$20M Series A ? a milestone that feels surreal to share. Back in July 2023, I was walking around San Francisco, talking to an AI therapist I'd cobbled together. It was clunky and barely worked, but it kind of worked. Why was building voice AI so hard? Funny enough, this frustration became Vapi. We went all in. October 2023: 6 brave startups took a chance on us March 2024: Product Hunt launch that started everything Today: Millions of calls processed daily, 100,000+ developers building with us The numbers are wild, but they don't tell the full story. What gets me excited? Seeing developers build things we never imagined. Like a health assistant that that can help patients in their native language all while sounding genuinely... human. To our team: You're the real MVPs. From Blue Bottle Coffee runs to late night dark mode sessions- every step with you has been worth it. Massive thanks to Bessemer Venture Partners for leading this round, and to Abstract Ventures Inc., AI Grant, Y Combinator, Saga Ventures, and Michael Ovitz for joining our mission. Voice is the most natural form of human expression, yet we've been stuck behind screens and keyboards. At Vapi, we're changing that, one API call at a time. Excited to have Michael Droesch and Byron Deeter join the board! And a special shoutout to our advisors, Mitch Morando, Richard Ni, and Justin Bauer, to name just a few!
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Announcing our new early stage venture fund, Saga, led by Max Altman, Thomson Nguyen and Ben Braverman. We'll back founders at the beginning their heroic quests, leading and co-leading pre-seed and seed investments. If you or your smartest friend is starting something new, we'd love to hear from you.
News: Max Altman has launched a VC firm, Saga Ventures, with ex-Flexport exec Ben Braverman and 2x founder Thomson Nguyen. Altman, the middle brother to Sam and Jack Altman, plans to invest $125 million in seed-stage checks into startups building for "every American," not other techies. “The low hanging fruit today is using technology, which today is AI, and applying it to really hard problems that are going to affect every American,” Altman told Forbes. “You have to build a tool that someone in Houston or Minneapolis is going to be able to use.” In an interview, Altman also noted he was conscious of the advantages his name has provided, but noted its constraints, too. Getting away from the social climbing of San Francisco, where Sam runs OpenAI, was one reason he moved to Austin; he's motivated to be his own standout investor. Saga general partners Braverman and Nguyen got endorsements from Founders Fund partner Trae Stephens and Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman, who have worked closely with each of them. Khosla Ventures' Keith Rabois said he'd once tried to hire Max Altman himself. We also spoke with Ripping's Parker Conrad and startup founders Lawrence Lin Murata and Vignan Velivela about working with Saga's Investors. "They genuinely care, and that really stands out," Velivela said. https://lnkd.in/ekP_MGk4
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