
Simple AI makes it easier for people to use their favorite consumer apps by adding an AI assistant layer that handles tasks and interactions. The company provides a consumer-focused AI assistant built on natural language processing and machine learning to interpret user intent and automate app workflows. It operates as a B2C software product that integrates with popular consumer apps and platforms such as mobile and messaging services. The product is positioned for individual users seeking faster app interactions and higher productivity, using AI models and conversational interfaces to reduce friction.

Simple AI makes it easier for people to use their favorite consumer apps by adding an AI assistant layer that handles tasks and interactions. The company provides a consumer-focused AI assistant built on natural language processing and machine learning to interpret user intent and automate app workflows. It operates as a B2C software product that integrates with popular consumer apps and platforms such as mobile and messaging services. The product is positioned for individual users seeking faster app interactions and higher productivity, using AI models and conversational interfaces to reduce friction.
Product: AI-powered voice phone agents for inbound/outbound calls and call workflows
Founders: Catheryn Li (CEO) and Zach Kamran (Founder/CTO)
Founded: 2024
Funding: Seed / Pre-seed activity in 2024; reported $14M seed announcement and earlier Pre-Seed on Sep 25, 2024
Compliance & Security: Claims SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliance with PII redaction and AES-256 encryption
Phone-based customer interactions and sales/support workflows for businesses seeking automation and scalable conversational voice agents.
2024
Software Development
Crunchbase lists a Pre-Seed round on this date
14000000
Company blog/announcement reports a $14M seed round with participation from multiple investors
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Simple AI is building state of the art voice AI agents for enterprise. Our realistic agents help iconic businesses like Doordash, xAI, and Omaha Steaks handle all kinds of phone operations, from customer support to order intake to lead qualifications. We are growing revenue like crazy and looking to hire a couple founding software engineers to help us stay afloat of current customer demand and also build out systems for the future. We are very excited about the potential for AI to change the world, and work out of our SF based office 5 days a week.
Simple AI is backed by world-class investors and operators like Y Combinator, Massive Tech Ventures, Michael Seibel (co-founder of Twitch), Jared Friedman (Scribd), Alexandr Wang (Scale AI), Matt Van Horn (June Oven and Lyft), Suhail Doshi (Mixpanel), JJ Fliegelman (WayUp) and Scott Wu (Cognition).
We have a tiny, talented team of 5. The founders (Catheryn and Zach) met while running software teams at YC, where they shipped tons of new products for YC founders, including YC’s co-founder matching site. Cat previously worked at Instagram and Facebook and earned degrees in math and computer science at MIT. Zach previously studied computer science and statistics at UChicago and led a software team at PEAK6.
We're looking to hire a versatile backend or full-stack engineer to join us in-person at our SF office as a founding engineer. This is your chance to work at the forefront of voice AI technology with a massive market opportunity.
You’ll work on developing, evaluating, and deploying state-of-the-art LLM and voice systems that push the limits of conversational AI. You’ll also build tools that make it easier to create such agents.
As a founding engineer, you should be self-motivated and passionate about joining an early-stage startup tackling a massive market. We’re looking for people who want to have large ownership and work closely with customers to build products they'll love.
If you’re excited about pushing the limits of voice AI and want to make an impact at an early stage startup, we’d love to chat.
Compensation Range: $100K - $220K