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Bland

Bland builds proprietary voice AI agents that handle long, complex phone calls for regulated enterprises.

bland.ai · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·BLAND·26
StageSeries CJune 2026 · led by Dell Technologies Capital[1][2][9]
Raised$100Mdisclosed rounds[1][2][4]
Headcount87sources disagree, see below[10][11]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2023[1][2][5]
Money

Raised $100M across disclosed rounds.[1][2][4]

Series C closed June 2026, led by Dell Technologies Capital.[1][2][9]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Dell Technologies Capital, HubSpot Ventures, Archerman Capital, Tribeca Venture Partners, Emergence Capital, Upfront Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Max Levchin, Piotr Dąbkowski, Jeff Lawson.[1][2][9]

People

Isaiah Granet, CEO and Co-Founder[2][7][10][16]

Sobhan Nejad, COO and Co-Founder[2][7][10][16]

Headcount: sources disagree
87as of May 2026

Sobhan Nejad · Jun 2026[10]

Jason Miao · Jun 2026[11]

Signals
Jun 23 2026newsCustomers | Bland AI company claim, not independently confirmed[20]
Jun 23 2026newsBland AI: The enterprise platform for AI phone calls[21][8]
Jun 16 2026fundingBland raises $50M Series C led by Dell Technologies Capital[1][2][3][4][5][6][9]
Jun 16 2026launchBland launches Norm, an AI assistant that builds production-ready voice agents from a single prompt[9][10]
Jun 15 2026fundingSeries C Unlocked: What's Next for Bland company claim, not independently confirmed[19]
May 1 2026launchBland launches iMessage agents with branded contact cards and blue bubbles[10]
Comps

PolyAI · poly.ai · Same buyer (enterprise call centers), same workflow (voice AI agents), same budget (call center AI spend). PolyAI raised $86M at a $750M valuation in December 2025.[2][3]

Replicant · replicant.ai · Same buyer and workflow: enterprise call center voice automation competing for the same budget.[2][3]

Observe.ai · observe.ai · Same buyer and workflow: enterprise contact center AI, embedded in existing call center stacks.[2][3]

Retell AI · retellai.com · Same workflow: voice AI agents for phone calls, competing for similar enterprise budgets.[2][3]

Cognigy · cognigy.com · Same buyer and workflow: enterprise conversational AI for contact centers.[2][3]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[20]

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Bland builds proprietary voice AI agents that handle long, complex phone calls for regulated enterprises.

bland.ai · San Francisco

StageSeries C
Raised$100M
Headcount87
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2023
CompsPolyAI +4

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