All the funding deals in the AI chatbot market
Last updated: 13 July 2026
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The AI chatbot market includes software that helps people communicate with artificial intelligence through text, voice, and messaging tools.
We conducted deep research and collected 76 AI chatbot market funding deals announced between Q1 2024 and Q2 2026.
We refresh this AI chatbot market funding page very often to include newly announced fundraising rounds.
Insights
- The 76 AI chatbot market funding deals raised about $5.35 billion in total. The amount shows that investors now see AI chatbots as a major software category.
- AI chatbot market funding reached about $1.72 billion during the first half of 2026. This amount almost matched the total raised during all of 2024.
- Sierra raised $950 million in Q2 2026. This single AI chatbot funding deal represented more than half of the capital raised during the first half of 2026.
- Customer service chatbots attracted several of the largest rounds. Sierra, Decagon, Parloa, Netomi, Wonderful, and PolyAI raised significant amounts for enterprise customer communication.
- Voice AI became one of the strongest segments in the AI chatbot market. Vapi, Bland, PolyAI, Synthflow AI, Giga, Tucuvi, and other voice platforms raised new capital.
- Healthcare chatbots also received strong investor interest. Hippocratic AI, OpenEvidence, Assort Health, Hyro, Counsel Health, and Jimini Health raised several rounds across the period.
- Several AI chatbot companies raised money more than once. Sierra, Decagon, Glean, Hippocratic AI, OpenEvidence, and Assort Health returned to investors for larger rounds.
- Enterprise AI chatbots received much more capital than consumer companion chatbots. Business buyers usually offer clearer revenue models and larger contract values.
- The AI chatbot market remains broad. Funding covered customer service, healthcare, sales, education, workplace assistants, developer tools, and consumer companions.
Summary table of the funding deals for the AI chatbot market since 2024
We define the AI chatbot market as software products that let users interact with AI systems through text, voice, or messaging interfaces.
It includes Customer Service Chatbots, Enterprise Assistants, Consumer Companion Chatbots, Sales Chatbots, Healthcare Chatbots, and Education Chatbots.
It excludes broader adjacent markets unless the product is built specifically for this use case.
We focused exclusively on pure players, defined as companies with at least 70–80% of their business directly tied to the AI chatbot market.
Our analysis has been done at a global level with a minimum funding threshold of $300k.
If you want a longer-term view, we also have a study of how funding activity in the AI chatbot market has changed over the years.
| Name | What they do | Amount in $ | Quarter | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bland | Provides voice AI agents for complex phone conversations in regulated industries. | $50.0M | Q2 2026 | PR Newswire |
| Equal AI | Provides an AI assistant that answers, screens, transcribes, and summarizes consumer phone calls. | $30.0M | Q2 2026 | TechCrunch |
| Vapi | Provides infrastructure for building and managing enterprise voice AI agents. | $50.0M | Q2 2026 | Yahoo Finance |
| CopilotKit | Helps developers add AI agents and copilots directly to software products. | $27.0M | Q2 2026 | TechCrunch |
| Sierra | Builds enterprise AI agents for customer service and customer experience workflows. | $950.0M | Q2 2026 | TechCrunch |
| Netomi | Automates complex enterprise customer service with agentic AI technology. | $110.0M | Q2 2026 | Business Wire |
| GuruSup | Provides AI agents for customer service and business process automation. | $1.4M | Q2 2026 | EU-Startups |
| Jimini Health | Provides clinician-supervised behavioral health AI support between therapy sessions. | $17.0M | Q1 2026 | Jimini Health |
| VerbaFlo | Provides conversational AI for property enquiries and resident communication. | $7.0M | Q1 2026 | Business Today |
| Wonderful | Provides enterprise AI agents for customer-facing and internal business workflows. | $150.0M | Q1 2026 | PR Newswire |
| Companion Labs | Builds interactive AI companion experiences for consumers in India. | $2.5M | Q1 2026 | The SaaS News |
| Simple AI | Builds voice AI agents for phone sales, upselling, and customer conversion. | $14.0M | Q1 2026 | Business Wire |
| Linq | Lets AI assistants communicate through SMS, iMessage, RCS, and other messaging tools. | $20.0M | Q1 2026 | TechCrunch |
| Decagon | Builds enterprise AI agents for customer support and concierge experiences. | $250.0M | Q1 2026 | Business Wire |
| Ringg AI | Provides multilingual voice AI agents for support, collections, and scheduling. | $5.5M | Q1 2026 | Economic Times |
| Flip | Automates high-volume enterprise customer service calls with voice AI. | $20.0M | Q1 2026 | Crunchbase News |
| Tucuvi | Uses clinical voice AI assistants to conduct patient calls and manage care. | $20.0M | Q1 2026 | Cathay Capital |
| PolyAI | Builds enterprise voice AI agents for customer service phone calls. | $86.0M | Q4 2025 | PR Newswire |
| Wonderful | Builds multilingual AI agents for customer communication through voice, chat, and email. | $100.0M | Q4 2025 | TechCrunch |
| 1mind | Builds an autonomous AI sales agent for outreach and lead qualification. | $30.0M | Q4 2025 | TechCrunch |
| Giga | Builds voice AI agents for enterprise customer support operations. | $61.0M | Q4 2025 | Giga |
| Hippocratic AI | Builds safety-focused generative AI agents for healthcare organizations. | $126.0M | Q4 2025 | Hippocratic AI |
| Hyro | Provides voice and chat AI agents for healthcare access and operations. | $45.0M | Q4 2025 | Hyro |
| OpenEvidence | Provides an AI medical chatbot that helps clinicians find medical information. | $200.0M | Q4 2025 | Fierce Healthcare |
| Counsel Health | Combines an AI medical chatbot with physician-led virtual care. | $25.0M | Q4 2025 | Fierce Healthcare |
| Assort Health | Builds voice AI agents for healthcare calls and patient access. | $76.0M | Q3 2025 | PR Newswire |
| Born | Builds social AI companions, including the virtual pet app Pengu. | $15.0M | Q3 2025 | TechCrunch |
| Hello Patient | Builds conversational AI agents for communication between patients and medical practices. | $22.5M | Q3 2025 | Business Wire |
| Sierra | Builds customer service AI agents for large companies. | $350.0M | Q3 2025 | TechCrunch |
| Doctronic | Provides a personalized AI healthcare chatbot for consumer medical questions. | $20.0M | Q3 2025 | PR Newswire |
| Edumentors | Builds a human-like AI tutor for school students. | $2.0M | Q3 2025 | Edumentors |
| Kustomer | Provides customer service software with autonomous AI agents. | $30.0M | Q3 2025 | Kustomer |
| Slingshot AI | Builds Ash, an AI therapy chatbot designed around therapy session patterns. | $53.0M | Q3 2025 | Slingshot AI |
| Synthflow AI | Provides a platform for building automated enterprise voice AI agents. | $20.0M | Q2 2025 | Synthflow AI |
| Decagon | Builds customer support AI agents for chat, email, and voice. | $131.0M | Q2 2025 | Decagon |
| Botpress | Provides infrastructure for building and deploying production AI agents and chatbots. | $25.0M | Q2 2025 | Botpress |
| Maven AGI | Builds enterprise AI agents for customer support and customer journeys. | $50.0M | Q2 2025 | PR Newswire |
| Stack AI | Provides a no-code platform for companies to build custom AI agents. | $16.0M | Q2 2025 | Stack AI |
| Parloa | Builds enterprise AI agents for contact centers and customer service. | $120.0M | Q2 2025 | Business Wire |
| Assort Health | Builds voice AI agents for healthcare phone calls and patient access. | $22.0M | Q2 2025 | Wilson Sonsini |
| telli | Builds voice AI agents for high-volume calls and customer operations. | $3.6M | Q2 2025 | telli |
| Artisan | Builds autonomous AI sales agents for business development work. | $25.0M | Q2 2025 | Artisan |
| Alta | Builds AI revenue agents for sales, marketing, and revenue operations. | $7.0M | Q1 2025 | PR Newswire |
| OpenEvidence | Provides an AI medical chatbot for doctors and healthcare professionals. | $75.0M | Q1 2025 | Tech Startups |
| MarkeTeam.ai | Builds autonomous AI agents that work with marketing teams. | $3.0M | Q1 2025 | PR Newswire |
| Hippocratic AI | Builds safety-focused AI agents for patient-facing healthcare tasks. | $141.0M | Q1 2025 | Business Wire |
| Vapi | Provides tools for building, testing, and deploying conversational voice AI agents. | $20.0M | Q4 2024 | Vapi |
| Hyro | Provides voice and chat AI agents for healthcare communication and patient access. | $15.0M | Q4 2024 | Hyro |
| Elvex | Helps companies add enterprise AI assistants to daily workflows. | $6.4M | Q4 2024 | Axios |
| Jimini Health | Provides AI-supported mental health tools for patient engagement. | $8.0M | Q4 2024 | Jimini Health |
| TwinMind | Builds a personal AI assistant that listens, remembers, and completes tasks. | $2.5M | Q4 2024 | Business Insider |
| Buddy.ai | Provides a conversational AI language tutor for children under 12. | $11.0M | Q4 2024 | TriplePoint |
| Sierra | Builds enterprise AI agents for customer service workflows. | $175.0M | Q4 2024 | Axios |
| Dippy AI | Builds mobile AI companions for roleplay, friendship, and fictional characters. | $2.1M | Q4 2024 | Intelligent CIO |
| Counsel Health | Provides physician-led medical advice through an AI-powered messaging platform. | $11.0M | Q4 2024 | PR Newswire |
| Decagon | Builds autonomous AI agents for customer support enquiries. | $65.0M | Q4 2024 | Decagon |
| Crescendo | Combines AI customer service automation with managed support operations. | $50.0M | Q4 2024 | SiliconANGLE |
| Artisan | Builds AI sales employees for outreach and outbound sales work. | $11.5M | Q3 2024 | Forbes |
| 11x | Builds AI digital workers for sales development and go-to-market tasks. | $24.0M | Q3 2024 | 11x |
| Glean | Provides an enterprise AI assistant for company knowledge and workplace search. | $260.0M | Q3 2024 | Glean |
| Bland AI | Builds AI phone agents for customer support, sales, and operations. | $16.0M | Q3 2024 | Business Wire |
| Friend | Builds an always-available AI companion device and chatbot. | $2.5M | Q3 2024 | TechCrunch |
| Harvey | Provides an AI assistant for legal and professional services work. | $100.0M | Q3 2024 | Harvey |
| Hebbia | Helps professionals use AI to search and analyze large document collections. | $130.0M | Q3 2024 | Hebbia |
| Synthflow AI | Provides no-code voice AI assistants for small and medium-sized businesses. | $7.4M | Q2 2024 | Synthflow AI |
| Decagon | Builds generative AI agents for customer service channels. | $35.0M | Q2 2024 | TechCrunch |
| Cognigy | Provides AI agents for contact centers and customer service automation. | $100.0M | Q2 2024 | Cognigy |
| Thoughtly | Builds human-like voice AI agents for inbound and outbound calls. | $3.0M | Q2 2024 | PR Newswire |
| Maven AGI | Builds generative AI agents for enterprise customer support. | $28.0M | Q2 2024 | Lux Capital |
| PolyAI | Builds enterprise voice assistants for contact centers and customer service. | $50.0M | Q2 2024 | PolyAI |
| Parloa | Provides conversational AI for customer service and contact center automation. | $66.0M | Q2 2024 | TechCrunch |
| Hippocratic AI | Builds healthcare AI agents for safe, non-diagnostic patient tasks. | $53.0M | Q1 2024 | UHS |
| Glean | Provides an enterprise AI assistant for workplace search and company knowledge. | $200.0M | Q1 2024 | Glean |
| Rasa | Provides enterprise tools for building conversational AI assistants and chatbots. | $30.0M | Q1 2024 | Business Wire |
| Sierra | Builds conversational AI agents for enterprise customer service and task completion. | $110.0M | Q1 2024 | CX Today |
| Kore.ai | Provides enterprise conversational AI tools for customer and employee chatbots. | $150.0M | Q1 2024 | TechCrunch |
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