As of 30 Oct 2026, Phonic has raised $27.5M across 1 verified round on record, plus 1 round still being checked; latest: $27.5M Series A led by First Round Capital, announced 29 Oct 2026.
A speech-to-speech model for agentic tasks
phonic.aiSan FranciscoAIYC W20Founded 20198 people
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Explainx names Lux Capital, Felicis, and Definition but omits Essence VC; the company's fuller release names all four and takes precedence. The release's $31.5M figure is total funding to date, not this round's amount.
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Developing: it holds up against its sources so far, and firms up as more reporting lands.
| Round | Amount | Announced | Lead | Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | $27.5M $31.5M to date | 2026-10-29 | First Round Capital | 9 people on X · 3 outlets. #12 in Trending |
3 sources · checked 1 time, last 2h ago [ VERIFIED ] read against 3 sources Explainx names Lux Capital, Felicis, and Definition but omits Essence VC; the company's fuller release names all four and takes precedence. The release's $31.5M figure is total funding to date, not this round's amount. | ||||
Phonic builds speech-to-speech voice-agent models and a platform for businesses that need natural, real-time automated phone conversations.
LinkedIn via Alexandria from ycombinator.com
| Seed [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $4M | 2025-04-03 | Lux Capital | No recent discussion |
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Phonic is tackling the reliability and latency problems that make fragmented voice-agent stacks frustrating for businesses, using a speech-to-speech model that can understand tone, handle interruptions, and call tools while a caller is still speaking. The bet has attracted $31.5M in total funding, while the company says its platform is operating across six continents for customers including Ashby, Maven AGI, Rho, CloudTrucks, Rehearsals, and AchillesHR.
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Also named as backers in company research: Clement Delangue (Hugging Face), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Gokul Rajaram, Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Naval Ravikant (AngelList)