# Arini

> Arini is a San Francisco-based AI company that builds a voice and text receptionist for dental practices. Its AI agent answers patient calls 24/7, books and reschedules appointments directly into practice management software, and handles insurance and billing questions - aiming to recover the revenue clinics lose when front desks miss roughly a third of inbound calls. Founded in 2024 by Abdulrahman Jamjoom and Rami Rustom, both former engineers on Meta's Threads team, the company went through Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch and now handles over 15,000 patient calls a day for dental groups and DSOs across the US and Canada.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Abdulrahman Jamjoom (Co-Founder & CEO), Rami Rustom (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** 16-17 employees
- **Products:** AI Receptionist, Omnichannel Patient Engagement, Intelligent Scheduling, Practice Management Integrations, Smart Call Routing
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch, Grew AI Receptionist to over 15,000 patient calls handled per day, Reported customer outcomes including a 12% revenue increase and 80% reduction in missed calls

## Products & services

- **AI Receptionist** — A voice AI agent that answers inbound dental calls 24/7, schedules and reschedules appointments, and handles insurance and billing questions in English and Spanish.
- **Omnichannel Patient Engagement** — Coordinated call and text communication with patients, including reminders, follow-ups and booking flows.
- **Intelligent Scheduling** — Advanced scheduling logic such as block scheduling and staggered appointments that write directly into practice management software.
- **Practice Management Integrations** — One-click integrations with OpenDental, EagleSoft, Denticon, Weave, Mango and phone systems like GoTo and Jive.
- **Smart Call Routing** — Automatic distribution of calls to the right department and staff notifications when bookings are made.
- **Real-time Analytics** — Dashboards tracking bookings, call answer rates and performance across single practices and multi-location groups.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch
- Grew AI Receptionist to over 15,000 patient calls handled per day
- Reported customer outcomes including a 12% revenue increase and 80% reduction in missed calls
- Achieved sub-90ms voice latency via its Cartesia integration
- Backed by Y Combinator and Sanabil Investments in its first funding round

## Latest updates

- **2024-02** — Raised a reported ~$500K round backed by Y Combinator, Sanabil, J17 Ventures, SBXi and Transpose Platform Management.
- **2024-03** — Launched publicly through Y Combinator as 'The AI receptionist for dentists.'
- **2024-06** — Latest reported funding activity; total funding brought to roughly $630K.
- **2025-01** — Scaled to handling over 15,000 patient calls per day for dental groups and DSOs.

## Links

- Website: https://www.arini.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ariniai/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/usearini
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Arini/

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Last updated: 2026-07-07