‘Wining in AI requires owning the entire software pipeline’ Q&A with Gnani AI cofounder Ganesh Gopalan
Bengaluru-based voice AI startup Gnani.ai has raised $10 million in a Series B round led by Aavishkaar Capital at a “significantly higher” valuation, says co-founder Ganesh Gopalan. The raise comes at a time when AI funding is surging globally, as well as within India, yet Gnani’s total capital raised so far, at roughly $15 million, remains modest in comparison.
Meanwhile, its peer Sarvam AI is reportedly nearing a unicorn valuation in its next round of funding. In a conversation with Ayanti Bera, Gopalan speaks about the drivers behind the fundraise, his approach to multilingual voice AI models, and plans to scale its voice AI agents globally. Excerpts:
