Vapi

About Vapi

Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Products by Vapi

All products by Vapi reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

VapiAI Agents & Assistants

Voice AI platform for developers — build and deploy voice agents in minutes

Pricing on request7.6/10

How Our Review Panel Scores Vapi

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed Vapi's product on their own terms. They disagreed by 1.0 points — The Finance Lead was the hardest to convince, The Decision Maker the most positive.

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who Vapi competes with, and how they differ.

Bland AI7.9/10

Near-identical developer-first API for building/deploying AI phone agents; differs on pricing model (per-minute usage) and heavier emphasis on enterprise security certifications in its sales motion.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Synthflow7.8/10

No-code/low-code voice agent builder aimed at SMBs and agencies, contrasting with Vapi's code-first developer API and infrastructure focus.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

PolyAI8.0/10

Enterprise-only, vertical-specific (retail, banking, hospitality) managed voice AI deployments sold as a finished solution rather than a self-serve developer platform.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Sierra7.5/10

Full-service, outcome-priced enterprise conversational AI agent (co-founded by Bret Taylor) sold as a managed product to large enterprises, not a self-serve API for developers.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Decagon7.4/10

Enterprise customer-support AI agent platform competing specifically in the CX/support vertical, versus Vapi's broader voice infrastructure play across support, sales and screening use cases.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Company Timeline

Key milestones in Vapi's history, with sources.

1. May 12, 2026Funding

   Series B — $50M led by Peak XV Partners at ~$500M valuation

   Peak XV Partners led a $50M Series B with M12, Kleiner Perkins and Bessemer Venture Partners participating, bringing total funding to $72M. The round followed Vapi winning Amazon Ring's inbound call volume over 40 rival vendors.

   techcrunch.com
2. Dec 12, 2024Funding

   Series A — $20M led by Bessemer Venture Partners at $130M valuation

   Bessemer Venture Partners led the round with Abstract Ventures, AI Grant, Y Combinator, Saga Ventures and Michael Ovitz participating, to expand engineering and enterprise go-to-market.

   globenewswire.com
3. March 2024Launch

   Vapi launches publicly on Product Hunt

   Vapi, the voice AI developer platform, launched publicly on Product Hunt in March 2024 after pivoting from the meeting-notetaker app Superpowered.

   globenewswire.com
4. Nov 10, 2023Funding

   Pivots from Superpowered to Vapi, discloses $2.1M seed led by Kleiner Perkins

   YC-backed meeting-notetaker Superpowered pivoted to become a voice API platform for bots, renaming to Vapi; the company disclosed a $2.1M seed round led by Kleiner Perkins with Abstract Ventures.

   techcrunch.com
5. 2020Founded

   Founded as Superpowered by Jordan Dearsley and Nikhil Gupta

   Jordan Dearsley and Nikhil Gupta, University of Waterloo classmates, founded the company in 2020 as Superpowered, a Y Combinator-backed AI meeting-notetaker, before pivoting to voice AI infrastructure in 2023.

   techcrunch.com