# Roark

> Roark is an observability, testing, and quality-assurance platform for voice AI agents. It lets teams replay real production calls against new agent versions, catch failures before they ship, track caller sentiment and vocal cues, and monitor live voice interactions with 40+ built-in metrics. Founded in 2025 and backed by Y Combinator (W25), Roark says it processed more than 10 million minutes of calls in its first six months.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** James Zammit (Co-Founder & CEO), Daniel Gauci (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** 3
- **Products:** Monitoring & Evaluation, Call Replay, Simulation, Automated Test Generation
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch., Processed over 10 million minutes of calls in its first six months., Built audio-native evaluation with 40+ metrics and support for up to 15 speakers per call.

## Products & services

- **Monitoring & Evaluation** — Post-call analysis with 40+ built-in metrics including latency, instruction-following, and sentiment, plus custom dashboards and real-time alerts for compliance violations or negative sentiment spikes. Handles calls with up to 15 speakers with automatic speaker identification.
- **Call Replay** — Re-runs real production conversations against updated agent logic so teams can catch regressions before deploying, without manual re-testing.
- **Simulation** — End-to-end phone and WebSocket simulations for inbound and outbound agents, using configurable personas with different accents, languages, and speech or behavior profiles.
- **Automated Test Generation** — Turns failed production calls into repeatable test cases, drafts fixes, and verifies the fix works before it ships.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch.
- Processed over 10 million minutes of calls in its first six months.
- Built audio-native evaluation with 40+ metrics and support for up to 15 speakers per call.
- Launched integrations with major voice platforms including VAPI and Retell.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Roark joins Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch.
- **2025-03** — Seed funding reported; company scaling integrations and monitoring.
- **2025-06** — Crosses 10M+ minutes of calls monitored and simulated across the voice AI ecosystem.

## Links

- Website: https://roark.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/roark-innovations
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/roarkanalytics
- GitHub: https://github.com/roarkhq
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPD9dogKDxV7scV8avtpM_Q

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Last updated: 2026-07-30