# Nagish

> Nagish is a New York-based assistive-technology company that uses proprietary AI to caption phone calls in real time, converting speech to text and text to speech so people who are deaf or hard of hearing can make and receive calls independently and privately - without a human relay operator. Its name means 'accessible' in Hebrew. The company is one of the few firms certified by the FCC to provide telecommunication relay services and offers its consumer app for free.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Tomer Aharoni (Co-Founder & CEO), Alon Ezer (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~43 employees
- **Products:** Nagish App, Nagish Live Transcribe, End-to-end private relay service, Enterprise suite
- **Notable:** Raised $16M total ($5M seed + $11M Series A) by July 2024, Certified by the FCC to provide telecommunication relay services, Built what the company calls the first end-to-end private AI relay service

## Products & services

- **Nagish App** — AI-powered mobile app (iOS and Android) that captions phone calls in real time, converting speech to text and text to speech. Includes number linking to keep an existing phone number, a personal dictionary for custom words, locally saved transcripts, a built-in spam filter, and Bluetooth support.
- **Nagish Live Transcribe** — Free real-time captioning for in-person and ambient speech for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- **End-to-end private relay service** — What the company calls the first end-to-end private relay service, letting users communicate without a human operator, stenographer, or interpreter in the loop.
- **Enterprise suite** — A full suite of accessibility and transcription products for businesses, priced based on usage.

## Achievements

- Raised $16M total ($5M seed + $11M Series A) by July 2024
- Certified by the FCC to provide telecommunication relay services
- Built what the company calls the first end-to-end private AI relay service
- Launched Nagish Live Transcribe, described as the first free real-time captioning for deaf and hard-of-hearing users
- Backed by the founders of Datadog and Looker

## Latest updates

- **2024-07** — Announced $16M in total funding, including an $11M Series A led by Canaan Partners, to expand its AI-powered communication platform.
- **2025** — Continued rollout of Nagish Live Transcribe, offering free real-time captioning to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.

## Links

- Website: https://nagish.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nagish
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/nagish_inc
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nagish.inc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nagish.inc
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nagish.inc

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