Radar Companies Chatbots · California
Radar · Chatbots in California

Best Chatbots Companies in California, United States

The 755 best Chatbots companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Inflection.

755companies tracked
$10.9Bdisclosed funding
10unicorns
333have raised

Ranked: Best Chatbots companies in California

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Inflection 🦄
Provider of emotionally intelligent artificial intelligence for personal and enterprise use
$1.5B35 mo agoAcquiredReid Hoffman
Co-Founder
Framer SitesReactPostHog+12Top 5M1 job opening
2Uniphore 🦄
Provider of a business artificial intelligence platform with agentic and model layers
72Moat top 15%Market top 25%Innovation top 29%Funding top 30%
All 11 signals ▾
Moattop 15%
Markettop 25%
Innovationtop 29%
Fundingtop 30%
Techtop 34%
Newstop 36%
Globaltop 37%
Talenttop 38%
Productbottom 49%
Fin. healthbottom 45%
Growthbottom 40%
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn
Market: 355 employees (top 6% of High Tech) · Revenue ~$24.9M
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$657M7 mo agoSeries FUmesh Sachdev
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+39Top 5M
3Poolside 🦄
Developer of artificial intelligence models and systems for software engineering
$626M20 mo agoSeries BJason Warner
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
TurbopackSentryZendesk+14Top 5M3 launchs · 1 award
4Sierra 🦄
A conversational AI platform that helps businesses to build customer experiences
87Funding top 12%AI top 20%Moat top 26%Growth top 28%
All 8 signals ▾
Fundingtop 12%
AItop 20%
Moattop 26%
Growthtop 28%
Talenttop 28%
Techtop 32%
Markettop 46%
Globalbottom 37%
Funding: Raised $285M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 2 yrs (2.0/yr)
AI: Classified as an AI company
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100
$285M1 mo agoSeries EBret Taylor
Co-Founder
SanityTurbopackApple iCloud Mail+29Top 1M
5Sesame
Developer of voice-based artificial intelligence companions and lightweight eyewear products
82Funding top 18%AI top 28%Talent top 28%Patents top 34%
All 8 signals ▾
Fundingtop 18%
AItop 28%
Talenttop 28%
Patentstop 34%
Innovationtop 36%
Techtop 41%
Growthtop 45%
Globaltop 48%
Funding: Raised $250M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: artificial intelligence
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100
$250M7 mo agoSeries BNate Mitchell
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
DatoCMSSentryApple iCloud Mail+16Top 100k12 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 partnership
6Serval 🦄
Developer of artificial intelligence agents for automated information technology workflows
80Funding top 18%AI top 30%Moat top 32%Tech top 34%
All 8 signals ▾
Fundingtop 18%
AItop 30%
Moattop 32%
Techtop 34%
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Markettop 44%
Globalbottom 45%
Funding: Raised $122M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100
$122M6 mo agoSeries BAlex McLeod
Co-Founder & CTO
Framer SitesApple iCloud MailThree.js+27Top 5M2 job openings · 1 launch
7Ushur
Provider of an AI-powered platform for automating customer experience workflows
$108M16 mo agoSeries CHenry Peter
Co-Founder & CTO & CISO
WebflowVimeoGSAP+18Top 10M35 patents
AI-driven document data extraction and generative customer experience automation
8Decagon 🦄
AI-powered customer experience platform
76Funding top 15%AI top 26%News top 31%Growth top 35%
All 9 signals ▾
Fundingtop 15%
AItop 26%
Newstop 31%
Growthtop 35%
Moattop 37%
Talenttop 38%
Markettop 46%
Techtop 50%
Globalbottom 39%
Funding: Raised $100M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-driven, ai-powered
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100
$100M4 mo agoSeries DJesse Zhang
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowMarkerThree.js+22Top 1M1 internship · 1 launch · 2 partnerships
9Forethought AI
Provider of an AI platform for customer support and service teams
$92M12 mo agoAcquiredDeon Nicholas
Co-Founder
WebflowSalesforceAmazon Web Services+28Top 5M1 launch
10Vapi
Voice AI platform for developers
74Funding top 21%Tech top 24%AI top 26%Growth top 35%
All 9 signals ▾
Fundingtop 21%
Techtop 24%
AItop 26%
Growthtop 35%
Moattop 48%
Talentbottom 49%
Marketbottom 45%
Globalbottom 37%
Newsbottom 18%
Funding: Raised $75.2M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr)
Tech: 46 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100
$75M3 mo agoSeries BJordan Dearsley
Co-Founder & CEO
TurbopackSentryNode.js+26Top 500k3 job openings
11GC AI
Provider of in-house legal AI
$72M7 mo agoSeries BCecilia Ziniti
Co-Founder & CEO
Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+23Top 5M1 launch · 2 awards
12Listen Labs
AI-powered platform that revolutionizes customer research
80Funding top 23%Growth top 28%AI top 30%Tech top 33%
All 11 signals ▾
Fundingtop 23%
Growthtop 28%
AItop 30%
Techtop 33%
Moattop 37%
Talenttop 38%
Innovationtop 40%
Patentstop 42%
Producttop 46%
Markettop 48%
Globalbottom 46%
Funding: Raised $69.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 500,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100
$69M5 mo agoSeries BAlfred Wahlforss
Co-Founder & CEO
Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22Top 500k11 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
13Giga AI
Developer of AI-powered agents for enterprise support and customer engagement
67Tech top 21%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Funding top 35%
All 7 signals ▾
Techtop 21%
Talenttop 28%
AItop 30%
Fundingtop 35%
Moatbottom 48%
Globalbottom 43%
Marketbottom 36%
Tech: 32 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100
$65M7 mo agoSeries AVarun Vummadi
Co-Founder & CEO
Framer SitesThree.jsYouTube+17Top 5M1 launch
14Pactum
Developer of an agentic AI platform for enterprise procurement negotiations
$55M13 mo agoSeries CKristjan Korjus
Co-Founder and CTO
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+31Top 10M1 expansion
15Netomi
Provider AI-based customer service management platform
64AI top 20%Funding top 23%Growth top 35%Moat top 35%
All 12 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Fundingtop 23%
Growthtop 35%
Moattop 35%
Newstop 36%
Techtop 39%
Producttop 40%
Patentstop 48%
Innovationtop 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Marketbottom 43%
Globalbottom 39%
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Funding: Raised $52.0M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 10 yrs (0.6/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100
$52M1 mo agoSeries CPuneet Mehta
Founder & CEO
WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+45Top 5M3 patents
AI-driven intent classification and recommendation for conversational search interfaces.
16Crescendo
AI-native customer support platform that blends conversational AI with human-in-the-loop assistance to…
$50M20 mo agoSeries CSlava Zhakov
Co-Founder & CTO
WebflowSalesforceAmazon Web Services+28Top 5M19 patents
Ultrasonic surgical cutting and tissue‑manipulation tools for minimally invasive procedures
17Lorikeet
AI-powered customer support platform
$49M10 mo agoSeries ASteve Hind
Co-Founder
Framer SitesApple iCloud MailReact+25Top 5M2 launchs
18Galileo AI
Provider of an AI observability and evaluation platform for agent reliability
$45M20 mo agoAcquiredSoumya M
Product Leader & Founder | Stanford
Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+24Top 5M23 patents
Mobile multi-spectral imaging, UV disinfection, and spatiotemporal data aggregation for cryptographic asset generation
19Obot AI
Developer of platform to manage, secure, and scale MCP server adoption
$35M8 mo agoSeedTim Nicklas
Co-Founder & VP
WordPress Site EditorWordPressMySQL+31Top 5M
20Newo
AI agents revolutionizing business communication, automating tasks, and increasing revenue
72AI top 20%Tech top 23%Talent top 28%Growth top 35%
All 9 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Techtop 23%
Talenttop 28%
Growthtop 35%
Globaltop 38%
Patentstop 44%
Innovationtop 46%
Fundingtop 46%
Marketbottom 37%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Tech: 53 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$30M4 mo agoSeries ALuba Ovtsinnikova
Co-Founder
Node.jsGoogle CloudVue.js+24Top 5M3 patents
AI-driven workflow automation and intelligent agent frameworks for enterprise software
1 launch
21Unique AI
AI-based recruitment solutions provider
$30M15 mo agoSeries AStephane Boussely
Co-Founder & CEO
HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+18Top 5M8 patents
Arc‑fault circuit interrupter testing tools and powered wire‑pulling equipment.
22Nurix
Developer of a platform providing conversational AI for sales and support
$28M3 mo agoSeries AAbhishek Asawa
Co-Founder
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24Top 5M1 launch · 1 award
23Clearspeed
Provider of AI and voice-based risk assessment platform
$27M11 mo agoSeries DKurt Martin
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+25Top 5M2 patents
Audio sample quality control and assessment in digital sound processing
24Pine
Provider of AI assistance offering call customer service
$25M6 mo agoSeries AYurun Sun
Co-Founder & CTO
TypeScriptNode.jsNaive UI+19Top 5M
25Artisan
Provider of an AI-powered platform for outbound sales automation
$21M14 mo agoSeries ASam Stallings
Co-Founder & CPTO
TurbopackSentryNode.js+33Top 1M2 patents
AI-driven environmental monitoring and water remediation systems
26Petual
Developer of an AI platform for automating audit and compliance testing
27Funding top 32%Talent top 38%Tech bottom 41%Global bottom 33%
All 5 signals ▾
Fundingtop 32%
Talenttop 38%
Techbottom 41%
Globalbottom 33%
Marketbottom 31%
Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100
$20M1 mo agoSeries ASnir K
Founder
Tailwind CSSAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Workspace+5Top 10M
27Alex
Provider of an AI-powered platform automating candidate screening and interview processes
$20M8 mo agoSeries AAaron Wang
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20Top 5M
28Glue
AI-based personal assistance tools
$20M8 mo agoSeries AEvan Owen
CEO
SanityNode.jsRadix UI+23Top 10M1 launch
29ManyChat
SaaS based lead generation solutions for enterprises
$18M13 mo agoSeries BTurbopackSentryZendesk+26Top 50k5 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
30Kea
AI voice assistant for restaurants, automating orders and improving efficiency
$17M12 mo agoSeries BAdam Ahmad
Co-Founder & CEO
TurbopackNode.jsGoogle Maps+23Top 5M2 partnerships
31Yutori
Developer of AI agents that monitor the web for users
$15M14 mo agoSeedAbhishek Das
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
TurbopackEmotionSentry+17Top 5M2 launchs
32Atomicwork
AI based platform to streamline the IT service management and employee experience processes
$14M9 mo agoSeries AVijay Rayapati
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowGSAPAmazon Web Services+22Top 5M
33Resemble AI
It provides AI-based voice duplication systems
$12M3 mo agoSeries BSaqib Muhammad
Co-Founder
SentryRubyBootstrap+25Top 100k
34Context
Platform offering tools for automated workflows
$11M12 mo agoSeedJoseph Semrai
Founder
4 patents
AI-powered physiological sensor platforms for medical diagnosis and biomarker discovery
35Chai Research
Online platform for text messaging
$10M11 mo agoSeedWilliam Beauchamp
Founder & CEO
Node.jsFirebaseRadix UI+16Top 50k
36Champ
Developer of AI-powered platform automating customer support and help desk tasks
42AI top 30%Tech top 39%Funding top 41%Talent bottom 49%
All 6 signals ▾
AItop 30%
Techtop 39%
Fundingtop 41%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 33%
Marketbottom 31%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Tech: 25 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100
$8M1 mo agoSeedJagannath Putrevu
Co-Founder & CEO
SanityTurbopackNode.js+16Top 10M1 job opening
37Smallest.ai
Developer of speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice agent artificial intelligence models
$8M9 mo agoSeedSudarshan Kamath
Co-Founder
TurbopackSentryNode.js+22Top 5M1 launch
38Reddy
Developer of an AI-powered coaching platform for customer service agents
$8M5 mo agoSeries AAdam Levin
Co-Founder & CEO
Google Cloudcore-jsGoogle Font API+12Top 10M
39Gnani.ai
Provider of AI-powered voice and chat automation platform for enterprises
$8M2 mo agoSeries BGanesh Gopalan
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+42Top 5M1 job opening · 3 internships · 2 launchs
40Robyn
Developer of an emotionally intelligent AI application for personal support
21Funding top 49%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 35%Global bottom 33%
All 4 signals ▾
Fundingtop 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Techbottom 35%
Globalbottom 33%
Funding: Raised $5.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100
$6M7 mo agoSeedJenny Shao
Founder & CEO
SentryRadix UITailwind CSS+5Top 50M
41Simular
Developer of computer use agents and workflow automation software platforms
$5M6 mo agoSeries AAng Li
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowVimeoYouTube+16Top 1M2 patents
Autonomous personal AI agents executing tasks on consumer computing devices
1 partnership
42Ember
AI-powered note-taking platform designed for healthcare professionals
$5M6 mo agoSeedWarren Wang
Co-Founder & CTO
WebflowUptimeRobotMicrosoft Advertising+10Top 10M40 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
43Bluejay
Provider of end-to-end testing for voice and chat artificial intelligence agents
$4M9 mo agoSeedFaraz Siddiqi
Co-Founder & CTO
Framer SitesReactMobX+9Top 50M
44Palo
Provider of AI-powered tools for short-form social media creators
$4M6 mo agoSeries ACaden Moskowitz
Co-Founder
SentryZendeskRecharts+13Top 10M
45Assort Health
Developer of AI platform for patient engagement in healthcare specialties
$4M9 mo agoSeries BJeffery Liu
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+23Top 5M1 internship
46Herd Security
Provider of automated platform for security awareness training and phishing simulations
35Talent top 38%Funding top 48%Global bottom 33%
All 3 signals ▾
Talenttop 38%
Fundingtop 48%
Globalbottom 33%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $3.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100
$3M1 mo agoSeedGrant Joy
Co-Founder & CTO
47Voker
No-code platform designed for building AI tools
$3M1 mo agoSeedAlex R
Co-Founder
WebflowJavaGSAP+14Top 50M1 job opening
48K-Dense
Developer of autonomous AI platform for scientific research and analysis
$2M3 mo agoSeedDavid Zhang
Co-Founder
TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+17Top 5M1 launch
49Fundamento
Developer of AI voice agent for automating lending customer interactions
$2M8 mo agoSeedVickram Saigal
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+24Top 10M
50AI Library
Platform for automating workflows with autonomous AI agents, fully customizable and requiring no coding…
$1M1 mo agoSeedSandeep Bhadwal
Co-Founder & COO
Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+12Top 50M

Top 12 Chatbots companies in California

#1
Sierra 🦄
Series E · San Francisco, California · founded 2023
$285Mraised

A conversational AI platform that helps businesses to build customer experiences. The company provides tools to build, test, and optimize AI agents. It offers capabilities for analyzing agent performance, identifying conversations needing attention, and running tests. The company's platform allows for integrating customer data and personalizing experiences.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 87how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 12%
AI
top 20%
Moat
top 26%
Growth
top 28%
Talent
top 28%
Tech
top 32%
Funding: Raised $285M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 2 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series E (May 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 83k LinkedIn followers — 8.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Series E$950M
  • Sep 2025Series B$350M
  • Oct 2024Series A$175M
  • Feb 2024Seed$110M
Founders & team
Bret TaylorCo-FounderClay BavorCo-FounderBret TaylorCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, Greenoaks, Iconiq Capital, Thrive Capital, Tiger Global Management
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDocusign
#2
Series F · Palo Alto, California · founded 2008 · 355 employees
$656.7Mraised

Provider of a business artificial intelligence platform with agentic and model layers. Business AI company that unlocks the agentic enterprise with a complete, composable AI platform spanning agents, models, knowledge, and data. Its platform, the Business AI Cloud, bridges the AI divide between consumer AI and enterprise AI combining the simplicity of consumer AI with the rigor, security and scalability required for the enterprise. It allows business users to effortlessly harness AI and deliver results immediately, while providing CIOs the foundation to deliver powerful AI applications that are embedded into workflows, trained on enterprise data. It delivers on the promise of AI as a transformative force for business. Customers include leaders across industries, like Skechers, LastPass, Atlassian, HP, Allstate, Sony, and more. Through strategic collaborations with industry leaders like KPMG, Cognizant, Rackspace, Databricks and Snowflake, it helps organizations move beyond experimental AI pilots to production-grade deployment operationalizing AI agents across internal and client-facing workflows at scale. Sectors includes Native AI, High Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Agentic AI, M

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Moat
top 15%
Market
top 25%
Innovation
top 29%
Funding
top 30%
Tech
top 34%
News
top 36%
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn
Market: 355 employees (top 6% of High Tech) · Revenue ~$24.9M · Top-5,000,000 web property
Innovation: 4 new-product events in 24 mo · 6 product lines
Audience (LinkedIn): 86k LinkedIn followers — 8.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series F$260M
  • Jan 2022Series E$400M
  • Mar 2021Series D$140M
  • Dec 2020Conventional Debt$17.1M
Founders & team
Umesh SachdevCo-Founder & CEORavi SaraogiCo-Founder & COO
Investors
March Capital, National Grid Partners, Sistema Asia Capital, The CXO Fund, Chiratae Ventures, Winterfield Ventures International
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApple Icloud MailBabelCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#3
Series C · San Mateo, California · founded 2015 · 51 employees
$52Mraised

Provider AI-based customer service management platform. The platform provides users with enabling solutions for conversational commerce companies. Enables real-time conversations with consumers by leveraging messaging applications as a channel. Provide layouts designed for order confirmation, shipping updates, surveys, and offers customer engagement solutions.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Funding
top 23%
Growth
top 35%
Moat
top 35%
News
top 36%
Tech
top 39%
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: ai-based
Funding: Raised $52.0M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 10 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series C (Apr 2026)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 43k LinkedIn followers — 4.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series C$110M
  • Nov 2025Series C$43M
  • Nov 2021Series B$30M
  • Jul 2020Series B$12M
Founders & team
Puneet MehtaFounder & CEO
Investors
WndrCo, Eldridge Industries, Fin Capital, Y Combinator, Accenture, Adobe
Tech stack
6SenseAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudinaryDetectifyFastly
#4
Decagon 🦄
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2023
$100Mraised

AI-powered customer experience platform. It enables businesses to build, manage, and optimize intelligent virtual agents across voice, chat, and email channels to deliver personalized, scalable customer support and concierge-style interactions. It enables organizations to create AI-driven concierge experiences that can handle customer interactions across multiple communication channels, including voice, chat, and email, while maintaining consistent and personalized experiences.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 76how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 15%
AI
top 26%
News
top 31%
Growth
top 35%
Moat
top 37%
Talent
top 38%
Funding: Raised $100M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series D (Jan 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-driven, ai-powered
News: 9 BI events in 12 mo (of 37 tracked, 2 types) · +50% YoY · 7 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 66k LinkedIn followers — 6.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. First American) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series D$250M
  • Nov 2025Series C
  • Jun 2025Series C$131M
  • Oct 2024Series B$65M
Founders & team
Jesse ZhangCo-Founder & CEOAshwin SreenivasCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Accel, Bond Capital, ACME, A Star, Bain Capital Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#5
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2020
$75.2Mraised

Voice AI platform for developers. The platform enables users to build, test, and deploy voice agents. It provides an AI-powered virtual assistant API, and allows developers to integrate a conversational AI assistant into applications. Features include natural language processing, knowledge retrieval, contextual awareness, multi-turn dialogue, customizable personality, and scalable infrastructure.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 21%
Tech
top 24%
AI
top 26%
Growth
top 35%
Moat
top 48%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding: Raised $75.2M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Feb 2026)
Tech: 46 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Observability: Datadog, Sentry
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered, natural language processing
Audience (LinkedIn): 24k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +3 · hiring: Director of Mid-Market Sales, Revenue Operations - (Sr.) GTM Engineer
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series B$50M
  • Oct 2024Series A$25.2M
Founders & team
Jordan DearsleyCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Bessemer Venture Partners, Abstract Ventures, AI Grant, Y Combinator, Saga Ventures, Peak XV Partners
Tech stack
Chakra UiCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare TurnstileCore-Js
#6
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2023
$250Mraised

Developer of voice-based artificial intelligence companions and lightweight eyewear products. The company focuses on creating lifelike computer interactions through voice technology. It aims to develop a personal agent that can assist users and provide information. The company also designs eyewear with high-quality audio to provide convenient access to a companion.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 82how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%
AI
top 28%
Talent
top 28%
Patents
top 34%
Innovation
top 36%
Tech
top 41%
Funding: Raised $250M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Oct 2025)
AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: artificial intelligence
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 24k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +3 · hiring: Industrial Designer, ML Scientist
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. SMPL) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series B$250M
Founders & team
Nate MitchellCo-Founder & Chief Product OfficerRyan BrownCo-FounderAnkit KumarCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Summit Partners
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailDatadogDatocmsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceGsap
#7
Serval 🦄
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2024
$122Mraised

Developer of artificial intelligence agents for automated information technology workflows. This platform provides tools for help desk request resolution, access management, and asset tracking. It enables the creation of automated processes through natural language descriptions, allowing for the management of user permissions and system configurations. The system integrates with existing communication channels and software tools to facilitate task execution and data synchronization across organizational infrastructure. It supports deployment options including cloud-hosted and self-hosted environments to accommodate various security and operational requirements.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 80how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%
AI
top 30%
Moat
top 32%
Tech
top 34%
Growth
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Funding: Raised $122M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Dec 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence
Moat: Unicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Account Executive, Mid-Market
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Series B$75M
  • Oct 2025Series A$47M
Founders & team
Alex McLeodCo-Founder & CTOJake StauchCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Redpoint Ventures, First Round Capital, General Catalyst, BoxGroup, Bessemer Venture Partners, Chemistry VC
Tech stack
AceAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCdnjs
#8
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2023
$69Mraised

AI-powered platform that revolutionizes customer research. The platform features in automating and scaling qualitative interviews. It uses AI to conduct thousands of voice and video interviews simultaneously across diverse geographies and demographics. The AI moderates conversations, asks follow-up questions, and compiles insights into detailed reports, highlight reels, and presentations, enabling companies to gain deep, real-time customer understanding quickly and cost-effectively.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 80how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 23%
Growth
top 28%
AI
top 30%
Tech
top 33%
Moat
top 37%
Talent
top 38%
Funding: Raised $69.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Jan 2026)
Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 500,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series B$69M
  • Apr 2025Series A
  • Apr 2025Seed
Founders & team
Alfred WahlforssCo-Founder & CEOFlorian JuengermannCo-Founder
Investors
Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, Conviction, Pear VC, avra
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot
#9
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2024
$20Mraised

Developer of an AI platform for automating audit and compliance testing. The platform imports risk control matrices and evidence to perform tests on demand. It provides workpapers and results to drive remediation. The platform integrates with existing tools and workflows. It scales across operational, financial, and compliance controls.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 27how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 32%
Talent
top 38%
Tech
bottom 41%
Global
bottom 33%
Market
bottom 31%
Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Apr 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 8 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Security: Http/3
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series A$20M
  • Seed
Founders & team
Snir KFounderSnir KodeshFounder
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Elad Gil
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHttp/3
#10
Series A · Mountain View, California · founded 2024 · 15 employees
$27.5Mraised

Developer of a platform providing conversational AI for sales and support. The platform offers features such as lead qualification, customer support, and workflow automation. It serves industries including retail, insurance, and financial services. The platform facilitates seamless handoffs to live agents and provides analytics for conversation monitoring and optimization.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 19k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series A$14.7M
  • Sep 2024Series A$15M
  • Aug 2024Seed$12.5M
Founders & team
Abhishek AsawaCo-FounderMukesh BansalCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
General Catalyst, Accel, Stochastic Labs, Prosus
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#11
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2023
$71.5Mraised

Provider of in-house legal AI. It is a developer of an AI legal assistant platform for in-house counsel. The platform offers document drafting, review, and analysis. It provides tools for legal teams to streamline workflows. The platform delivers features such as prompt libraries, verifiable citations, and knowledge bases.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 18k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches · 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Series B$60M
  • Jan 2025Series A$10M
  • Jun 2024Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Cecilia ZinitiCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Sound Ventures, Fellows Fund, Scale Venture Partners, Northzone, Aglae Ventures, The Council
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#12
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2023
$30.3Mraised

AI agents revolutionizing business communication, automating tasks, and increasing revenue. It is a technology company specializing in creating human-like AI Agents for businesses. The platform enables businesses to build intelligent AI agents, transforming communication across channels. These AI employees can handle inquiries, schedule appointments, provide customer service, and more. The company offers solutions for various industries, including restaurants, cleaning services, dental practices, and HVAC companies. It provides a builder platform, API, and documentation for developers. The AI Agents support multiple communication channels, including phone, SMS, email, web chat, and social media. The company's solutions aim to help businesses never miss a call, manage unlimited simultaneous calls, and increase revenue. It offers integrations for CRM, PMS, and other business management systems. The platform provides customization options and human-in-the-loop support. It offers pricing plans and free consultations.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Tech
top 23%
Talent
top 28%
Growth
top 35%
Global
top 38%
Patents
top 44%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Tech: 53 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud · Devops: Envoy
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series A$30.3M
Founders & team
Luba OvtsinnikovaCo-FounderDavid YangCo-FounderJason LuoCEO
Investors
Aloniq, Acrobator, s16vc, Constructor Capital
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-Js

Funding & investor landscape

$10.9Btotal disclosed funding
322companies funded
621disclosed rounds
8rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Y Combinator96 rounds
Techstars17 rounds
General Catalyst14 rounds
Plug and Play Tech Center13 rounds
500 Global10 rounds
Sequoia Capital10 rounds
Eight Capital Management9 rounds
Felicis Ventures9 rounds
Greylock Partners9 rounds
Soma Capital9 rounds

Notable founders

Bret Taylor
Co-Founder · Sierra
Clay Bavor
Co-Founder · Sierra
Umesh Sachdev
Co-Founder & CEO · Uniphore
Ravi Saraogi
Co-Founder & COO · Uniphore
Puneet Mehta
Founder & CEO · Netomi
Jesse Zhang
Co-Founder & CEO · Decagon
Ashwin Sreenivas
Co-Founder & CTO · Decagon
Jordan Dearsley
Co-Founder & CEO · Vapi
Nate Mitchell
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer · Sesame
Ryan Brown
Co-Founder · Sesame
Alex McLeod
Co-Founder & CTO · Serval
Jake Stauch
Co-Founder & CEO · Serval
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 11,271,345 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Chatbots coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Chatbots companies are there in California, United States?
Radar tracks 755 indexable Chatbots companies headquartered in California, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Chatbots companies in California, United States?
The Chatbots companies in California, United States on this list have raised a combined $10.9B in disclosed equity funding across 322 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Chatbots company in California, United States?
Inflection is the highest-funded Chatbots company in California, United States, with $1.5B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Chatbots companies in California, United States are funded?
322 of the 755 Chatbots companies in California, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Chatbots unicorns are there in California, United States?
10 Chatbots companies in California, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in California, United States Chatbots companies?
The most active investors in California, United States Chatbots companies on this list include Y Combinator, Techstars, General Catalyst, Plug and Play Tech Center, 500 Global.
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