CUSTOM
Foundation models
We build foundation models for voice, including models that understand and produce codeswitched speech.
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 intocomplete voice agents that can be deployed in air-gapped environments.
What Sets Us Apart
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
Arti Khanijo
Chief Product Officer
Built by a Team of Iconoclastic Researchers and Engineers
12
patents filed
23
world records
18+
peer-reviewed publications
216+
languages supported
Zero STT:
3.10% word error rate
best in the industry.
Deployed Where Speech is Hardest.
E-commerce
Voice support for orders, returns, payments, and customer queries.
Contact Centres
Smarter conversations with transcription, sentiment, and agent intelligence.
BFSI
Secure voice AI for KYC, fraud detection, collections, and compliance.
Healthcare
Clinical documentation, transcription, and patient conversations that capture every detail.
Telecom
Automate customer support, retention, upgrades, and service interactions.
Retail & In-store
In-store voice assistance for product queries, inventory, and POS support.
Join Us
We're building voice infrastructure for the next decade.
Hiring engineers, researchers and linguists who care about deployable intelligence.