Phonely is a San Francisco AI voice agent platform founded in 2023 by Will Bodewes and Nisal Ranasinghe, originating as a spinout from the University of Melbourne's AI research lab. It uses a business's website to create an AI receptionist that answers FAQs, routes calls and books appointments, combining top voice providers, language models and transcription for lifelike responses that scale without missing a call. Phonely's agents are designed to outbook human call center staff. The company raised a $16M Series A led by Base10 Partners in April 2026, with participation from Y Combinator, Etech Global Services, TSA Group and Engage CX, bringing total funding to $19M.