From Dyslexia to Building Speechify Into an AI Powerhouse | Cliff Weitzman

<p>Cliff Weitzman is the founder and CEO of <strong>Speechify</strong>, the AI-powered text-to-speech company helping millions of people listen to books, documents, articles, and other written content.</p><p>Cliff grew up with dyslexia and struggled with reading. While in college, he began building technology to turn text into audio—initially solving a problem he faced himself. That project eventually became Speechify.</p><p>In this episode of <strong>LegendsNLeaders</strong>, Cliff shares the founder journey behind Speechify, from teaching himself to build the earliest version of the product to scaling it into a major AI voice platform.</p><p>We dive into the early days of Speechify, building a product around a personal problem, finding product-market fit, competing in a rapidly changing AI industry, scaling a technology company, and the lessons Cliff has learned along the way.</p><p>Cliff also shares his perspective on voice technology, entrepreneurship, learning differently, and building products people genuinely need.</p><p>From struggling to read as a kid to building technology designed to change how millions of people consume information, this is a conversation about turning a personal challenge into a global company.</p><p>#CliffWeitzman #Speechify #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Dyslexia #Entrepreneurship #Startups #LegendsNLeaders</p>