# Maxim Serebryakov

> Maxim Serebryakov is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sanas, a Palo Alto-based AI company building the world's first real-time Speech Understanding Platform. Born in New York and raised in Russia, Serebryakov co-founded Sanas at Stanford with two fellow international students after witnessing a friend face accent discrimination in a contact center. The company's AI modulates accents in real time while preserving a speaker's voice, tone, and emotion - serving 150,000+ live agents across 39 countries. Sanas has raised $149.2M in total funding, including a $65M Series B led by Quadrille Capital in February 2025.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Sanas
- **Organizations:** Sanas
- **From:** New York, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Engineering (AI focus), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Sanas, the world's first real-time Speech Understanding Platform, raising $149.2M in total funding, Built AI that serves 150,000+ live agents across 39 countries, supporting 480+ dialects, Secured global patent for real-time accent conversion AI technology (US and India)

## Career timeline

- **~2017** — Enrolled at Stanford University, focused on AI research and engineering
- **2020** — Co-founded Sanas with Shawn Zhang and Andrés Pérez Soderi, inspired by a friend's accent discrimination experience in a contact center
- **2021-08** — Sanas raised $5M seed round led by General Catalyst; TechCrunch coverage launched company into public eye
- **2021-12** — CNN featured Sanas as 'former Stanford students building an app to change your accent'
- **2022-06** — Sanas raised $32M Series A led by Insight Partners with GV and Assurant Ventures participating
- **2024** — Sanas received Frost & Sullivan 2024 North American Technology Innovation Leadership Award; global patent granted for real-time accent conversion AI
- **2024-08** — Sanas announced partnerships with Five9 and Everise to expand contact center ecosystem integrations
- **2025-02** — Sanas raised $65M Series B led by Quadrille Capital; Teleperformance and Alorica joined as strategic investors
- **2025** — Sanas received Frost & Sullivan 2025 North American Company of the Year award for Leadership in Accent Translation Solutions

## Achievements

- Co-founded Sanas, the world's first real-time Speech Understanding Platform, raising $149.2M in total funding
- Built AI that serves 150,000+ live agents across 39 countries, supporting 480+ dialects
- Secured global patent for real-time accent conversion AI technology (US and India)
- Won Frost & Sullivan 2025 North American Company of the Year for Leadership in Accent Translation Solutions
- Won Frost & Sullivan 2024 North American Technology Innovation Leadership Award
- Scaled Sanas to 310 employees and $33.2M in annual revenue
- Closed $65M Series B in February 2025, attracting strategic investment from Teleperformance and Alorica
- Featured in CNN, TechCrunch, IEEE Spectrum, and major tech press for pioneering accent AI

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Sanas closed $65M Series B led by Quadrille Capital, with Teleperformance and Alorica as strategic investors, bringing total funding to $149.2M
- **2025-01** — Sanas received Frost & Sullivan 2025 North American Company of the Year award for Leadership in Accent Translation Solutions
- **2024-08** — Sanas announced partnerships with Five9 and Everise to strengthen the contact center AI ecosystem
- **2024-01** — Sanas received Frost & Sullivan 2024 North American Technology Innovation Leadership Award and global patent for accent conversion AI

## Links

- Website: https://sanas.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/maximser

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Last updated: 2026-05-25