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Bland AI押注最难接的电话;被拒180次后完成5000万美元C轮融资
Bland AI成立于2023年,在被投资者拒绝180次后,自主研发语音代理,专门处理30至45分钟的受监管电话,并于2026年完成5000万美元C轮融资。
Bland AI
做的是什么生意
Bland AI sells enterprise AI agents that answer and place phone calls, SMS and chat, running on voice models and infrastructure Bland built itself, for healthcare, insurance and financial-services customers.
启动资金:More than $100M total: $16M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners (Aug 2024), $40M Series B led by Emergence Capital (Jan 2025), $50M Series C led by Dell Technologies Capital (Jun 2026).
起因
Isaiah Granet and Sobhan Nejad founded Bland in San Francisco in 2023 after Y Combinator. Fortune reported that 180 investors passed on the company during its YC days, many convinced phone calls were dying. Fortune also reported the origin story was personal: Nejad's aunt, unable to get through to her insurance company by phone, was denied access to medical treatment.
经过
Bland went from pre-seed to Series B in about ten months: a $16M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners in August 2024 with Y Combinator and angels including Max Levchin and Jeff Lawson, then a $40M Series B led by Emergence Capital in January 2025, bringing the total to $65M with customers including the University of Phoenix, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Better.com. In June 2026 Bland closed a $50M Series C led by Dell Technologies Capital, with HubSpot Ventures, Archerman Capital and Tribeca Venture Partners joining and Emergence, Upfront, Scale and YC returning; total funding passed $100M.
结果
Still private and scaling: 250+ enterprise customers and roughly 3.5M calls a week in healthcare, financial services and other regulated sectors, with 175M calls processed in 2025 (company figures reported by SiliconANGLE), and a Series C aimed at expanding further into regulated industries.
背景
Bland AI于2023年在旧金山成立,创始人为Isaiah Granet和Sobhan Nejad,二人均为Y Combinator校友,他们押注电话并不会消失,只是自动化程度太差。据Fortune报道,在YC期间有180位投资者拒绝了该公司,许多人认为电话正在消亡,而创业动机源于个人故事:Nejad的姑妈因无法通过电话联系保险公司而无法获得治疗。
Bland没有去解决简单的支持电话,而是聚焦于其他语音AI回避的长时、敏感且受监管的对话。它自建转录、推理和文本转语音技术栈,而不是将第三方API拼接在一起,主张自研每一层可以控制延迟、可靠性和数据合规性,这满足了医疗、保险和金融行业买家的需求。
公司在约十个月内从种子前阶段发展到B轮融资:2024年8月获得Scale Venture Partners领投的1600万美元,随后于2025年1月获得由Emergence Capital领投的4000万美元,客户包括凤凰城大学、克利夫兰骑士队和Better.com。2026年6月完成由Dell Technologies Capital领投的5000万美元C轮融资,参与者包括HubSpot Ventures、Emergence、Upfront、Scale和YC,总融资额超过1亿美元。
彼时Bland宣称拥有超过250家企业客户,包括Samsara、Kin Insurance和CNO Financial,每周处理超过350万通电话,并在2025年处理超过1.75亿通电话,单次通话通常为30至45分钟(公司数据,由SiliconANGLE报道)。
这件事要成立,得有什么
- 聊天机器人和IVR技术未能覆盖最有价值的电话——这类电话通常长时间、敏感且受监管,因此实现自动化是一笔比解决简单支持来电更大的财富。
- 端到端自研模型和基础设施可以控制延迟、数据和合规性,这正是医疗、保险和金融领域受监管客户的基本要求。
- 180次拒绝反映的是对行业时机的猜疑,而非问题本身,因此坚持和YC背景形成的证据最终赢得了后期投资。
- 逐轮向上游市场推进——在不到三年内完成A、B、C轮——使Bland在受监管行业扩张,在这些领域资源薄弱的转售型竞争对手很难跟进。
可借鉴之处
180次拒绝可能反映的是对时机而非创意本身的怀疑:Bland坚持相信语音通话将超越聊天机器人时代,而每一次拒绝都帮助其找到愿意投资最难电话的相信者。
后续进展
截至2026-06-16,Bland是一家独立运营的私营企业,正借助由Dell Technologies Capital领投的新一轮5000万美元C轮融资在受监管行业扩张。公司报告拥有超过250家企业客户,每周处理超过350万通电话,并在2025年共处理1.75亿通电话,其中大部分通话由自研语音模型处理,时长通常为30至45分钟。引用来源未提及任何清算或收购。
资料来源
- Exclusive: Voice AI startup Bland raises $50 million after being rejected by 180 investors
- Bland raises $50M to automate complex, high-stakes phone calls
- WashU AI Startup Bland.com announces $40M Series B to change outdated enterprise call practices
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