Vapi 怎么读

Vapi 在英语中的标准读法是 「vappy」（/ˈvæpi/）。

Vapi (YC W21, vapi.ai) is a developer platform for building voice AI agents; co-founded by Jordan Dearsley (CEO) and Nikhil Gupta (CTO) — not a single founder. The name compresses "Voice API" (every feature is accessible via its API), confirmed by multiple sources. Stress falls on the FIRST syllable with a short /æ/: VAP-ee, rhyming with "happy" (/ˈvæpi/); corroborated by HowToPronounce (/vˈæ.pi/, "va-pee"). No official creator pronunciation statement was found, so confidence stays community-consensus. Non-native devs often default to "VAH-pee" (/ˈvɑpi/) or "VAY-pie" (/ˈveɪpaɪ/) because the bare letters V-A-P-I don't cue the short /æ/. For macOS say, respell as "vappy" for a reliable short-a.

来源：Y Combinator — Vapi company profile

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