About Shunya Labs
We’re a research-forward organization building custom voice models for regional languages and mixed speech. Our goal is to make the voice interface of technology accessible to everyone.
We started our journey with Zero STT, the world’s most accurate transcription model, and expanded into complete voice agents that can be deployed in air-gapped environments.
What Sets Us Apart
Foundation models
We build foundation models for voice, including models that understand and produce codeswitched speech.
First-principles research
Proprietary training methodology, model architecture, and training data to improve baseline accuracy.
Built for you
Custom SLMs trained on your corpus, your speakers, your terminology.
Privacy-first solutioning
On-prem deployment and custom agent architectures for enterprise-grade security.
CPU-first architecture
Lightweight models designed to run on CPUs for maximum accessibility.
Full stack orchestration
End to end platform for agent orchestration, with custom logic for enterprise workflows.
Open-source community
Commitment to open models for the community on Hugging Face.
Meet the Team
Built by a Team of Iconoclastic Researchers and Engineers
12
patents
18+
peer-reviewed publications
Zero STT:
3.10%
word error ratebest in the industry.
23
world records
Research informs
production.
Production sharpens
research.
Join Us
We're building voice infrastructure for the next decade.
Hiring engineers, researchers and linguists who care about deployable intelligence.