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.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
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
Knaackstraße 78, 10435 Berlin, Germany
San Francisco, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS
usage-based pricing
enterprise software
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder & COO
Co-founder & CTO
GTM Lead
Chief of Staff
Growth
Work & culture
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
€10,000 referral bonus
Product & market
Pricing
Custom quote-based pricing, with pricing tied to the number of AI agents and total call minutes.
Differentiators
- —Focus on B2C customer-facing operations rather than generic voice AI
- —Outbound-first workflows for lead qualification, booking, reactivation, and follow-up
- —Charlie AI coworker for building, optimizing, and monitoring agents
- —No-code agent builder (telli Studio)
- —Multi-channel support across voice, chat, SMS, WhatsApp, and email
- —EU-hosted / GDPR-oriented deployment options
- —Smart dialing, callbacks, and phone-number rotation
- —Stateful agents with human-AI handoffs
- —Deep CRM and workflow integrations
- —Multilingual agents and voice cloning
Technology
TypeScript
Python
React
Twilio
HubSpot
Salesforce
Stripe
Zapier
Tailwind CSS
Figma
Harness
LiveKit
n8n
Customers
Sky
Enpal
Vaillant
Viessmann
1KOMMA5°
Clark
Homeday
Bark
Umzugspreisvergleich
enerix
McMakler
Allright
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Zenjob
KitchenAdvisor
Competitors
Vapi
Regal AI
Synthflow
Retell
Fonio AI
Parloa
Bland AI
ElevenLabs
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
≈$1.6M-$1.9M estimated ARR
Latest news
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.
Jobs and careers at telli
22 jobs at telli
Sr. Account Executive - Enterprise
On-site
GTM
Berlin; Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1w ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Executive - Enterprise
On-site
GTM
Berlin; Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1w ago
On-site
Full-time
Founding GTM Lead - France
On-site
Growth
Berlin/Paris
2w ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Executive - Mid-market
On-site
Growth
Berlin; Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2w ago
On-site
Full-time
Head of Sales
On-site
Growth
Berlin; Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Founders Associate - Special Projects
On-site
General
Berlin; Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Product Marketing
On-site
Growth
Berlin; Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Founding Marketing Manager
On-site
Growth
Berlin; Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Internship - Workplace and People Operations
On-site
General
Berlin
2mo ago
On-site
Internship
Founding GTM Lead - UK Market
On-site
Growth
Berlin
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Founder's Associate (CTO Office)
On-site
Product, Design, & Engineering
Berlin
3mo ago
On-site
Internship
Engineering, Voice AI
On-site
Product, Design, & Engineering
Berlin
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Engineering, Product
On-site
Product, Design, & Engineering
Berlin
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Founding (Senior) Account Executive
On-site
Growth
Berlin
4mo ago
On-site
Full-time
AI Operations Associate - Success
On-site
Customer Operations
Berlin
6mo ago
On-site
Full-time
AI Operations Associate (Onboarding / Agents)
On-site
Customer Operations
Berlin
6mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Founders Associate Intern
On-site
Company Operations
Berlin
6mo ago
On-site
Internship
Growth Intern
On-site
Growth
Berlin
8mo ago
On-site
Internship
Founding BDR
On-site
Growth
Berlin
9mo ago
On-site
Full-time
AI Operations - Intern
On-site
Customer Operations
Berlin
1y ago
On-site
Internship
Founding Designer
On-site
Engineering & Product
Berlin
1y ago
On-site
Full-time
Software Engineer
On-site
Engineering & Product
Berlin
1y ago
On-site
Full-time