Bengaluru-based voice AI startup Bolna has raised $6.3 Mn (about INR 57.3 Cr) in a seed funding round led by General Catalyst. Existing investors Y Combinator and Blume Ventures also participated, along with new investors Orange Collective, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Capital and Eight Capital. In a statement, the startup said that it intends to use the fresh capital to expand its engineering and deployment teams, invest further in proprietary AI and machine learning systems for vernacular voice interactions as well strengthening its enterprise-grade infrastructure to support high-volume production deployments. Founded in early 2024 by IIT Delhi alumnus Prateek Sachan and Maitreya Wagh, Bolna builds voice AI tools that help companies automate telephonic conversations across functions like sales, support, collections, recruitment, among others. The AI voicebots operate with minimum human interventions, restricting human interference in the process of uploading call scripts, buying cell numbers and adding customer lists. Instead of relying on a LLM, its system routes each call to the most suitable model based on language, use case and call conditions. This allows businesses to switch between languages, such as Hindi and Tamil, within hours rather than weeks. Bolna said its platform supports more than 10 Indian languages as of… Read MoreInc42 Media
