telli · Jul 2026
Official announcement of telli’s $15M seed round led by redalpine, bringing total funding to $18.5M, and introducing Charlie as the AI coworker for customer-facing operations.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Berlin-founded AI voice and customer-operations startup for B2C companies. telli’s primary product combines no-code voice agents with Charlie, an AI coworker that helps teams build, run, and improve omnichannel customer-facing workflows across sales, support, and operations.
Primary product
AI voice/customer-operations platform (voice agents + Charlie AI coworker)
Founded
2024
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Team size
20-30
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AI voice automation / customer operations software
Offices
16 jobs at telli
Business model
Leadership
Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder & COO
Co-founder & CTO
GTM Lead
Chief of Staff
Growth
Investors
Small, fast-moving, AI-pilled team with a low-ego, high-agency culture. Public principles emphasize speed, simplicity, ownership, conviction, and never being blocked; careers copy also stresses working hard, taking ownership, and moving quickly.
Work style
Onsite
Compensation
No public salary bands were found. Hiring appears to be mostly full-time Berlin-based roles plus some internships, and the only explicit public compensation signal is a €10,000 referral bonus.
Benefits
Pricing
Custom quote-based pricing, with pricing tied to the number of AI agents and total call minutes.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$1.6M-$1.9M estimated ARR
telli · Jul 2026
Official announcement of telli’s $15M seed round led by redalpine, bringing total funding to $18.5M, and introducing Charlie as the AI coworker for customer-facing operations.
PYMNTS · Jul 2026
PYMNTS summarizes the seed round and frames telli as an AI agent builder for customer-facing phone operations, citing its customer traction and Charlie product.
Tech.eu · Jul 2026
Tech.eu reports telli’s $15M seed, the redalpine-led round, and its plan to expand engineering and go-to-market while developing Charlie and its multichannel platform.
EU-Startups · Jul 2026
EU-Startups covers the same round and highlights telli’s focus on B2C customer operations, Charlie, and growth of engineering and GTM.
Tech Funding News · Jul 2026
Tech Funding News details the seed round, named investors, customer traction with Sky and Enpal, and telli’s reported revenue-growth claims.