Vol. 7 · SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026
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“Be Remarkable”

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Lily Clifford Left Stanford to Build Rime's Voice AI

She left her PhD program because the interesting problem wasn't in the dissertation — it was in getting a computer to sound like it cared. Three years and a proprietary recording studio later, that bet just raised $24 million.

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“She left her PhD program because the interesting problem wasn't in the dissertation — it was in getting a computer to sound like it cared. Three years and a proprietary recording studio later, that bet just raised $24 million.”
— Lily Clifford
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