telli

AI phone agents that convert

Fall 2024

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AI phone agents that convert

telli is building AI voice agents that convert leads into sales opportunities for B2C companies. For example, a leading home-buying platform is using telli to fully automate their pre-qualification. We are serving customers in energy, real estate, medical products, and home services. You might think that these B2C companies want to do more self-serve and less outreach. But the truth is outbound calls are what really drive conversion. Historically, managing these calls has been complex and expensive—costing companies hundreds of thousands of dollars. With telli, for the first time, B2C companies can automate the role of a pre-sales agent, end to end.

Active Founders

Finn zur Muehlen

co-founder

co-founder & ceo @ telli.com | prev. scaled heat pump unit of Enpal (largest European solar installer, $2.4bn valuation) as employee #1

Finn zur Muehlen

co-founder

co-founder & ceo @ telli.com | prev. scaled heat pump unit of Enpal (largest European solar installer, $2.4bn valuation) as employee #1

Philipp Baumanns

co-founder

co-founder (commercial) @ telli.com | prev. scaled heat pump unit of Enpal (largest European solar installer, $2.4bn valuation) as employee #2

Philipp Baumanns

co-founder

co-founder (commercial) @ telli.com | prev. scaled heat pump unit of Enpal (largest European solar installer, $2.4bn valuation) as employee #2

Seb Hapte-Selassie

co-founder

co-founder & cto @ telli.com | prev. software engineering at Pitch.com - computer science @ Stanford

Seb Hapte-Selassie

co-founder

co-founder & cto @ telli.com | prev. software engineering at Pitch.com - computer science @ Stanford

Company Launches

telli ☎️ outbound call automation for B2C companies

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TL;DR

Hi all! we are Seb (CTO), Finn (CEO), and Philipp (COO), building telli.com.

telli is building AI voice agents that convert leads into sales opportunities for B2C companies. For example, a leading home-buying platform is using telli to fully automate their pre-qualification.

Problem

Companies that sell complex products (e.g. solar panels, mortgages, insurance) use warm outbound calls to drive sales conversion. Sales journeys with outbound calls perform MUCH better than online-only journeys!

However, managing these calls has been complex and expensive:

Companies reach <50% of their warm leads on the phone
No quantitative insight into what drives conversion/revenue from calls
High cost (~55 USD per connected call hour)

Solution

https://youtu.be/7xjIwZf37-M

telli is building the AI call automation platform for B2C companies. telli lets businesses:

✔️ reach leads with a smart calling strategy and multi-modal approach (SMS)

✔️ make human-like calls in multiple languages

✔️ achieve clear outcomes like qualification, booking appointments, or direct transfers

✔️ understand what’s going on in calls at scale

Team

Philipp (COO), Seb (CTO), Finn (CEO)

Finn & Philipp ran the contact center operations for Enpal’s ($2.4bn energy installer in Europe) heat pump unit. Seb studied computer CS at Stanford and built software at Pitch.