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Smallest.ai raises $8 Mn in seed funding led by Sierra Ventures

EntrackrEntrackr · 3m ago
Smallest.ai raises $8 Mn in seed funding led by Sierra Ventures
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Enterprise Voice AI platform Smallest.ai has raised $8 million in seed funding led by Sierra Ventures, with participation from 3one4 Capital and Better Capital. The company will use the funds to expand its operations across North America and India, enhance its AI-driven voice automation stack, and deepen enterprise adoption in regulated industries such as banking, financial services, retail, healthcare, and IT. The San Francisco and Bengaluru-based startup has also appointed Apoorv Sood as Global Head of Go-To-Market (GTM) to lead enterprise growth, partnerships, and adoption across global markets. Founded by Sudarshan Kamath and Akshat Aandloi, Smallest.ai’s proprietary platform combines speech recognition, natural language understanding, and speech synthesis to deliver real-time, human-grade conversations. Its Lightning engine achieves 100 ms latency, while its Electron model is said to be 10x faster than leading benchmarks. The company claims to serve enterprises such as Paytm, MakeMyTrip, ServiceNow, and Dalmia Cement, supporting multilingual capabilities with more Indian languages to be added soon. Smallest.ai reported 300% growth in the US and 150% year-on-year growth in India, driven by rising demand for scalable voice automation. The platform helps reduce support costs by up to 80%, boosts agent productivity 10x, and ensures 24x7 availability for large organizations. The Voice AI market is projected to reach $47.5 billion by 2034, highlighting the growing enterprise adoption of conversational AI systems globally.

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Mem0 raises $24M from YC, Peak XV and Basis Set to build the memory layer for AI apps

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Mem0 raises $24M from YC, Peak XV and Basis Set to build the memory layer for AI apps
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Smallest.ai, a voice AI startup founded in 2024 by ex-Bosch engineers Sudarshan Kamath and Akshat Mandloi, has raised $8M seed funding led by Sierra Ventures with 3one4 Capital and Better Capital. The company builds ultra-fast, compact text-to-speech models for contact centers and enterprise use. Its flagship Lightning model generates 10 seconds of speech in 100 milliseconds, while the new Electron v2 (4B parameters) delivers low-latency responses (53ms TTFT) with output quality rivaling much larger models. Smallest.ai enables voice cloning from as little as 15 seconds of audio, offers industry-specific customization, and supports on-prem deployment for security-sensitive sectors. The funding will fuel expansion into retail, healthcare, and technology markets.

Indian Voice AI startup Smallest.ai nabs $8M investment

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Indian Voice AI startup Smallest.ai nabs $8M investment
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Smallest.ai, a voice AI startup founded in 2024 by ex-Bosch engineers Sudarshan Kamath and Akshat Mandloi, has raised $8M seed funding led by Sierra Ventures with 3one4 Capital and Better Capital. The company builds ultra-fast, compact text-to-speech models for contact centers and enterprise use. Its flagship Lightning model generates 10 seconds of speech in 100 milliseconds, while the new Electron v2 (4B parameters) delivers low-latency responses (53ms TTFT) with output quality rivaling much larger models. Smallest.ai enables voice cloning from as little as 15 seconds of audio, offers industry-specific customization, and supports on-prem deployment for security-sensitive sectors. The funding will fuel expansion into retail, healthcare, and technology markets.

Fashion quick commerce startup ZILO raises $15.3 Mn in Series A round

EntrackrEntrackr · 16d ago
Fashion quick commerce startup ZILO raises $15.3 Mn in Series A round
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Fashion quick commerce startup ZILO has raised $15.3 million (Rs 140 crore) in a Series A funding round led by Peak XV Partners, which invested $8 million. Existing investors InfoEdge Ventures and Chiratae Ventures participated with $2.5 million each. The round also saw participation from Alteria Capital and Stride Ventures, along with angel investors including Lalit Keshre of Groww, Kunal Shah of CRED, Sachin Oswal, Ayyappan R, Abhishek Bansal, Sreevathsa Prabhakar, and Preeta Sukhtankar. Earlier in June last year, ZILO had secured $4.5 million in seed funding led by Info Edge Ventures and Chiratae Ventures. The proceeds will be used to scale operations, invest in technology, expand to new markets, and strengthen its supply chain. It currently operates in Mumbai and plans to expand to additional cities over the next 12–14 months. Co-founded by former Flipkart and Myntra executives Padmakumar Pal and Bhavik Jhaveri, ZILO operates a fashion quick commerce platform offering apparel delivery within 60 minutes. The brand works with more than 200 brands and offers features such as home trials and instant returns. It follows a vertically integrated model combining dark stores and brand outlets to manage inventory and delivery timelines. Recently, Mumbai-based quick commerce fashion platform KNOT raised $5 million in a new funding round led by 12 Flags. ZILO also competes with Slikk and Myntra, which has expanded its quick fashion delivery offering to additional cities.

Jobizo raises $1.4 Mn led by Alkemi Growth Capital

EntrackrEntrackr · 12m ago
Jobizo raises $1.4 Mn led by Alkemi Growth Capital
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Jobizo raises $1.4 Mn led by Alkemi Growth Capital Healthcare HRtech firm Jobizo has raised $1.4 million in its pre-series funding round led by Alkemi Growth Capital. This investment follows the $500,000 seed funding round led by AROA Ventures in 2022. The proceeds will be used to create 100,000 healthcare jobs in India and 3,000 jobs abroad within the next 18 months and aims to complete 10 million job hours over time. Co-founded by Naveen Trehan and Avishek Agarwal, Jobizo is an AI-powered platform that connects employers with skilled professionals. The platform has contributed to over 10 million additional patient care hours in India. By using its expanding investor network and market expertise, Jobizo aims to create a welcoming environment for the workforce and tackle skill gap issues. Post seed round, Jobizo's growth claims to have grown over 500%, facilitated over 20,000 jobs in India and international countries, and helped fill over 10 million job hours.

Martech startup Fibr AI raises $5.7 Mn in seed funding led by Accel

EntrackrEntrackr · 16d ago
Martech startup Fibr AI raises $5.7 Mn in seed funding led by Accel
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Martech startup Fibr AI raises $5.7 Mn in seed funding led by Accel Martech startup Fibr AI has raised $5.7 million in a seed funding round led by Accel, with participation from WillowTree Ventures and MVP Ventures. The round also saw backing from several Fortune 100 operators as angel investors. With this, Fibr AI’s total funding stands at $7.5 million, including a $1.8 million pre-seed round raised in 2024, also led by Accel. The fresh capital will be used to enhance product capabilities and expand enterprise adoption across global markets. Founded by Ankur Goyal and Pritam Roy, Fibr AI is building an agentic web experience platform that turns websites into adaptive systems designed to respond to visitor context in real time. The platform focuses on optimising on-site experiences for both human users and AI-driven traffic. Fibr AI embeds autonomous agents into individual URLs, enabling continuous optimisation and personalisation without relying on traditional A/B testing or manual workflows. The company says this allows websites to adjust experiences dynamically based on audience, channel, and intent signals. The startup claims its enterprise customers have reported reductions in customer acquisition costs and improvements in engagement metrics. Fibr AI currently works with large enterprises across banking, financial services, telecom, and healthcare sectors.

Binny Bansal-backed RISA Labs raises $11.1 Mn in funding

EntrackrEntrackr · 1m ago
Binny Bansal-backed RISA Labs raises $11.1 Mn in funding
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RISA Labs, an AI-driven healthtech startup, has raised $11.1 million in a funding round co-led by Cencora Ventures and Optum Ventures. The round also saw participation from Oncology Ventures, Z21 Ventures, and John Simon of Ventureforgood, along with existing backer Binny Bansal, co-founder of Flipkart. Earlier in April last year, RISA Labs had raised $3.5 million in a seed funding round led by Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal and others. The proceeds will be used to scale product development, expand deployments with hospitals and cancer care networks, and support customer onboarding across the US healthcare system. Founded in the US, RISA Labs is building an AI operating system for cancer care. The platform focuses on automating clinical and administrative workflows in oncology, helping healthcare providers reduce manual effort, improve coordination, and speed up treatment processes. RISA Labs is targeting oncology providers that deal with complex workflows involving diagnostics, treatment planning, approvals, and patient coordination.

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