Roblox has previously caught flak for their lacking moderation in areas such as advertising, and voice chat presents a whole new dimension of difficulty to adequately police. By leveraging Speechly's ...

Two years after announcing voice chat was coming to Roblox, the gaming company has acquired a voice tech startup, Speechly, offering voice chat moderation, real-time transcription and Voice API ...

In the end, this is all about making these places more fun for the community and a safe space to chat while they’re playing in the Roblox universe. For that, we should be grateful for these updates.

This comes as it decided to invest in Speechly, a start-up that focuses on AI voice moderation. Roblox is Acquiring Speechly, a Finnish AI Startup, for an Undisclosed Amount.

Roblox isn't the only one pursuing AI-powered voice moderation. At GDC 2024, for instance, we spoke with two software makers working on machine learning systems to help with voice chat moderation.

Roblox devs reveal why AI-based moderation isn’t enough for voice chats filled with “toxicity” In a talk at GDC 2025, Roblox devs talked about their experience with AI moderation on the ...