Bengaluru, 6th November 2025 Bolna AI, a Bengaluru-based Voice AI infrastructure startup, has been selected as one of YourStory's Tech30 2025, a prestigious list recognizing India's most promising startups building cutting-edge technology for tomorrow. The announcement was made at **TechSparks 2025**, India's most influential startup-tech conference, held from November 6 to 8, 2025 in Bengaluru.
Handpicked from over 2,000 applications, Bolna AI was chosen by a jury comprising veterans from the startup ecosystem and YourStory's senior editorial and research staff for its pioneering work in making voice automation accessible, affordable, and truly multilingual for Indian enterprises.
Building Voice Infrastructure for India's Next Billion Conversations
Founded in 2024 by Maitreya Wagh (IIT Delhi, ex-Bain & Company, Probo) and Prateek Sachan (ex-Zomato, BrowserStack, Atlassian), Bolna AI addresses a critical gap in India's business communication landscape. While chatbots have proliferated globally, Indians overwhelmingly prefer voice conversations, yet existing voice AI solutions struggle with India's linguistic complexity, regional accents, and cost requirements.
"I saw how chatbots were taking off, but in India, people still prefer talking," said Maitreya Wagh, Co-Founder & CEO of Bolna AI. "As AI models got better and cheaper, I knew the same revolution would come for voice."
India processes over **1 billion calls daily**, with **30 percent** being business-related. Bolna is building the infrastructure to transform these conversations through intelligent voice automation that understands and responds in **10+ Indian vernacular languages**, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, and Hinglish.
From Garage-Stage to Market Leader
Since launching commercially in May 2025, Bolna has demonstrated exceptional growth:
800+ paying customers, including GoKwik, Futwork, Awign, Spinny, and Simplilearn
500,000+ calls processed monthly, a fraction of the addressable market but with immense room for growth
The platform has also attracted users globally in the US, UK, UAE, Malaysia, and Brazil, though its enterprise focus remains India.
The Model-Agnostic Advantage
What sets Bolna apart is its orchestration layer approach. Rather than locking enterprises into a single AI provider, Bolna intelligently selects and optimizes the best combination of speech-to-text, language models, and text-to-speech systems for each individual call.
"We serve as an orchestration layer, simplifying the complex backend of voice automation by managing call routing, latency, accent recognition, and real-time context memory," said Prateek Sachan, Co-Founder & CTO. "We use both our proprietary AI models and external platforms like OpenAI and Sarvam AI to ensure fast, accurate, and lifelike responses."
This model-agnostic architecture enables:
Natural conversation flow with sub-500ms latency
Seamless language switching mid-call, from Hindi to Hinglish to regional languages
Cost optimization through intelligent model selection
Democratizing Voice AI Access
Bolna offers both no-code tools for business teams and comprehensive APIs for developers, making enterprise-grade voice automation accessible to organizations of all sizes. Its per-minute pricing model, starting at ₹7 per minute and dropping to ₹3 for higher volumes, ensures businesses only pay for actual usage.
The platform currently processes around 1 million calls monthly, representing just a fraction of India's billion-plus daily call volume, highlighting the massive growth opportunity ahead.
"Tech30 has historically been a powerful accelerator," added Sachan. "The program has spotlighted 300+ breakout startups, facilitated 430+ investor cheques, and powered nearly $7 billion in cumulative valuations. We're honored to be part of this legacy and excited about what comes next."
About Bolna AI
Bolna AI is a voice AI infrastructure platform that enables enterprises to automate conversations seamlessly through integrated speech-to-text, natural language processing, and text-to-speech capabilities. Founded in 2024 and based in Bengaluru, Bolna serves 800+ paying customers across recruitment, customer support, logistics, e-commerce, and BFSI sectors. The company is backed by Y Combinator (F25) and the Upekkha Vertical AI Accelerator.
About YourStory Tech30
YourStory Tech30 is an annual program that identifies and showcases India's 30 most promising startups building breakthrough technology. Over the past decade, Tech30 has spotlighted 300+ companies, facilitated 430+ investor cheques, and powered nearly $7 billion in cumulative valuations. The 2025 cohort focuses on AI, ML, robotics, deeptech, biotech, advanced SaaS, quantum computing, and sustainable technology.
About TechSparks 2025
TechSparks is India's most influential startup-tech conference, bringing together founders, investors, corporates, and policymakers to shape the future of innovation. The 2025 edition, held from November 6 to 8 in Bengaluru.