""We have had a thesis around how AI-aided learning can help people explore new topics and have been looking for the right company. After Oboe launched, we tried it and loved the product. We wanted to back a founder who was ambitious, flexible in adopting different form factors, and understood AI to build a big platform. We found that in Oboe,""
""We want to reach billions of people who want to learn about new topics, and it is a very big opportunity," he told TechCrunch over a call. "We need to execute faster and reach a larger audience at scale to achieve this vision." "We have a team of successful consumer product builders that can execute well, which gives us an edge over other startups in the market," he added."
Nir Zicherman and Michael Mignano, founders and former Spotify executives, launched Oboe in September to provide AI-generated personalized courses starting from a user-defined learning goal. The company raised $16 million in a Series A led by a16z, with participation from Eniac, Haystack, Offline, Factorial, and several individual investors, following a $4 million seed round. The funding aims to drive rapid growth and broader distribution. Oboe initially produced multiple text and audio formats and capped course generation by payment tier. The company is updating its core course-generation experience to improve content delivery and scale.
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