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# How to pronounce AI startup names

Names of buzzy AI companies — Anthropic, Perplexity, Cohere, and the 2024-2026 wave. Audio + IPA + sources.

Pitch decks, podcast intros, and recruiter outreach trip over the same names every week. This is a curated reading list of AI company brands where engineers, founders, and journalists most often disagree. Each entry links to the canonical dictionary page with audio, IPA, respelling, and a citation.

Word | Audio | Respelling | IPA | Category
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Anthropic |  | anth row pick | `/ˌænθrəˈpɪk/` | product
OpenAI |  | open A I | `/ˈoʊpən eɪ aɪ/` | product
xai |  | X A I | `/ˌɛks eɪ ˈaɪ/` | project
Cohere |  | co here | `/koʊˈhɪər/` | product
ai21 |  | A I twenty one | `/ˌeɪ aɪ ˈtwɛn ti wʌn/` | project
character.ai |  | KAIR ik ter A I | `/ˈkær ɪk tər eɪ aɪ/` | project
perplexity |  | per PLEK suh tee | `/pər ˈplɛk sə ti/` | project
inflection |  | in FLEK shun | `/ɪn ˈflɛk ʃən/` | project
adept |  | uh DEPT | `/ə ˈdɛpt/` | project
magic.dev |  | MAJ ik dev | `/ˈmæ dʒɪk dɛv/` | project
augment |  | awg MENT | `/ɔːɡ ˈmɛnt/` | project
cognition |  | kog NISH un | `/kɒɡ ˈnɪ ʃən/` | project
supermaven |  | soo per MAY vun | `/ˌsuː pər ˈmeɪ vən/` | project
plandex |  | PLAN deks | `/ˈplæn dɛks/` | project
void |  | void | `/vɔɪd/` | project
manus |  | MAH nuhs | `/ˈmɑː nəs/` | product
mem0 |  | mem ZEE roh | `/ˌmɛm ˈzɪər oʊ/` | project
dria |  | DREE uh | `/ˈdriː ə/` | project
e2b |  | E two B | `/ˌiː tuː ˈbiː/` | project
composio |  | kum POE zee oh | `/kəm ˈpoʊ zi oʊ/` | project
exa |  | EK suh | `/ˈɛk sə/` | project
tavily |  | TAV uh lee | `/ˈtæ və li/` | project
kagi |  | KAH gee | `/ˈkɑː ɡi/` | project
hermes |  | HER meez | `/ˈhɜːr miːz/` | product
aaru |  | AH roo | `/ˈɑː ruː/` | project
simile |  | SIM uh lee | `/ˈsɪ mə li/` | cs-term
firecrawl |  | FIRE krawl | `/ˈfaɪər krɔːl/` | project
browserbase |  | BROW zer base | `/ˈbraʊ zər beɪs/` | project
modular |  | MOJ uh ler | `/ˈmɒ dʒə lər/` | project
together.ai |  | tuh GETH er A I | `/tə ˈɡɛð ər eɪ aɪ/` | project
fireworks.ai |  | FIRE works A I | `/ˈfaɪər wɜːrks eɪ aɪ/` | project

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