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.
Phonely
ActiveAI receptionist that answers FAQs, routes calls and books appointments
Total raised
$16M
1 round
Stage
Series A
Team
11-50
since 2023
Pricing
Freemium
free plan
Founded
2023
San Francisco, United States
Agent-ready
API
Score 40/100
Website-to-receptionist setup
FAQ answering
Intelligent call routing
Appointment booking
Lifelike voice responses
Under five-minute setup
High-concurrency call handling
40/100
Developing
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
— Series A $16M incl. Base10 Partners +3
Capital network
$19M raised ·4 backers·10 network links
- Backers4
- Shared portfoliocompanies these backers also fund
- Extended networkfunds that co-invest alongside them
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- What does Phonely do?
- Phonely builds an AI receptionist from your website that answers FAQs, routes calls and books appointments.
- How fast is setup?
- Phonely says it can be ready to go in under five minutes.
- Who founded Phonely?
- Will Bodewes and Nisal Ranasinghe, as a spinout from the University of Melbourne AI research lab.
- Who led the Series A?
- Base10 Partners led the $16M Series A with Y Combinator and others.
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