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KugelAudio

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Founded 2025Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Kugel is an enterprise-ready TTS model, available on-prem, with a focus on 30+ languages and low latency.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Viktor Presber

Founder

Co-Founder of KugelAudio, building foundational Text-To-Speech models for customer support. Started founding ventures at 17 with a local video production company. Later co-founded full-house.io, scaling to $300K ARR in six months with enterprise clients like Siemens Energy, Hitachi Rail, and Barilla. Previously co-founded Sagemode, securing partnerships with two major esports teams.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Kajo Kratzenstein

Founder

Founder at KugelAudio (YC P26). Previously CTO at Sagemode, scaling an in-game AI coach to 1,000+ users with deep League of Legends integration. Built production aneurysm detection model at Floy GmbH. MA and BSc in Computer Science from Hasso Plattner Institute.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
4team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2025 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthenriched profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedBerlin, Berlin, Germany
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Launched · 4 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The company website offers product access through a trial, free start, app download, purchase, or onboarding with existing-account login. Customer adoption is not established by this evidence.

Company website: home Checked 2026-11-03

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Maturity is an evidence-based assessment, not a success rating. It may understate the current stage where evidence is limited. Coverage records documented areas, not a complete or independently audited company history.

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