Jose Sotelo

Jose Sotelo is a Senior AI Researcher at Descript, specializing in deep learning and speech synthesis.23 He co-founded Lyrebird AI, a company that pioneered voice cloning technology, which was later acquired by Descript.16 Sotelo completed his PhD in Computer Science at the Université de Montréal, where he studied under renowned AI researcher Yoshua Bengio.15 His doctoral thesis focused on speech synthesis using recurrent neural networks.2 Prior to his academic pursuits in Montreal, Sotelo worked as a Research Assistant at Banco de Mexico in 2012.3 He is recognized for his expertise in AI research, particularly in the areas of video and podcast editing.4