Samora AI
Enable organizations to run multilingual, production-grade voice AI agents that handle real-world conversations safely, with strict compliance controls and human escalation.
Founding Story
Born out of Kartik Sawhney's frustration with existing voice assistants' inability to handle noisy environments and multilingual nuances in India. Kartik, who is blind, envisioned a more robust conversational interface that could serve as a default for all software.
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Leadership
Founders
Kartik Sawhney
Co-founder & CEO. Stanford CS graduate, blind activist for accessibility. Former engineer at Microsoft, IBM, and Uber. Co-founded I-Stem to digitize inaccessible content.
Vineeth Kumar
Co-founder & CTO. BITS Pilani Hyderabad graduate. First engineer at a fintech startup. Previously launched edtech startup Audify and co-founded a design agency.
Shakul Raj Sonker
Co-founder & COO. Former AI engineer in fintech. Scaled I-Stem (national non-profit). Focuses on building AI-powered voice experiences.
Executive Team
Kartik Sawhney
Chief Executive Officer
Stanford CS, Accessibility activist, Former MSFT/Uber engineer.
Vineeth Kumar
Chief Technology Officer
BITS Pilani, Audify founder, Fintech engineer.
Business Model
Revenue Model
B2B SaaS / Usage-based pricing model (typically per minute or per interaction).
Target Markets
- Financial Services
- Recruitment
- Healthcare
- Consumer Goods
- Automotive
- Government
- Ecommerce warranty claims
- Recruitment candidate screening
- BFSI debt recovery reminders
- University student outreach
- Real estate lead qualification
- Government of India
- UNICEF
- Signify
- Bimal
History & Milestones
Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2026 (W26) batch.
Company surpassed 1 million calls milestone across various sectors.
Samora AI founded by Kartik Sawhney, Vineeth Kumar, and Shakul Sonker.
