Voice AI startup Bolna bags seed funding led by General Catalyst
21 Jan 2026, 05:25 PMThe investment round saw participation from Y Combinator and Blume Ventures, among others.
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Voice AI startup Bolna has raised $6.3 million in a seed funding round led by General Catalyst.
The investment round saw participation from Y Combinator, Blume Ventures, Orange Collective, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Capital, Eight Capital and angel investors.
The startup will use the fresh capital to expand its engineering and deployment teams, and develop proprietary AI and machine learning systems for vernacular voice interactions. A portion of the capital will also be used to boost enterprise-grade infrastructure for high-volume production deployments.
Bolna, which was founded in 2024 by Maitreya Wagh and Prateek Sachan, is building a self-serve platform that allows enterprises to design, deploy, and monitor voice AI agents. Its orchestration layer allows enterprises to operate voice AI systems across multiple languages and call scenarios.
The startup says that more than 1,000 companies rely on its platform to power their Voice AI stack across over
10 vernacular Indian languages including Hinglish, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
Voice AI startups have attracted significant investor interest in the past months. Recently, other voice AI startups including Ringg, Arrowhead and GreyLabs also raised funding.
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