Vapi
Vapi provides voice interface software for businesses, handling complex phone conversations without traditional menus or hold music. The company has powered over 1 billion calls and raised $71M in Series B funding. Vapi's platform replaces conventional phone systems with a more natural voice interface, targeting both small businesses and large enterprises like Fortune 100 companies. The software aims to improve customer interactions by avoiding scripted menus and hold times. Founded in 2023, Vapi has grown to 132 employees and secured $71M in Series B funding in May 2026. The company's rapid scaling suggests strong investor confidence in its voice interface technology.
The growth story
Vapi grew from 2 to 132 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $71M along the way, most recently a Series B in May 2026.
About
Voice is the human interface for business. Vapi is the platform behind it.Most phone systems trap callers in menus, scripts, and hold music. Vapi doesn't. From indie builders to the Fortune 100, we've powered over 1,000,000,000 calls — handling the most complex conversations and driving real outcomes.Hear it yourself: 1-844-HEY-VAPI
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Vapi's largest function with 26 employees, reflecting the company's technical focus on voice interface development. The leadership team spans functions across engineering, product, and operations.
The Vapi org chart
Jordan D. (Founder, CEO) leads 36 mapped leaders with 10 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 38 (+31% YoY), Sales 16 (+433% YoY), Business Development 10 (+100% YoY), Information Technology 9 (+350% YoY), Operations 7 (+17% YoY), Human Resources 7 (+133% YoY).
Talent flow
Vapi recruits heavily from tech companies like Braze, Palo Alto Networks, and Amazon, with 7 hires coming from Braze alone. Alumni have moved on to roles at OpenAI, Sentra, and Fulcrum.
Most common previous employers of Vapi staff: Braze (7), Palo Alto Networks (5), Expanse, acquired by Palo Alto Networks (4), Amplitude (4), Amazon (4), Oracle (3). Former Vapi employees most often moved to Sentra (2), Fulcrum (2), OpenAI (2), Goosewin Media (2), Dialogica (1), Industric (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Vapi mafia
Vapi alumni have founded 8 companies, including Sentra (19 staff) and Doe (38 staff), showing a strong entrepreneurial streak among former employees.
9Richard Ou, was Doing cool stuff until 2025Al Rey, was Head of Enterprise and Strategic Sales until 2025Andrey Starenky, was Software Engineer until 2025Kaustubh Agrawal, was Founding Engineer until 2024Andrii Mazur, was Founding Designer until 2026Rajdeep Ghosh, was Founding Machine Learning Engineer until 2025
Mustansar Habib, was AI Voice Agents until 2026
Andrew Schwartz, was Principal Architect until 2026
Dan Goosewin, was Developer Relations & Partnerships Lead until 2025Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 58% direct, 25% search, 4% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Vapi: Leadership (44), Project Management (37), JavaScript (36), Management (34), Microsoft Excel (29), Microsoft Office (29), Python (Programming Language) (28), React.js (27).
Where the team actually sits
Vapi people are concentrated in California, United States (44), San Francisco Bay Area (31), New York, United States (6), United States (2).
Search footprint
Vapi attracts about 1,406 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $15K a month if bought through ads. It gained 482 ranking keywords and lost 535 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.70 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
Vapi has 132 employees as of September 2026.
Vapi has raised $71M in total, most recently a Series B round in May 2026.
Vapi was founded in 2023 by Jordan D., Nikhil Gupta.
Jordan D. (Founder, CEO) sits at the top of Vapi's reporting structure, with 10 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Vapi staff are Braze (7 people), Palo Alto Networks (5 people), Expanse, acquired by Palo Alto Networks (4 people).
Former Vapi employees most often move to Sentra (2), Fulcrum (2), OpenAI (2).
At least 8 companies have a founder who previously worked at Vapi, including Doe, Sentra, Mixio.
Vapi attracts about 1,406 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $15K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Vapi staff are Leadership, Project Management, JavaScript, Management, Microsoft Excel.
Vapi staff are concentrated in California, United States (44), San Francisco Bay Area (31), New York, United States (6).
Vapi has about 38 people in Engineering, up 31% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Vapi has about 16 people in Sales, up 433% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 104 current and 57 former Vapi profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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