Yellow.ai, Inc.

Yellow.ai, Inc. develops a conversational AI platform that automates customer and employee interactions through chat and voice agents. The company was founded in 2016 in Bangalore, India, as Yellow Messenger by Raghu Ravinutala, Jayakishore Gollareddy, and Rashid Khan, and rebranded to Yellow.ai in June 2021. It is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and retains a large engineering base in Bangalore.

Its core offering, the Dynamic Automation Platform, lets enterprises build and deploy AI agents across text and voice channels in more than 100 languages. The company introduced its DynamicNLP engine in 2022 and added generative AI capabilities across the platform in 2023, deploying over 120 generative AI bots that year. Customers have included Sony, Flipkart, Grab, Domino's, HDFC Bank, Volkswagen, and IndiGo, and the company states it serves more than 1,000 enterprises across 85+ countries.

Yellow.ai has raised approximately $102 million: a $4 million Series A in 2019 led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, a $20 million Series B in 2020, and a $78.15 million Series C in August 2021 led by WestBridge Capital with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Lightspeed. Raghu Ravinutala serves as chief executive officer, and the company employed roughly 860 people as of mid-2026.