# Alex Sambvani

> Alex Sambvani is the co-founder and CEO of Slang.ai, a New York voice-AI company that answers the phone for restaurants so staff don't have to. A Stanford-trained mechanical engineer with a Harvard MBA, he met co-founder Gabriel Duncan on Spotify's data science team, where the two won a company-wide hackathon with a personality-forward voice app. He turned a childhood love of cooking and robotics into a company that has handled more than 25 million guest calls for over 2,000 restaurant locations. Slang.ai has raised roughly $68 million across its rounds, including a $36 million Series B, with backers ranging from Homebrew and Underscore VC to chef Tom Colicchio.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Slang.ai
- **Organizations:** Slang.ai, Spotify, Credit Suisse, Techstars
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Mechanical Engineering (concentrations in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science), Stanford University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Slang.ai, a voice-AI platform purpose-built for restaurants and hospitality, Raised roughly $68 million in total funding, including a $36M Series B, Grew Slang.ai to 2,000+ restaurant locations and 25M+ guest calls processed from 10M+ unique guests

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Summer Analyst at Credit Suisse
- **2012** — Graduated Stanford with a BS in Mechanical Engineering; joined Credit Suisse private equity as an Analyst
- **2015** — Began MBA at Harvard Business School
- **2017** — Joined Spotify as a Data Scientist working on personalized voice AI
- **2019** — Co-founded Slang.ai in New York with Gabriel Duncan; became CEO
- **2020** — Served as a mentor at Techstars
- **2023** — Slang.ai emerged from stealth with a $20M Series A
- **2026** — Announced a $36M Series B led by U.S. Venture Partners

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Slang.ai, a voice-AI platform purpose-built for restaurants and hospitality
- Raised roughly $68 million in total funding, including a $36M Series B
- Grew Slang.ai to 2,000+ restaurant locations and 25M+ guest calls processed from 10M+ unique guests
- Won a company-wide Spotify hackathon with co-founder Gabe Duncan, beating 100+ ideas
- At Spotify, helped ship product features reaching more than 100 million users
- Attracted angel investment from chef Tom Colicchio and Behance founder Scott Belsky

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Announced a $36M Series B led by U.S. Venture Partners, bringing total funding to roughly $68M.

## Links

- Website: https://slang.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexsambvani
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/slang_ai
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUSyUbmLneU
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slangai/

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Last updated: 2026-06-19