United Airlines Ventures Invests in aiOla to Enhance Aviation Operations with Voice AI Technology

United Airlines Ventures has invested $25 million in aiOla, a deep tech voice and conversational AI lab company, to bring voice AI to aviation. aiOla's technology can instantly turn spoken data into structured data, even in noisy and multilingual environments. The funding is part of a potentially broader collaboration with United Airlines to explore the use of aiOla's technology across various use cases. The voice AI market is growing 25% to $5.4 billion in 2024.

United Airlines Ventures (UAV) has announced a $25 million Series A2 investment in aiOla, a deep tech voice and conversational AI lab company. This funding, which brings aiOla's total funding to date to $58 million, is part of a potential broader collaboration with United Airlines to explore the application of aiOla's technology across various use cases within the aviation industry [2].

aiOla's technology stands out by instantly transforming spoken data into structured data, even in noisy, multilingual, and jargon-heavy environments where traditional Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) tools often falter. This capability is particularly valuable in complex environments such as aviation. aiOla's platform can handle transcription, jargon recognition, and data structuring, eliminating manual data entry and enabling faster, more informed decision-making [2].

The investment from UAV is part of a growing trend in the voice AI market, which has surged to $5.4 billion in 2024, representing a 25% increase from the previous year. United Airlines is exploring aiOla's Voice AI ecosystem for a variety of potential use cases, including supporting over one hundred languages and enabling employees to interact naturally regardless of noise, accent, or jargon [2].

Andrew Chang, Managing Director of United Airlines Ventures, Corporate Development, stated, "UAV believes aiOla’s technology has a limitless number of applications across industries, as it solves a fundamental problem of capturing data from speech and, with speed and precision, converting it into structured data to be used in any machine learning and artificial intelligence applications" [2].

The collaboration between aiOla and United Airlines is expected to leverage the company's innovative technology to improve operational efficiency and enhance the overall experience for both employees and passengers. The investment underscores UAV's commitment to fostering the future of travel technology by supporting companies with transformative technologies.

References:
[1] https://www.ainvest.com/news/mistral-ai-secures-1-billion-funding-europe-largest-ai-data-center-2507/
[2] https://insideainews.com/2025/07/09/united-airlines-ventures-invests-in-aiola-to-bring-voice-ai-to-aviation/