# Plivo: Information technology & services, Austin, United States

> Plivo: Plivo is a prominent Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) company that helps businesses enhance their communication systems by integrating AI...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/plivo (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Plivo

Plivo is a prominent Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) company that helps businesses enhance their communication systems by integrating AI with voice, messaging, and con

Funding reported Last round: Seed

Information technology & services Austin, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2011 15 years old
- **Team:** 200 51 to 200 people
- **Funding reported:** $2.0M in dollars
- **Last round:** Seed Dec 2012

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Plivo has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Plivo

Plivo is a prominent Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) company that helps businesses enhance their communication systems by integrating AI with voice, messaging, and con

tact center solutions. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Plivo has been profitable since 2015 and operates significantly from Bengaluru, India. The company facilitates billions of interactions monthly for thousands of businesses, including well-known brands like Uber, Meta, and IBM. Plivo provides a wide range of APIs and SDKs that allow developers and enterprises to incorporate telephony features into their applications. Their offerings include Voice and SMS APIs for calls and messaging, verification solutions for security, AI-driven agents for customer interactions, and an omnichannel contact center platform called "Contacto." Plivo serves various industries such as healthcare, finance, and retail, connecting businesses to 195 countries through a network of over 1,600 local carriers. Their mission is to simplify global telecom and deliver cost-effective cloud communication solutions.

## What company datasets say Plivo raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$2.0M** in dollars

Rounds **2**

Last round **Seed**

Last round size **$1.8M**

Last round date **Dec 2012**

Investors listed **7**

Y Combinator **S12**

## On a portfolio page

Investors who name them

- [Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit)

Each firm lists Plivo on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

health care data redaction phlo voip enterprise communication ai chatbot builder voice integration ai chatbot chatbot customization consumers cpaas customer interaction customer engagement api for sms and voice sms gateway marketing

Built with from their website

Microsoft Azure Monitor Docker Varonis GDPR Patterns Google Tag Manager Amazon CloudFront OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance AVADA WebRTC WordPress.org AWS Trusted Advisor

+8 more

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- **Sector:** Information technology & services
- **Industry code:** NAICS 51321, SIC 7375, 7372
- **Region:** Texas
- **Revenue:** $87M a year, as listed
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/plivo)

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