{"id":"storm-ensemble-3","slug":"storm-ensemble-3","name":"STORM Ensemble 3.0","orgId":"plotweaver","family":"storm-ensemble-3","releaseDate":null,"availability":"announced","openWeights":false,"license":null,"paramsTotal":null,"paramsSource":null,"contextWindow":null,"knowledgeCutoff":null,"modelCardUrl":"https://www.plotweaver.app/storm-ensemble","hfRepo":null,"modalities":["audio"],"aliases":["STORM Ensemble 3.0","storm-ensemble-3","storm ensemble 3","storm ensemble 3.0","STORM-Ensemble 3.0","storm-ensemble-3-0"],"aliasNote":null,"origin":"tracked","tracked":{"trackedSince":"2026-10-31","announced":"2026-10-31","blurb":"A 3B text-to-speech model from London-based PlotWeaver covering 64 African and Nigerian languages plus English with 166 named voices at 24 kHz, all in one model. PlotWeaver's CEO unveiled it on October 31, 2026. API access is by request through PlotWeaver's developer platform. No open weights.","api":"waitlist","openWeights":"no","facts":[{"label":"Languages","value":"64 African and Nigerian languages plus English, in one model"},{"label":"Voices","value":"166 named voices; PlotWeaver says it evaluated every language speaker by speaker and left out voices below its bar"},{"label":"Size","value":"3B parameters"},{"label":"Audio","value":"24 kHz output"},{"label":"API","value":"PlotWeaver developer platform, access by request, usage-based billing. Its docs list TTS models storm-v1, storm-v2 and storm-v3 (73 African languages); which id serves Ensemble 3.0 is not stated"},{"label":"Company","value":"PlotWeaver Limited, London (Companies House no. 16189457)"},{"label":"Weights","value":"Not released"}],"claims":["Lab claim: PlotWeaver's CEO calls it the most capable speech model the company has built."],"sources":[{"kind":"lab","title":"STORM Ensemble (PlotWeaver)","url":"https://www.plotweaver.app/storm-ensemble"},{"kind":"lab","title":"PlotWeaver CEO unveils STORM Ensemble 3.0 (X)","url":"https://x.com/wolefizzy/status/2116514491038834871","date":"2026-10-31"},{"kind":"lab","title":"PlotWeaver developer docs","url":"https://developer.plotweaver.app/docs"}],"firstBenchmark":null},"organization":{"id":"plotweaver","name":"PlotWeaver","slug":"plotweaver","country":null,"url":null,"color":"#11110F","mark":"P"},"price":null,"answer":{"word":"Pending benchmarks.","scope":"Announced Oct 31, 2026; no independent results yet.","lead":"As of Nov 3, 2026, STORM Ensemble 3.0 is pending benchmarks on isitsota: announced Oct 31, 2026, with no independent results on the boards we track yet.","confidence":"low"},"status":"PENDING_BENCHMARKS","verdicts":[]}