Key Takeaways
- • Guava, a Los Angeles-based developer platform for building AI voice agents, has raised $12.5 million in seed financing.
- • The round was led by Acrew Capital, with participation from Flourish Ventures, WillowTree Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, and pre-seed investor Commerce Ventures.
- • The capital will fund continued model and product development and launch a go-to-market team targeting enterprises and business process outsourcers (BPOs).
- • Guava's platform handles the voice interaction layer while letting businesses control what agents know and do through their own software and business rules.
Summary
Guava, a new developer platform for building voice agents, has announced $12.5 million in seed financing, according to the company's announcement. The round was led by Acrew Capital, with participation from Flourish Ventures, WillowTree Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, and Commerce Ventures, which had previously backed the company at the pre-seed stage.
The company's platform enables developers to build AI voice agents that handle customer conversations and tasks such as scheduling appointments and providing live support. Guava manages the voice interaction itself, while giving businesses control over the knowledge their agents hold and the actions they can take, integrating with their own software and business rules.
The company is headquartered in Los Angeles and was co-founded by Omri Dahan, Anthony Scodary, Nico Benitez, and Mike Piechna. Guava serves enterprises and business process outsourcers, and the new funding is earmarked for continued model and product development as well as building out its go-to-market team to pursue those customers.
The company's platform enables developers to build AI voice agents that handle customer conversations and tasks such as scheduling appointments and providing live support. Guava manages the voice interaction itself, while giving businesses control over the knowledge their agents hold and the actions they can take, integrating with their own software and business rules.
The company is headquartered in Los Angeles and was co-founded by Omri Dahan, Anthony Scodary, Nico Benitez, and Mike Piechna. Guava serves enterprises and business process outsourcers, and the new funding is earmarked for continued model and product development as well as building out its go-to-market team to pursue those customers.
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