AI infrastructure

Panels

Website
Founded 2025Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Panels is an audio data platform that delivers high-quality speech datasets from vetted, diverse contributors to power training and evaluation of foundational voice models.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Customers & use cases

Panels helps voice teams get the data they need to build and ship better audio models faster.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-16

Founders & team

Aaron Wenk

Founder/CEO

CEO @ Panels. Princeton ORFE. World Champion Rower. 2x National Champion Cyclist.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
1team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2025 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

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