimewire) now offer [KittenTTS 2](https://github.com/KittenML/KittenTTS?ref=runtimewire), a 1.7-billion-parameter speech model, hosted text-to-speech and transcription APIs, and Kitten-ASR Pro, an emotion-aware transcription product.…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stellon-labs-adds-a-1-7b-speech-model-and-paid-apis-to-kittenml", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/stellon-labs-tiny-speech-models-edge-devices", "published_at": "2026-10-15 23:40:58+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-16 03:02:30.581194+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools", "natural-language-processing", "generative-ai", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Stellon Labs", "KittenML", "KittenTTS 2", "Kitten-ASR Pro", "Rohan Joshi", "Divam Gupta", "Y Combinator"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stellon-labs-adds-a-1-7b-speech-model-and-paid-apis-to-kittenml", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stellon-labs-adds-a-1-7b-speech-model-and-paid-apis-to-kittenml.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stellon-labs-adds-a-1-7b-speech-model-and-paid-apis-to-kittenml.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stellon-labs-adds-a-1-7b-speech-model-and-paid-apis-to-kittenml.jsonld"}}