Funding · AI & Deep Tech
Gnani.ai raises $10M led by Aavishkaar Capital for global expansion and AI development
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- Date
- Company
- Gnani.ai
- What it does
- voice-first agentic AI platform
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- $10M (₹94 Cr)
- Stage
- Series B
- Founded
- 2016
- Sector
- AI & Deep Tech
What they do
Gnani.ai is a voice-first agentic AI platform processing over 30 million daily voice interactions in more than 12 languages for over 200 enterprise customers
What happened
The company raised $10 million in its Series B funding round led by Aavishkaar Capital, with participation from existing investor Info Edge Ventures
Why it matters
The funds will be used for global expansion, enhancing agentic AI capabilities, and expanding multilingual and industry-specific solutions
The details
- Gnani.ai raised $10 million in its Series B funding round led by Aavishkaar Capital, with participation from existing investor Info Edge Ventures.
- Gnani.ai is a voice-first agentic AI platform that processes over 30 million daily voice interactions in more than 12 languages for over 200 enterprise customers.
- Gnani.ai plans to use the funds to expand globally, enhance its agentic AI capabilities, and develop multilingual and industry-specific solutions.
- Gnani.ai recently launched Inya VoiceOS, India's first 5-billion-parameter voice-to-voice sovereign foundational AI model, at the AI Impact Summit 2026.
- Gnani.ai was founded in 2016 by Ganesh Gopalan and Ananth Nagaraj.
- Gnani.ai has built India's leading voice AI platform and claims to be processing over 30 million voice interactions daily in more than 12 languages for more than 200 enterprise customers.
The bigger picture
- The funding is part of a larger round, with this being the first close.
- The company aims to capture a significant share of the rapidly growing enterprise voice AI market worldwide.
- The company's voice AI solutions are used across sectors such as BFSI, telecommunications, e-commerce, consumer internet, and healthcare.
About the business
- Gnani.ai provides voice-first agentic AI solutions for enterprises, enhancing customer experience across various sectors.
- Gnani.ai processes 30 million daily voice interactions in more than 12 languages for over 200 enterprise customers.
- Gnani.ai has developed Inya VoiceOS, India's first 5-billion-parameter voice-to-voice sovereign foundational AI model.
What happens next
- Expand globally and enhance agentic AI capabilities.
- Develop multilingual and industry-specific solutions.
- Strengthen engineering and product talent base.
The deal
- Type
- funding
Investors
- Aavishkaar Capital (lead) — An impact-focused fund manager.
- Info Edge Ventures (existing) — An existing investor in Gnani.ai.
Founders
- Ganesh Gopalan, co-founder
- Ananth Nagaraj, co-founder
About Gnani.ai
- Product
- Generative AI voice agents and sovereign AI stack for enterprise automation
- Customers
- Large enterprises and customer-facing businesses in BFSI, telecom, ecommerce, and healthcare
- How it makes money
- B2B SaaS providing AI voice and agentic AI platform for enterprise workflows
- What sets it apart
- Proprietary models trained natively across 11 Indian languages with sovereign data control
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