Find XO: A Voice AI Startup Founder's Perspective Targeting Africa and the Middle East (techcrunch.com)

- With the voice AI market projected to grow at an average annual rate of 21.1%, founders targeting Africa and the Middle East are developing solutions tailored to local languages. - Simply relying on the idea of an untapped market and bringing generic voice AI as is can be problematic. - It is essential to first prove that actual calls complete successfully in local languages and under unstable connectivity conditions. - Competing feature-by-feature with giant companies is not a fight small teams can easily choose.