Leaping AI

Backed byNexus Venture Partners
Total raised$4.7M
StageSeed
Hiring pace1 roles / 90d
Team size11-50
HQSan Francisco, United States
IndustriesAI/ML

About Leaping AI

Leaping AI is the only platform for self-improving voice AI agents, built to serve business needs. Its mission is to provide self-improving voice AI agents for business, with a focus on mid-market and enterprise customers on mission-critical phone workflows. The company closed a $4.5M seed round and, during the Y Combinator batch, doubled in size in eight weeks, operating from an in-person office in San Francisco. Backed by Y Combinator, Paul Graham, and Nexus Venture Partners, Leaping AI markets itself as the only self-improving voice AI platform on the market and describes itself as a small team that moves fast.

Open positions · 1

San Francisco · On-site · $240-260k

Company at a glance

Location
San Francisco, United States
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Founders & Leadership

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Kevin Wu

CEO at Leaping AI | Digital call center workers

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Arkadiy Telegin

Founder @ Leaping AI (YC W25) | The only self-improving voice AI

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Leadership38%
  • Sales & Business Development38%
  • Engineering25%

Team Worked At

  • Boston Consulting Group
  • Microsoft
  • Apple
  • IBM

Team Composition

7 people
  • Entrepreneurship2 senior2
  • Sales2
  • Engineering1

Culture & values

Small team that moves fast

Operate out of in-person office in SF

Heavy focus on R&D

Solve complex problems in real-time voice processing and multi-stage conversation flows

Funding History

SeedAug 2025

$4.7M

raised

Leaping AI, a voice AI agents startup, raised a $4.7M seed round led by Nexus Venture Partners; Paul Graham, Kaz Nejatian, Ritual Capital, Pioneer Fund, Orange Collective and others.

Nexus Venture PartnersY CombinatorRitual CapitalPioneer FundOrange Collective

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