telli develops AI agents and a platform for automating customer-facing operations across voice, chat, SMS, WhatsApp and email. Its core offering includes Charlie, an AI coworker that helps teams build and optimise agents, connect internal systems, analyse conversations and identify operational issues. The company says its agents already handle millions of customer conversations for customers ranging from SMEs to large enterprises. telli was founded in 2024 by Seb Hapte-Selassie, Philipp Baumanns and Finn zur Muehlen and is based in Berlin. Financially, the company has raised more than $18.5 million to date following its $15 million seed round. Future plans described by the company include expanding engineering and commercial teams and enhancing voice and multi-channel capabilities to support broader B2C adoption.

Total raised

$19M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jul 2026