Vapi positions itself as the most developer-friendly and fastest (lowest latency) voice AI orchestration platform, competing with traditional IVR systems and other voice API providers by offering a 'BYO stack' approach.

Leadership

Founders

Jordan Dearsley

Co-founder & CEO of Vapi. Previously co-founded Superpowered (YC W21). Former Software Engineer at Asana, Wealthsimple, and Shopify. Shad Fellow. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (AI) in 2026.

Nikhil Gupta

Co-founder & CTO of Vapi. Previously co-founded Superpowered (YC W21). Background in engineering from the University of Waterloo. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (AI) in 2026.

Executive Team

Jordan Dearsley

Co-Founder & CEO

Ex-Asana, Shopify, Wealthsimple engineer. Co-founded Superpowered.

Nikhil Gupta

Co-Founder & CTO

Engineer from University of Waterloo. Co-founded Superpowered.

Board of Directors

Michael Droesch

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Sameer Dholakia

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners (Investor/Advisor)

Founding Story

Originally founded as Superpowered (an AI notetaker), the team pivoted multiple times (12 times in 3 months) before identifying a massive need for a low-latency, developer-friendly voice API. The mission was to simplify the complex stack required for real-time voice AI.

Business Model

Revenue

$8M ARR (reported as of 2025/2026)

Revenue Model

Usage-based (hosting fees per minute/message) and annual enterprise subscriptions.

Pricing Tiers

Pay As You Go

Usage-based

Calls: $0.05/min hosting + model costs (at cost). SMS/Chat: $0.005/msg. Includes 10 concurrent lines, 14-day call history.

Enterprise

Custom

Annual contract. Includes custom concurrency, volume-based discounts, custom data retention, 99.99% SLA, and dedicated support.

Private

Target Markets

Industries & Segments

Software Developers
Enterprise Call Centers
SaaS Companies
Healthcare Providers

Use Cases

Customer Support
Inbound/Outbound Sales
Appointment Scheduling
Healthcare coordination
E-learning assistants

Notable Customers

Unity AI
NY Life
Intuit
Instawork

Quick Facts

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2020

Entity Type

Inc.

Employees

160

Total Funding

$20.13M

Investors

Bessemer Venture Partners, Y Combinator

Office Locations

San Francisco

Funding History

Seed$130,000

March 2021

Y Combinator

Series A$20,000,000

December 2024

$130,000,000 valuation

Bessemer Venture Partners

History & Milestones

2026

Founders Jordan Dearsley and Nikhil Gupta named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list for AI.

2025/2026

Hosted VapiCon, a conference for voice AI leaders and innovators.

December 2024

Raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners at a $130 million valuation.

Late 2023

Pivoted from Superpowered to Vapi, focusing on a voice API platform for AI agents.

March 2021

Participated in the Y Combinator W21 batch, raising $130,000 in seed funding.

Key Capabilities

Sub-500ms end-to-end latency

Multilingual support (100+ languages)

API-native architecture

Bring-your-own-models (STT, LLM, TTS)

Automated testing for voice agents

Tool calling for real-time data fetching

Integrations & Partnerships

Platform Integrations

Twilio
Daily
OpenAI
Anthropic
Groq
Cartesia
ElevenLabs
PlayHT

Key Partnerships

Bessemer Venture Partners

Y Combinator

OpenAI (model integration)

Connect

Website

vapi.ai

X / Twitter

Vapi_AI

AI Topics

Vapi focuses on these topics:

Voice Assistant(1)

Conversational Agents(1)

API Integration Platforms(1)

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Vapi

A developer-first platform for deploying human-like voice AI agents at scale, aiming to bend the arc of technology back to the human voice.

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At a Glance

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San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters

2020Est.

160Employees

$20.13MRaised

Focus Areas

Voice Assistant

Conversational Agents

API Integration Platforms

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AI Tools by Vapi

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Vapi

Voice AI Agent Platform for Devs

Voice Assistant Conversational AI API Integrations

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Latest News

12/01/2024

Vapi Raises $20M Series A Led by Bessemer Venture Partners

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2025/2026

Vapi Hosts Inaugural VapiCon for Voice AI Leaders

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01/01/2026

Vapi Founders Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 AI List

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01/01/2023

Superpowered Pivots to Voice AI Platform Vapi

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Products & Services

Vapi Voice API

Late 2023

A platform for building, testing, and deploying low-latency voice AI agents for phone calls, web, and mobile apps.

Vapi SMS/Chat

Integration for SMS and chat-based AI agents with usage-based hosting.

Market Position

Leadership

Founders

Jordan Dearsley

Co-founder & CEO of Vapi. Previously co-founded Superpowered (YC W21). Former Software Engineer at Asana, Wealthsimple, and Shopify. Shad Fellow. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (AI) in 2026.

Nikhil Gupta

Co-founder & CTO of Vapi. Previously co-founded Superpowered (YC W21). Background in engineering from the University of Waterloo. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (AI) in 2026.

Executive Team

Jordan Dearsley

Co-Founder & CEO

Ex-Asana, Shopify, Wealthsimple engineer. Co-founded Superpowered.

Nikhil Gupta

Co-Founder & CTO

Engineer from University of Waterloo. Co-founded Superpowered.

Board of Directors

Michael Droesch

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Sameer Dholakia

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners (Investor/Advisor)

Founding Story

Business Model

Revenue

$8M ARR (reported as of 2025/2026)

Revenue Model

Usage-based (hosting fees per minute/message) and annual enterprise subscriptions.

Pricing Tiers

Pay As You Go

Usage-based

Calls: $0.05/min hosting + model costs (at cost). SMS/Chat: $0.005/msg. Includes 10 concurrent lines, 14-day call history.

Enterprise

Custom

Annual contract. Includes custom concurrency, volume-based discounts, custom data retention, 99.99% SLA, and dedicated support.

Private

Target Markets

Industries & Segments

Software Developers
Enterprise Call Centers
SaaS Companies
Healthcare Providers

Use Cases

Customer Support
Inbound/Outbound Sales
Appointment Scheduling
Healthcare coordination
E-learning assistants

Notable Customers

Unity AI
NY Life
Intuit
Instawork

Quick Facts

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2020

Entity Type

Inc.

Employees

160

Total Funding

$20.13M

Investors

Bessemer Venture Partners, Y Combinator

Office Locations

San Francisco

Funding History

Seed$130,000

March 2021

Y Combinator

Series A$20,000,000

December 2024

$130,000,000 valuation

Bessemer Venture Partners

History & Milestones

2026

Founders Jordan Dearsley and Nikhil Gupta named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list for AI.

2025/2026

Hosted VapiCon, a conference for voice AI leaders and innovators.

December 2024

Raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners at a $130 million valuation.

Late 2023

Pivoted from Superpowered to Vapi, focusing on a voice API platform for AI agents.

March 2021

Participated in the Y Combinator W21 batch, raising $130,000 in seed funding.

Key Capabilities

Sub-500ms end-to-end latency

Multilingual support (100+ languages)

API-native architecture

Bring-your-own-models (STT, LLM, TTS)

Automated testing for voice agents

Tool calling for real-time data fetching

Integrations & Partnerships

Platform Integrations

Twilio
Daily
OpenAI
Anthropic
Groq
Cartesia
ElevenLabs
PlayHT

Key Partnerships

Bessemer Venture Partners

Y Combinator

OpenAI (model integration)

Connect

Website

vapi.ai

X / Twitter

Vapi_AI

AI Topics

Vapi focuses on these topics:

Voice Assistant(1)

Conversational Agents(1)

API Integration Platforms(1)

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