Names of buzzy AI companies — Anthropic, Perplexity, Cohere, and the 2024-2026 wave. Audio + IPA + sources.
Pitch decks, podcast intros, and recruiter outreach trip over the same names every week. This is a curated reading list of AI company brands where engineers, founders, and journalists most often disagree. Each entry links to the canonical dictionary page with audio, IPA, respelling, and a citation.
| Word | Audio | Respelling | IPA | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | anth row pick | /ˌænθrəˈpɪk/ | product | |
| OpenAI | open A I | /ˈoʊpən eɪ aɪ/ | product | |
| xai | X A I | /ˌɛks eɪ ˈaɪ/ | project | |
| Cohere | co here | /koʊˈhɪər/ | product | |
| ai21 | A I twenty one | /ˌeɪ aɪ ˈtwɛn ti wʌn/ | project | |
| character.ai | KAIR ik ter A I | /ˈkær ɪk tər eɪ aɪ/ | project | |
| perplexity | per PLEK suh tee | /pər ˈplɛk sə ti/ | project | |
| inflection | in FLEK shun | /ɪn ˈflɛk ʃən/ | project | |
| adept | uh DEPT | /ə ˈdɛpt/ | project | |
| magic.dev | MAJ ik dev | /ˈmæ dʒɪk dɛv/ | project | |
| augment | awg MENT | /ɔːɡ ˈmɛnt/ | project | |
| cognition | kog NISH un | /kɒɡ ˈnɪ ʃən/ | project | |
| supermaven | soo per MAY vun | /ˌsuː pər ˈmeɪ vən/ | project | |
| plandex | PLAN deks | /ˈplæn dɛks/ | project | |
| void | void | /vɔɪd/ | project | |
| manus | MAH nuhs | /ˈmɑː nəs/ | product | |
| mem0 | mem ZEE roh | /ˌmɛm ˈzɪər oʊ/ | project | |
| dria | DREE uh | /ˈdriː ə/ | project | |
| e2b | E two B | /ˌiː tuː ˈbiː/ | project | |
| composio | kum POE zee oh | /kəm ˈpoʊ zi oʊ/ | project | |
| exa | EK suh | /ˈɛk sə/ | project | |
| tavily | TAV uh lee | /ˈtæ və li/ | project | |
| kagi | KAH gee | /ˈkɑː ɡi/ | project | |
| hermes | HER meez | /ˈhɜːr miːz/ | product | |
| aaru | AH roo | /ˈɑː ruː/ | project | |
| simile | SIM uh lee | /ˈsɪ mə li/ | cs-term | |
| firecrawl | FIRE krawl | /ˈfaɪər krɔːl/ | project | |
| browserbase | BROW zer base | /ˈbraʊ zər beɪs/ | project | |
| modular | MOJ uh ler | /ˈmɒ dʒə lər/ | project | |
| together.ai | tuh GETH er A I | /tə ˈɡɛð ər eɪ aɪ/ | project | |
| fireworks.ai | FIRE works A I | /ˈfaɪər wɜːrks eɪ aɪ/ | project |
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