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.
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]
Russ d'Sa, CEO & Founder[9][12][14][15]
Tom Davies, Chief Revenue Officer[9][14][15]
LiveKit · Oct 2026[1]
Tom Davies · Oct 2026[15]
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]
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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.
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