Bolna Raises $6.3 Million Seed Round Led by General Catalyst for Voice AI Platform

Bolna Secures $6.3 Million to Transform Indian Enterprise Voice AI

Bengaluru-based voice AI startup Bolna has successfully closed a $6.3 million seed funding round led by General Catalyst. This investment marks a significant step for the company as it seeks to automate complex voice interactions across India’s diverse multilingual market. Participation in the round came from prominent names including Y Combinator, Blume Ventures, and Eight Capital, alongside several strategic angel investors.

Founded in 2024, Bolna provides a self-serve platform that allows enterprises to design and deploy voice AI agents without needing deep technical expertise. The technology is built to support over 10 Indian languages and performs reliably in real-world telephony conditions such as background noise and regional accents. This capability allows businesses to move beyond traditional IVR systems into more dynamic, automated customer interactions.

The company plans to utilize the fresh capital to aggressively expand its engineering and deployment teams. A major portion of the funds will be directed toward proprietary machine learning systems specifically designed for vernacular voice interactions. Additionally, Bolna will strengthen its enterprise-grade infrastructure to support high-volume production as it manages billions of daily conversations across the subcontinent.

Bolna’s growth has been rapid since its first commercial launch in May 2025, scaling from 1,500 to over 200,000 calls per day. The platform currently serves more than 1,050 paying customers across sectors like logistics, e-commerce, and recruitment. High-profile clients such as Varun Beverages and Spinny use the platform to maintain consistent performance across various languages and niche use cases.

The startup's journey includes overcoming initial skepticism about whether Indian enterprises would pay for automation software. Despite being rejected by Y Combinator five times, the founders persisted until they reached nearly $700,000 in annual recurring revenue. This traction proved that local businesses value high-utility voice solutions that can handle the specific linguistic diversity of the Indian market.

A core differentiator for Bolna is its orchestration layer, which routes calls to the most suitable AI model rather than relying on a single provider. CTO Prateek Sachan emphasized that this approach ensures enterprises are not locked into a model that might not meet every linguistic requirement. Tom Blomfield, Group Partner at Y Combinator, noted that the company’s success stems from leaning into the complex Indian market. More information regarding their expansion and services can be found on the Bolna newsroom.