Avantive Solutions runs the conversations large brands cannot afford to mishandle - then turns those calls, chats and signals into data for the next one. Its wager is that the useful contact center is neither fully human nor fully automated, but measured in real time.
The global outsourcer built its reach one delivery center and acquisition at a time. Now it is using millions of real customer interactions to turn contact-center software into an operating advantage.
Deskpro is a helpdesk and customer support platform that unifies email, live chat, voice, social media, SMS and WhatsApp into a single ticketing system. Founded in 2001 and bootstrapped for over two decades, it stands out by offering both cloud and on-premise deployment, making it a fit for regulated and privacy-sensitive organizations that need to keep support data in their own environments. In June 2024 it raised a $25M Series A from Elsewhere Partners, appointed Brad Murdoch as CEO, and opened a global headquarters in Austin, Texas.
Verloop.io is a Bengaluru-based conversational AI platform that automates customer support, sales, and marketing conversations across chat and voice. Founded in 2015 by Gaurav Singh, it builds AI-powered chatbots and voice agents that handle inbound and outbound interactions in 80+ languages for unicorns and Fortune 500 companies across India, Southeast Asia, MENA, and the US. In July 2026 it was acquired by Mukesh Bansal-led Nurix AI to form a combined voice-and-chat automation platform handling more than 20 million customer interactions a month.
Applied Labs is a New York-based AI company building on-brand, omnichannel AI agents that handle customer support and operational workflows across chat, email, voice, SMS, Slack and social channels. Founded in 2024 by former Scale AI operators Michael Woo and Soham Waychal, the company pairs AI efficiency with human judgment and pitches honest, verifiable resolution metrics over the inflated claims common in the AI support market. Its platform spans AI agents, an AI-native help desk, CRM, voice and analytics, sold on outcome-based pricing rather than per-seat fees.
Atlas is an AI-first customer support platform that pitches itself as a modern replacement for Intercom and Zendesk. It combines ticketing, an omnichannel inbox (chat, email, WhatsApp, SMS, Slack Connect, Discord), session recording, customer timelines, a help center and AI agents (Autopilot and Copilot) so support teams can resolve issues faster by understanding customers more completely. Founded in 2021 by Jon O'Bryan and Rahul Asati and backed by Y Combinator (W22), Atlas is built around the idea that great support drives growth rather than being a cost center.
wrrk is an Austin-based customer-experience company that builds and runs fully-managed support organizations for high-growth brands. It blends vetted USA-based and Philippines-based agents with tooling and automation to deliver omnichannel customer service - phone, chat, email, SMS, social and marketplace - so startups and consumer brands get the reliability of an in-house team with the flexibility of an outsourced one. wrrk supports 125+ brands including Bombas, Supergoop, Taylor Stitch, Momofuku and AllTrails.
Decagon is a San Francisco-based enterprise AI company building conversational agents that handle customer support across chat, email, voice and SMS. Its platform, anchored by Agent Operating Procedures (AOPs), lets companies define complex workflows in natural language and apply them consistently across channels. Customers include Hertz, Chime, Notion, Duolingo, Rippling, Bilt, Oura, Eventbrite and Affirm.