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LiveKit

LiveKit sells open source real-time media infrastructure and a managed cloud that developers use to run voice and video AI agents in production.

livekit.com · San Jose

CALL NO.CS·LIVEKIT·26
StageSeries CJanuary 2026 · led by Index Ventures[2][10][3][11]
Raised$183Mdisclosed rounds[10][1]
Headcount175sources disagree, see below[1][15]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2021[1][2][9]
Money

Raised $183M across disclosed rounds.[10][1]

Series C closed January 2026, led by Index Ventures.[2][10][3][11]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Index Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Hanabi Capital, Salesforce Ventures.[2][10][11][8][12]

People

Russ d'Sa, CEO & Founder[9][12][14][15]

Tom Davies, Chief Revenue Officer[9][14][15]

Headcount: sources disagree
175as of Oct 2026

LiveKit · Oct 2026[1]

Tom Davies · Oct 2026[15]

Signals
Sep 1 2026newsIntroducing LiveKit Connectors: voice agents where people already talk | LiveKit company claim, not independently confirmed[17]
May 21 2026newsLiveKit Appoints Tom Davies as Chief Revenue Officer to Accelerate Enterprise Growth[14]
Jan 22 2026fundingVoice AI engine and OpenAI partner LiveKit hits $1B valuation | TechCrunch[2]
Oct 1 2025launchIntroducing LiveKit Inference: A unified model interface for voice AI[18]
Comps

Agora · agora.io · Same buyer and same budget line: a developer or platform team buying real-time media transport. Red5's competitive landscape places Agora and LiveKit in the same supplier set for real-time interactive streaming, so a buyer evaluating LiveKit Cloud's edge...[20]

Video SDK · videosdk.live · Same buyer and same workflow: developers embedding real-time audio and video through SDKs rather than building the media stack themselves.[21][22]

Bland · bland.ai · Same buyer and same workflow: phone-based conversational agents. CB Insights names Bland as a LiveKit competitor, and LiveKit's own Connectors launch targets agents answering on existing telephony and WhatsApp channels, which is the same deployment job Bland...[21][17]

Whereby · whereby.com · Same underlying job to be done: real-time audio and video sessions embedded in an application. CB Insights lists Whereby as a LiveKit competitor, and LiveKit's origin as an open source WebRTC project for livestreaming and conferencing puts both in front of...[21][25]

Vapi · vapi.ai · Same buyer and same job to be done: an enterprise team that wants a production voice agent. CB Insights lists Vapi directly among LiveKit's top competitors, so a buyer scoping voice agent infrastructure would weigh building on LiveKit's transport and agent...[21]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[17]

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LiveKit

CALL NO.CS·LIVEKIT·26

LiveKit sells open source real-time media infrastructure and a managed cloud that developers use to run voice and video AI agents in production.

livekit.com · San Jose

StageSeries C
Raised$183M
Headcount175
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2021
CompsAgora +4

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