Generative Now | AI Builders on Creating the Future Tanay Kothari: Creating a Post-Keyboard Future
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Oct 16, 2025 
Tanay Kothari, co-founder and CEO of Wispr Flow, is an innovative voice-first AI entrepreneur who delves into transforming user experiences with his dictation platform. He shares his journey from coding apps in Delhi to leading a zero-edit voice product designed for everyday users. Tanay discusses the challenges of latency in voice tech, emphasizes simplicity in design, and explains how immersive experiences could signal the end of typing. He also predicts a future where voice interfaces automate tasks and change user behavior.
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Early Viral Voice Assistant
- Tanay built an early voice assistant in 2008 that grew to 2.5 million users before being shut down by Google.
- That early success seeded his long-term obsession with voice interfaces and led to founding Whisperflow.
Self-Taught Coder From Childhood
- Tanay taught himself to code at age nine by watching buffered YouTube tutorials and pulled all-nighters.
- He and a designer friend shipped dozens of apps across platforms through high school.
High-Impact Early Apps
- Tanay built Limebar to fetch songs and convert YouTube videos to MP3s, which blew up but drew Google's ire.
- He also built Aegis, a black-screen safety app with hot-corner emergency actions for women.