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Inworld has acquired Ultravox, a Seattle-based voice AI startup that was previously known as Fixie. The deal brings Ultravox's voice technology team under Inworld, an AI company focused on expressive and conversational agents. The acquisition follows a broader wave of consolidation in the voice AI sector, as larger platforms move to absorb startups building real-time speech infrastructure. Terms of the deal were not disclosed in the initial report.