Bolna
Category: Voice / Speech AI
An enterprise-grade voice AI orchestration platform designed to build, deploy, and manage high-performance, multilingual AI voice agents for automated business workflows. Bolna was founded in 2024. The company is led by Maitreya Wagh. Based in Bengaluru, India. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $6.92M. Latest round: Seed ($6.3M, Jan 2026). Key investors include General Catalyst, Blume Ventures, Y Combinator, Upekkha, Orange Collective, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Capital, Eight Capital.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Bengaluru, India
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $6.92M
Value proposition
Solves the 'latency and complexity' bottleneck in voice AI by providing a unified orchestration layer that delivers human-like, low-latency conversations in multiple languages.
Products and solutions
Voice AI Orchestration Engine, Multilingual Voice Agent Builder, Low-latency API for Real-time Voice Interactivity, Enterprise Workflow Integration Suite, Voice Analytics and Monitoring Dashboard
Unique value
Focuses on the 'orchestration layer' rather than just the model, allowing for seamless integration of STT, LLM, and TTS components while maintaining sub-second latency in regional languages.
Target customer
Mid-to-large scale enterprises, BPOs, and high-growth startups requiring automated customer support, lead qualification, and operational voice workflows.
Industries served
Fintech & Banking, E-commerce & Retail, Healthcare, Logistics, Customer Support (BPO)
Technology advantage
Proprietary stack optimized for the Indian market's linguistic diversity, capable of handling complex, multi-turn conversations with high reliability and enterprise-grade security.
How they differentiate
Focuses on the 'orchestration layer' rather than just the model, specifically optimized for the Indian market's linguistic diversity with sub-second latency in regional languages.
Main competitors
Vapi.ai, Retell AI, Bland AI
Key partnerships
Y Combinator (Accelerator - Fall 2025 batch), Upekkha (Early accelerator/investor), General Catalyst (Lead Investor - Seed), Blume Ventures, Orange Collective, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Capital, Eight Capital, Plivo (Telephony Integration), Cartesia (TTS infrastructure partner)
Notable customers
Varun Beverages, Alibaba, GoKwik, Spinny, BiteSpeed, Meritto, Physics Wallah, Snabbit, Awign, Hyreo, Hypothesis, Futwork
Major milestones
Accepted into Y Combinator Fall 2025 (YC F25) batch, Raised $6.3M Seed round led by General Catalyst in January 2026, Scaled from 1,500 to 200,000+ calls/day since May 2025 commercial launch, Reached 2,500+ paying customers and ~$175K monthly revenue by mid-2026 (Inc42), Developed proprietary multilingual voice orchestration stack with sub-second latency
Growth metrics
2,500+ paying customers (~100 enterprises); ~$175K monthly revenue (~$2.1M ARR run-rate); 2,000+ daily signups; 200,000+ calls/day (Jan 2026 baseline from 1,500 in May 2025); profitable at >50% gross margins (Inc42 Jul 2026).
Market positioning
Enterprise-grade voice AI orchestration platform for multilingual business workflows.
Geographic focus
India, North America
Patents and IP
No registered patents publicly disclosed; relies on proprietary software architecture and trade-secret orchestration algorithms.
About Maitreya Wagh
Maitreya Wagh is the Co-founder and CEO of Bolna. Prior to founding Bolna, he served in the Founder's Office (Entrepreneur in Residence) at Probo, where he focused on scaling operations and product initiatives. He also spent over two years as an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company, providing management consulting for global clients. He holds a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.
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Official website: https://bolna.ai