# Simple AI

> Simple AI is a San Francisco startup building enterprise-ready voice AI agents that handle inbound and outbound B2C phone calls. Its agents answer questions, personalize offers, qualify leads, and close and upsell transactions over the phone - the company says they convert and upsell up to 30% more than trained human reps. Founded in 2024 by former Y Combinator software leads Catheryn Li and Zach Kamran, Simple AI runs on a proprietary voice stack with sub-850ms end-to-end latency and raised $14M in seed funding in February 2026.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Catheryn Li (Co-founder & CEO), Zach Kamran (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~16 employees (11-16 reported)
- **Products:** Voice AI Agents, Catalog + Real-Time Data Ingestion, Agent Assist, Analytics & Insights, Integrations
- **Notable:** Raised $14M seed round led by First Harmonic with Y Combinator, Massive Tech Ventures, and True Ventures (Feb 2026)., Voice agents reported to convert and upsell up to 30% more than trained human representatives., Built a proprietary voice stack with sub-850ms end-to-end latency.

## Products & services

- **Voice AI Agents** — Human-like phone agents for inbound and outbound B2C calls that answer questions, personalize offers, qualify leads, and complete transactions 24/7.
- **Catalog + Real-Time Data Ingestion** — Ingests a brand's full catalog - SKUs, metadata, pricing - and blends it with real-time customer data to route, recommend, and take action on calls.
- **Agent Assist** — Real-time suggestions and objection handling that support human representatives during live calls.
- **Analytics & Insights** — Full call transcription, summaries, sentiment analysis, quality scoring, and trend detection for operators.
- **Integrations** — Multi-channel support (voice, SMS, web chat, email) and integration with existing CRM and business tools, plus API access.

## Achievements

- Raised $14M seed round led by First Harmonic with Y Combinator, Massive Tech Ventures, and True Ventures (Feb 2026).
- Voice agents reported to convert and upsell up to 30% more than trained human representatives.
- Built a proprietary voice stack with sub-850ms end-to-end latency.
- SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliant with AES-256 encryption and real-time PII redaction.
- Supports 40+ languages.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Announced $14M seed round led by First Harmonic with participation from Y Combinator, Massive Tech Ventures, and True Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://usesimple.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/simple-ai-lab/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/simpleailab

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Last updated: 2026-07-02