Dessa
Dessa is Hear it for yourself. It is ranked #45 on the AI Radar, in Voice AI, first seen 13 days ago and shared in 104 posts (17.5M views).
What Dessa says about itself
You learned to talk by listening. So did Dessa. A research preview of a full-duplex speech model.
Dessa - the Conversation Model trained only on speech Skip to the story Download Join the waitlist You learned to talk by listening. So did Join the waitlist We believe voice is the most natural way to interact with intelligence, so we created Dessa, the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built. Talking with it feels like talking with a person…full of emotion, nuance, pauses, and a natural cadence. Interacting with current voice AI can just plain suck. It turns your voice into text and throws away an incredible amount of information text alone can’t carry. The most powerful AIs in the world can’t hear how you feel. We think that’s…
What people said about Dessa on X
We believe voice is the most natural way to interact with intelligence, so we created Dessa, the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built. Talking with it feels like talking with a person…full of emotion, nuance, pauses, and a natural cadence. https://block.xyz/dessa
— @jack, 13 days ago · 69.1k likes · see the post
Seriously mindblowing: This voice model runs locally on an M4 Max Mac or better. Feels like magic.
— @kimmonismus, 13 days ago · 2.9k likes · see the post
Scam calls about to attain pandemic level.
— @ShivAroor, 13 days ago · 3.6k likes · see the post
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Dessa in numbers
- Rank on the AI Radar: #45 of 10384
- Shared in 104 posts by 92 accounts: @jack, @kimmonismus, @ShivAroor, @Hesamation
- 17.5M views on those posts
- First seen 13 days ago, last shared 10 days ago
- Pricing seen by AGK Intelligence: not stated
- Market: Voice AI
FAQ
What is Dessa?
Hear it for yourself It was first shared on X 13 days ago and is ranked #45 on the AI Radar.
Is Dessa free?
Pricing is not stated on the page we read.
Who shared Dessa?
92 accounts on X, including @jack, @kimmonismus, @ShivAroor, in 104 posts totalling 17.5M views.
Every post is read and classified by AGK Intelligence: what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 65.7k posts from 5k X accounts over the last 14 days, 10.4k tools, 19 markets. New posts are collected several times an hour and the full ranking is recomputed every hour — last update 2026-11-06 12:45 UTC. Full method.