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AI-powered call automation platform for B2C companies

Berlin, GermanyFounded 2024AI

Valuation $50–100M Last recorded · 2026

Headcount <100 Current team size

Total funding $10–50M Disclosed equity funding

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About telli

telli is a Berlin AI company (Y Combinator Fall 2024) founded by Finn zur Muehlen (CEO), Seb Hapte-Selassie (CTO) and Philipp Baumanns that builds multi-channel AI agents for B2C customer-facing operations across voice, chat, SMS, WhatsApp and email—lead qualification, appointment booking, service and support—centered on Charlie, an AI coworker that helps teams build, connect and improve agents. Clients range from SMEs to enterprises; press cites millions of customer conversations handled. After a $3.6 million pre-seed led by Cherry Ventures and Y Combinator, telli raised a $15 million seed in July 2026 led by redalpine with Mutschler, Cherry Ventures, Y Combinator and angels, bringing total funding to more than $18.5 million to expand engineering and go-to-market and deepen Charlie and voice/multi-channel capabilities. Type left as corporate. Sources: Tech.eu 23 Jul 2026; company blog.

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At a glance

Status: Operational
Founded: 2024
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Employees: 1
Open positions: 35
Dealroom signal: 56.7/100
Industry: Dating, Enterprise Software
Sector: AI, Berlin Startup Scholarship, AI Agents, YC F24
Technology: Artificial Intelligence
Business model: SaaS
Client focus: b2b
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Funding history

3 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal type	Date	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Source
SEED✓Equity / VC	Jul 2026	$15M	$60M	Y Combinator · Mutschler Ventures · Redalpine · Cherry Ventures	↗
SEED✓Equity / VC	Apr 2025	$3.6M	$14M	Y Combinator · Cherry Ventures	↗

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telli website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for telli is 32K monthly website visits, up 113.3% over the last three months. telli's team grew 0% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits32K 3-month web change+113.3% 1-year team growth0%

Monthly website visitsDec 2020–Jul 2026

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