# Jordan Dearsley

> Jordan Dearsley is the co-founder and CEO of Vapi, the leading voice AI infrastructure platform trusted by over one million developers and powering more than one billion calls. A University of Waterloo software engineering dropout turned Y Combinator alumnus, Dearsley built Vapi out of a personal AI therapist he created for his morning walks in 2023. Under his leadership, Vapi reached a $500 million valuation in May 2026 after raising a $50M Series B led by Peak XV, with customers including Amazon Ring, Intuit, and New York Life.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Vapi
- **Organizations:** Vapi, Superpowered (YC W21), Y Combinator
- **From:** Canada
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** Software Engineering (dropped out), University of Waterloo
- **Known for:** Built Vapi to 1 billion+ calls processed and 1 million+ developers, Raised $72M total funding including $50M Series B at $500M valuation, Grew enterprise ARR 10x year-over-year

## Career timeline

- **pre-2020** — Junior Software Engineer at Globalive Technology
- **pre-2020** — Software Developer at Shopify
- **pre-2020** — Software Engineer at Wealthsimple
- **pre-2020** — Software Engineer at Asana
- **pre-2020** — Ran second-largest fidget spinner store on Etsy
- **2020** — Applied to Y Combinator with school project idea; accepted, dropped out of University of Waterloo
- **2020-2023** — Co-founded Superpowered (YC W21) — an AI notetaker for meetings, pivoting through 12+ ideas including a lecture platform and calendar app
- **2023 mid** — Built 'Harmon,' a personal AI voice therapist for daily walks in San Francisco; distributed business cards by airdrop on buses
- **2023 Aug** — Founded Vapi, pivoting from Superpowered to a voice AI infrastructure platform
- **2024 Mar** — Vapi launched publicly on Product Hunt
- **2024** — Raised $20M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners
- **2026 May** — Raised $50M Series B led by Peak XV at $500M valuation; 1B+ calls milestone reached

## Achievements

- Built Vapi to 1 billion+ calls processed and 1 million+ developers
- Raised $72M total funding including $50M Series B at $500M valuation
- Grew enterprise ARR 10x year-over-year
- Won Amazon Ring's voice AI contract after Ring evaluated 40+ competitors
- Scaled Vapi to handle 1-5 million calls per day with sub-500ms latency
- Built platform used by Amazon Ring, Intuit, New York Life, ServiceTitan, Kavak, and Instawork
- Grew Vapi to 2.7 million+ unique agents created
- Led team from 24 to 100+ employees in under two years

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Vapi raised $50M Series B led by Peak XV at $500M valuation; passed 1 billion calls milestone
- **2026-05** — Amazon Ring confirmed 100% of inbound calls now route through Vapi; CSAT scores improved
- **2025** — Vapi enterprise ARR grew 10x; team scaled past 100 employees
- **2024-03** — Vapi launched publicly on Product Hunt
- **2024** — Raised $20M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners; 1M+ developers on platform

## Links

- Website: https://vapi.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jordandearsley
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jordan_dearsley
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YmlDlgftFs

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Last updated: 2026-05-26