Tanay Kothari, CEO of Wispr Flow, on how coaching helped him 150× ARR
Tanay decided to get a Titan coach right after Wispr hit product-market fit. In the year since, revenue is up 150×, the team 7×, and the company is now valued at $2B. He walks through the transformative shift his coach helped him make.
I genuinely do not think we could have built Wispr to where we are today without my Titan coach
Tanay wrote about his experience working with a Titan Coach on LinkedIn
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Who is Tanay Kothari?
Tanay Kothari is the co-founder and CEO of Wispr, the San Francisco company behind the voice dictation app Wispr Flow. He studied computer science at Stanford, where he taught the Deep Learning course alongside Andrew Ng. Before Wispr he founded FeatherX, which Cerebra Technologies acquired in 2020. Forbes named him to its 30 Under 30 list in 2023.
Who founded Wispr Flow?
Wispr Flow was founded in 2021 by Tanay Kothari, its CEO, and Sahaj Garg, its CTO. Both studied at Stanford. The company behind the app is Wispr AI, Inc., based in San Francisco.
What is Wispr Flow?
Wispr Flow is a voice-to-text app that turns natural speech into clean, formatted writing in any application on Mac, Windows and iPhone. A second product, Wispr Flow Notetaker, turns meetings into notes. Users have written more than 60 billion words with it, and the company reports users at 270 of the Fortune 500.
How much funding has Wispr Flow raised?
Wispr has raised about $361 million. The latest round is a $280 million Series B led by Menlo Ventures and Notable Capital in August 2026, at a $2 billion valuation. Earlier rounds include a $30 million Series A led by Menlo Ventures (June 2025) and a $4.6 million seed from NEA and 8VC (2021).
Does Tanay Kothari work with an executive coach?
Yes. Tanay Kothari works with an executive coach from Titan, which matches Series A to C founders with coaches who have built or coached companies at scale. In his Titan interview he says Wispr could not have been built to where it is today without his coach. ARR grew 150× in the twelve months after product-market fit.
From the conversation
Why did you start looking for a coach?
Over the last year since we had product-market fit, our team has 7×'d. And as the team is going to grow, I can't personally be everywhere which was when I started looking to get an executive coach.
What changed your mind about coaching?
I was skeptical initially going into it. When I looked at the profiles of these coaches, I was just like, wow. These were people who had built businesses before, who had done it for 20, 30, 40 years and these were businesses that I personally really respected.
What does working with your coach look like?
Me and my coach usually have a call every two weeks. He's on text with me throughout. I present a problem that I'm facing, and in a minute or two he's able to figure out the root issue, then brings both his understanding of me and experiences he's had before to come up with a solution.
What changed for you?
He helped me switch that mindset from, hey, instead of coming in as a hero, how about you come in like a coach?
What has it meant for the company?
Over the last year our revenue has 150×'d. We went from basically zero B2B enterprises to now almost 4,000 companies like Klarna, Yahoo, Notion. I genuinely do not think we could have built Wispr to where we are today without having somebody like him.
Full transcript
Tanay Kothari, Co-Founder and CEO of Wispr Flow, in conversation with Titan. Lightly edited for clarity.
Building voice dictation software
Hi, I'm Tanay, the CEO and co-founder of Wispr Flow. And at Wispr, we're building voice dictation that just gets you.
Recognizing product market fit
I remember at one point in January, Sahaj and I were debating if we had hit product market fit or not. There were some people who had Windows laptops. And these people bought a MacBook just to use Wispr Flow. And that to me is, wow, if this is not product market fit, I don't know what is.
Why coaching became necessary
Over the last one year since we had product market fit, our team has 7x'd. And as the team is going to grow, I can't personally be everywhere. Which was when I started looking to get an executive coach. I got introduced to Titan through my co-founder, Sahaj. I was, again, skeptical initially going into it. When I looked at the profiles of these coaches, I was just, wow. This was a completely different caliber of coaches that we were looking at at this time. And these were people who had built businesses before, who had done it for 20, 30, 40 years. And these were businesses that I personally really respected.
How his coach helps
I usually have a call every two weeks. He's on text with me throughout. And I come up with him, I present a problem that I'm facing. In a minute or two, he's able to figure out the root issue that I'm seeing. And then brings both his understanding of me and experiences that he's had before to come up with a solution and is able to deliver that to me in a way that I respond to. And then next week, we move on to the next topic. And so he helped me switch that mindset from, hey, instead of coming in as a hero, how about you come in like a coach?
Results since working together
Honestly, going with Titan to me is a no-brainer. Over the last one year, our revenue has 150x'd. We went from zero B2B enterprises to now almost 4,000 companies like Klarna, Yahoo, Notion. And so the scale at which we're operating in just a year is astounding. And I genuinely do not think we could have built Wispr to where we are today without having somebody like him.
Tanay Kothari and Wispr Flow: quick facts
| Role | Co-founder and CEO, Wispr (maker of Wispr Flow) |
|---|---|
| Company founded | 2021, San Francisco |
| Co-founder | Sahaj Garg, CTO |
| Education | BS in computer science, Stanford University (2021) |
| Previously | Founder of FeatherX (acquired 2020); head of product and engineering, Cerebra Technologies |
| Recognition | Forbes 30 Under 30, consumer technology (2023); International Olympiad in Informatics medalist |
| Total raised | About $361 million |
| Latest round | $280 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation (August 2026) |
| Investors | Menlo Ventures, Notable Capital, NEA, 8VC |
| Links | LinkedIn · wisprflow.ai · tanaykothari.com |