Voice AI firm Retell hits $100M ARR, up 10x in 17 months, profitable on $4.6M raised
s_mohinii · x · 2026-11-13
Voice AI company Retell AI announced it crossed a $100M revenue run rate — going from $10M to $100M in 17 months, profitable, with only $4.6M raised. The company builds tooling so customers can create, manage and improve voice agents in-product, betting the contact center belongs to the teams who run it. Commentators see it as a signal that voice AI is becoming serious business infrastructure.
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