←Back to NewsAI News/AudionewsAudioInfraPika Labs' Pika Speech Undercuts ElevenLabs by 9x With Studio-Quality AudioPika Speech is a 3B flow-matching TTS model that generates a minute of 48 kHz audio in about a second at one cent per minute.SourcePikaPublishedAug 21, 2026, 5:08 PMAuthorAlphaSignal NewsroomRead1 min readPika Speech is a 3B flow-matching TTS model that generates a minute of 48 kHz audio in about a second at one cent per minute.Reporting is indexed from AlphaSignal. Rights remain with the original publisher and cited sources.Read original report ↗Next readsQwen · newsAlibaba's Qwen3.8 LiveTranslate Cuts Speech Translation Lag to 2.3 SecondsSpaceXAI · newsxAI Ships Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0 With Half the Errors at Same PriceAlphaSignal · repoTamara Tran's fast-jev-compaction Stops Claude Code From Forgetting Critical Tool Output
