# Ankur Edkie

> Ankur Edkie is the co-founder and CEO of Murf AI, a San Francisco voice technology company that grew from a 2020 text-to-speech product into an enterprise platform for voiceovers, dubbing, APIs, and real-time voice agents. An IIT Kharagpur graduate and former Goldman Sachs engineering leader, Edkie directs Murf's model development, product engineering, and technical architecture while arguing for consent-based voice creation, artist control, and royalty sharing.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Murf AI
- **Organizations:** Murf AI, Goldman Sachs, Travelocity
- **Education:** Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
- **Known for:** Co-founded Murf AI in 2020 and leads its AI model development, product engineering, and core technical architecture., Helped Murf raise a $1.5 million seed round and a $10 million Series A., Built a hotels-only product at Travelocity that launched in 20 countries and seven languages.

## Career timeline

- **2010s** — Started his career with Travelocity, where he helped build a hotels-only product launched in 20 countries and seven languages.
- **Before 2020** — Worked at Goldman Sachs and served as Vice President - AI and Blockchain Technology, leading development of technology products.
- **2020** — Co-founded Murf AI with IIT Kharagpur friends Sneha Roy and Divyanshu Pandey.
- **2021** — Murf announced a $1.5 million seed round led by Elevation Capital.
- **2022** — Murf raised a $10 million Series A led by Matrix Partners India, with Elevation Capital participating.
- **2025** — Murf expanded its enterprise voice infrastructure work around the Falcon low-latency text-to-speech model and multilingual APIs.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Murf AI in 2020 and leads its AI model development, product engineering, and core technical architecture.
- Helped Murf raise a $1.5 million seed round and a $10 million Series A.
- Built a hotels-only product at Travelocity that launched in 20 countries and seven languages.
- Served as Vice President - AI and Blockchain Technology at Goldman Sachs.
- Was included in Analytics India Magazine's Top 18 AI Builders in India list.
- Helped develop Murf from a creator-focused voiceover tool into an enterprise speech infrastructure platform.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Analytics India Magazine included Edkie in its Top 18 AI Builders in India, highlighting Murf's low-latency conversational AI infrastructure.
- **2026-07** — Edkie discussed Murf's split between scheduled model training and continuous inference in an Inc42 feature about India's GPU market.
- **2025-12** — In an AIM Media House interview, Edkie detailed Murf's transition from creative tools to enterprise voice infrastructure and its plans for speech-to-speech agents.
- **2025-07** — Edkie outlined Murf's consent, artist-control, and royalty framework in a MarTech Edge interview.
- **2025-05** — AI Business published Edkie's TRIM framework for evaluating AI partners.

## Links

- Website: https://murf.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankuredkie
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MurfAIStudio
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDeGpd5gmvA

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Last updated: 2026-08-17