live kit has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round to accelerate the growth of its developer platform for building voice, video, and physical artificial intelligence agents.
The round values the company at $1 billion, according to LiveKit’s co-founder and CEO. Las da sa he said on Thursday (January 22). blog post.
Followed by Series B in April funding round Among them, LiveKit raised $45 million.
Over 200,000 developers and teams use Build AI that can interact with the world using the LiveKit platform real timeaccording to the company Website. Users include Fortune 500 companies as well as AI and robotics labs.
LiveKit was helpful OpenAI develop ChatGPT voice modeaccording to of blog post What was announced was April funding round.
Since its product launch, voice AI has has been deployed with thousands of applications finance Service, Healthcare, Retail, Customer Support, Education and Robotics. In these applications, voice agents help process claims, tutor students, triage patients, support customers and interview candidates, according to Thursday’s blog post.
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“Large enterprises are now evaluating and building voice agents to automate workflows, improve customer experiences, and generate new revenue,” d’Sa said in the post. “While many of these use cases are still in the proof-of-concept stage, some have moved into production and are operating at real scale. agent force Voice agents are responsible for customer support for some of the world’s top brands. tesla We use voice AI for sales, support, insurance, and roadside assistance. ”
“We expect 2026 to be the year that voice AI becomes pervasive. widely deployed across thousands of use cases around the world,” d’Sa said in the post.
Sahir Azamearly stage and growth investors index venturesThe company, which led the Series C funding round, said separately on Thursday. blog post His company says it believes LiveKit establishes “one of the most important infrastructure layers of the AI stack.”
“In the short term, voice agents are becoming the front line of interaction in call centers and customer workflows,” Azam said in the post. “As robotics and autonomy become more prevalent, the same basic requirements will apply to systems that interact with the physical world through cameras, microphones, and sensors.”
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