Gizmo Labs Inc in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Gizmo Labs Inc.
OpenWhispr is made by Gizmo Labs Inc., a Delaware corporation that trades as OpenWhispr. The app is open source under the MIT licence and free to run on your own machine; the company earns money from paid cloud plans and team pricing, and says it is backed by a16z Speedrun.
Chief executive
Gabriel Stein
Ownership
Privately held
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from Gizmo Labs Inc’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by Gizmo Labs Inc. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
The company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
In a sentence
OpenWhispr is made by Gizmo Labs Inc., a Delaware corporation that trades as OpenWhispr. The app is open source under the MIT licence and free to run on your own machine; the company earns money from paid cloud plans and team pricing, and says it is backed by a16z Speedrun.
In a paragraph
Gabriel Stein is its CEO.
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Fact sheet
Company
Gizmo Labs Inc
Website
openwhispr.com
Products we list
OpenWhispr
Ownership: Privately held
Privately held. Its terms of service name Gizmo Labs Inc., a Delaware corporation doing business as OpenWhispr, and its home page says the company is backed by a16z Speedrun.
Leadership
GS
Gabriel Stein
CEO
Hiring
Three open roles, all in person in San Francisco or Chicago: a founding engineering lead, a founding engineer and a social and brand growth creator, with salary ranges published.
Part 02 · Funding
The money
Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at
No round has been announced with a figure. The only statement on its own site is the line on the home page saying OpenWhispr is backed by a16z Speedrun; neither the company nor the investor publishes an amount or a date.
What they make
OpenWhispr, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
OpenWhispr
Open-source dictation with free local models and meeting notes
#3 of 28 voice dictation appsFrom $6.67 per user / month, billed annually at $80Free plan
3.2GPA
Our pick for linux users, and anyone who wants open-source software. OpenWhispr is open-source dictation for Mac, Windows and Linux where the local models are free and unlimited, so you can talk all day without paying anything.
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BEase
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OpenWhispr’s grade as a badge for its own site, free: it updates itself and links to the review. Code at toolgpa.com/badges.
Part 04 · News
News and contacts
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
This media kit is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Gizmo Labs Inc’s pages, news reports, investors’ announcements and public filings said on the dates shown, with our own grades. It is not made, paid for or approved by Gizmo Labs Inc, and Gizmo Labs Inc’s names and logos are trademarks of their owner. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; no one can pay for a grade. Product pictures are Gizmo Labs Inc’s own, from its website and app-store listings.
