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
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
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
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 now and is built to work in real call conditions, including background noise and regional accents. It claims that it is one of the few platforms in India that allows enterprises to run thousands of automated calls without custom development or long onboarding cycles.
The startup currently handles over 200,000 calls a day, up from around 1,500 calls a day when it began commercial deployments in mid-2025. Wagh told Inc42 that it has more than 1,050 paying customers.
Per Wagh, around 40% of its usage comes from ecommerce companies, followed by BFSI at about 20-25%. Its customers include Varun Beverages, Spinny and Snabbit, as well as several listed companies.
While the startup’s monthly revenue currently stands at around INR 50 Lakh, the cofounders are expecting to close FY26 with a revenue of INR 3-4 Cr. Moving forth, Bolna is targeting to close FY27 with a revenue in a range of INR 45-50 Cr.
The funding comes at a time when voice AI is gaining ground in India as a core enterprise tool rather than a support add-on. India handles over a billion voice calls every day across customer support, collections, recruitment and logistics. Many of these still rely on IVR systems or human call centres.
As digital services in India remain heavily voice-led due to language diversity and varying literacy levels, startups and enterprises are increasingly using voice AI for onboarding, payments, collections, sales and customer support.
The enterprise conversational AI market, projected at $1.85 Bn. It has grown revenue 4X in recent months and works with over 50 BFSI clients, including Bank of Baroda Cards, Aditya Birla Capital and Paytm.
