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Vapi (YC W21) — Voice AI for developers

Vapi appears in Y Combinator's company directory in the Winter 2021 batch, listed 2021-03-04. Voice AI for developers..

Vapi is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2021 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Voice AI for developers. The founders listed are Jordan Dearsley (Founder), Nikhil Gupta (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 4, 2021).

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Vapi

New accelerator entry · 2021-03-04 · the record

Winter 2021
batch
50
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2021
Announced2021-03-04
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size50
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Engineering, Product and Design
SectorsArtificial Intelligence
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringYes
Sitehttps://vapi.ai
Founded2020
YC group partnerGustaf Alstromer
Launches posted on YC1
Open roles listed7
Previously known asInvestBetter, Superpowered, Vapi (formerly Superpowered), Vapi / Superpowered, Superpowered, Vapi / Superpowered, Superpowered

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