Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to
Key takeaways
- In India, consumers receive a lot of calls every day, ranging from spam and scams to delivery people and financial service companies trying to contact them.
- The app is currently available on Android, and since its launch last year, it has grown to more than a million monthly active users and over 300,000 daily active users, it says.
- The dialer shows quick reply options like Leave the delivery near the door or Give it to the neighbor, and the AI reads them back to the caller.
In India, consumers receive a lot of calls every day, ranging from spam and scams to delivery people and financial service companies trying to contact them. There are apps like Truecaller and the government s Calling Name Presentation (CNAP) system to identify who is calling, but knowing the name of the caller is often not enough. That is why Equal AI is creating an assistant that can receive calls on your behalf, gather information, and tell you why someone is calling.
The app is currently available on Android, and since its launch last year, it has grown to more than a million monthly active users and over 300,000 daily active users, it says. The app screens the call and displays the reason someone is calling you.
The dialer shows quick reply options like Leave the delivery near the door or Give it to the neighbor, and the AI reads them back to the caller. You can also type a custom message for the AI to read out. The app records the call, and users can see the recording and transcription history with a summary in the app.