Voice AI AgentsLos Altos, CaliforniaFounded 2015CEO Aaron Lee
Smith.ai is a human-centered AI customer engagement company founded in 2015 by Aaron Lee and Justin Maxwell.
Aaron Lee said on camera that Smith.ai's annual revenue was $20M (2023). That is up 258% from $5.6M a year earlier. Smith.ai is #272 on the Latka Top, level with 13 others. The Latka Top ranks the 1,372 companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by revenue.
| As of | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $1M | Aaron Lee on cameraWatch at 20:43 |
| 2020 | $2.2M | – |
| Nov 2021 | $5.6M | – |
| Jul 2022 | $9M | – |
| 2023 | $20M | Aaron Lee on cameraWatch at 13:46 |
| Oct 2024 | $26.7MEST. | GetLatka estimate |
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Smith.ai has raised $13M across two rounds since 2019. The latest was a $6M Series A in July 2022.
| Date | Round | Raised | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2022 | Series A | $6M | – |
| Jun 2019 | Convertible Note | $7M | Aaron Lee on cameraWatch at 19:17 |
| Total raised | $13M |
Nathan Latka has interviewed Smith.ai once, speaking with Aaron Lee. Each figure links to the second it was said.
Watch: How Smith.ai Crossed $20M ARR with 3,000 Customers and 600 Team Members (Interview with Founder and CEO Aaron Lee)July 2023 · Aaron Lee, Founder and CEO
Growth tactics they described: ViralityWatch at 14:37
Smith.ai competes most directly with Conversica.
| Company | Revenue | Funding | Employees | Customers | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Conversica | $24.6M | $132M | 139 | 1.7K | 2007 |
| Smith.ai | $20M | $13M | 282 | 3K | 2015 |
#22 of 403 Voice AI Agents companies by revenue · category median $1M · See the ranking
Aaron Lee founded Smith.ai in 2015 with Suresh Khanna and runs it as CEO. Smith.ai has 282 employees (March 2024, Latka Top 250 List), up from 216 a year earlier.
InvestorsWayne Hu, Anthony Rodio
Also at Smith.aiArturo Loaiza, Brooke Franco, José Miguel López García, Sara Smith, Alma Moreno, NK Khuzaie, Coralyn Stahura, Angel Meraz, Joy Sullivan, Heather White, Hannah Soles, Whitney Kupfer, Jessica Paxton, Patrick Wu, Alexis Holman, Stacie Weber, Brittany Kilpatrick, Lillian Aferzon, Katie Webber, Frederick Schroder, Anand Chandrasekaran, Angel Fierro, Malynda Parker, Zadora W., Andrew Bocz, Angie Cady-Spence, Erin Boerema, Alex Ryan, Fatima Afghan, Emily Campbell, Sean Lund-Brown, Kelsey Roepe Fisher, Halima Ahmed, Jennifer Dalbec, Angelica Medina, Justin Kohn, Giselle Barrio, Sarah M. Nelson, Phaedra Wilson, Emily Walls, Crystal Gault, Lyndon McGee, Christene Verbois, Alejandro García-Andrade, Danny Garcia, Ben C., Antonio García Parrilla, Ever Dimas, Justin Maxwell, Joseph Morales, York Poon, Valerie Gragg, Wendy Smith, Kerrie Walker, Kelly Collins, Jacqueline Emelin Del Carmen Melesio Valadez, Adrián Peralta Moya, Jacqueline Richards, Brittany G., Brian Baran, Priscilla Pineda, Sherry Bohner, Elisa Romero, Kayla Farrell, Autumn Derifield, Arely Bonilla Ortega, Carla Ryan, Marco Carrillo Zamorano, Diego Valadez, Sarah Etkin, Arturo Ramos, Leticia K. Smith, Desjnaee Rawlins, Brandi Smith, Paula Mullins, Silver Munguia, Miguel Reyes, James Thomas, Jonathan Almanza, Christina M. R., Kelsea Stovall, Abigail Ducharme, Antonio José Paredes Cabello, Smith AI Team, María Rosas Osorno, Kathrin Grubenmann
| As of | Employees | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2024 | 282 | Latka Top 250 List |
| Jul 2023 | 600 | Aaron Lee on cameraWatch at 15:30 |
| Nov 2022 | 216 | – |
| 2022 | 216 | – |
| Nov 2021 | 144 | – |
| Aug 2021 | 144 | – |
| Dec 2020 | 52 | – |
| Nov 2020 | 52 | – |
| Jun 2020 | 38 | – |
| 2020 | 30 | – |
| Dec 2019 | 33 | – |
The most recent reported figure is $20M in annual revenue, from 2023.
$13M across 2 rounds; the latest was a $6M Series A in July 2022.
Aaron Lee, a co-founder.
Aaron Lee and Suresh Khanna, in 2015.
About 282 as of March 2024 (Latka Top 250 List).
13 said on camera · 1 from public sources · 1 estimate. Founder figures link to the second they were said; public figures name their source; estimates are marked EST. and say whose they are. Not financial advice. The Latka Top ranks the private, operating companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by the latest revenue figure on each profile, reported or estimated; equal figures share a rank.
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