Voice AI agents that outperform human sales reps by 30%

Simple AI raised $14M seed from First Harmonic + Y Combinator to automate phone calls for consumer brands.

• $14M seed, First Harmonic leading
• <850ms latency across voice AI system
• 30% higher conversion vs human reps
• Customers: steak, storage, insurance companies

How founders built this:
• Met at YC running separate software teams
• Got early LLM research access before voice apps existed
• Built entire voice stack from scratch
• Proved 30% performance gains before scaling

https://venturebeat.com/business/simple-ai-announces-14m-from-first-harmonic-and-y-combinator-to-build-voice-ai-agents-that-sell

Takeaway: Voice AI is replacing sales teams. Prove measurable performance gains first.

Source: VentureBeat
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