Cresta - About the company
Cresta is a series D company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2017 by Sebastian Thrun, Tim Shi, Zayd Enam and Andre Esteva. It operates as a Developer of a platform providing real-time intelligence for contact center operations. Cresta has raised $282M in funding from investors like Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global Management, with a current valuation of $1.6B. The company has 1152 active competitors, including 130 funded and 56 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Outreach, Aviso and GobbleCube.
Sectors and market segments that Cresta operate in
Cresta serves in the Native AI, High Tech market segments.The primary business model of Cresta are:Company Details
Developer of a platform providing real-time intelligence for contact center operations. The platform offers AI agent assistance, conversation intelligence, and automation discovery. It helps businesses improve sales, customer care, retention, and collections. The platform integrates into existing environments and offers security and data privacy.
- Website
- cresta.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@cresta.ai
- Phone Number
- +1 **********
- Registered Address
- San Francisco, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2017
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series D
Total Funding
$282M in 8 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$1.6B as on Dec 31, 2024
Investors
Ranked
2nd among 1152 active competitors
Employee Count
841 as on Sep 30, 2026
Legal entities associated with Cresta
Cresta is associated with 2 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Reports |
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CRESTA INTELLIGENCE, INC. CIN: 822180306 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 1999 | - | 181 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
Cresta Intelligence Inc. CIN: 82-2180306 , United States, Active | Jun 25, 2017 | - | 54 (As on Dec 31, 2020) | - |
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Cresta's funding and investors
Cresta has raised a total funding of $282M over 8 rounds. Its first funding round was on Dec 21, 2018. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on Nov 19, 2024 for $125M. 12 investors participated in its latest round. Cresta has 28 institutional investors and 3 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Cresta:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Nov 19, 2024 | $125M | Series D | - | - | ||
Mar 15, 2022 | $80M | Series C | $1.6B | - | ||
Mar 31, 2021 | $50M | Series B | - | - |
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Cresta's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Cresta are Sebastian Thrun, Tim Shi, Zayd Enam and Andre Esteva. Zayd Enam is the CEO of Cresta.
Here are the details of Cresta's key team members:
- Sebastian Thrun: Co-Founder of Cresta and founder of 3 other companies, Waymo, Crossing Minds and Udacity. They are also an angel investor in 3 startups and serve on the boards of 2 companies.
- Tim Shi: Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer of Cresta. They are also an angel investor in 4 startups.
- Zayd Enam: Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Cresta. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups.
- Andre Esteva: Former Co-Founder of Cresta and founder of 1 other company. Contact Info: 1 email address
Cresta's Board of Directors
Cresta's board has 7 active members. Sebastian Thrun, John Donovan, Ping Wu, Julie Smith, Doug Leone, Tianlin Shi and Rob Theis are independent board members.Here is the list of Cresta's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
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Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 9m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 9m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 9m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 9m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 9m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 9m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 9m |
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Cresta's employee count trend
Cresta has 841 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Cresta's employee count trend over the years:
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Cresta's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Cresta include Outreach, Aviso and GobbleCube. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Cresta, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Outreach 2014, Seattle (United States), Series G | Provider of an AI revenue workflow platform for sales teams | $489M | 75/100 | |
2nd | Cresta 2017, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Developer of a platform providing real-time intelligence for contact center operations | $282M | 74/100 | |
3rd |  Aviso 2012, Redwood City (United States), Series B | AI powered predictive analytics platform | $31M | 73/100 | |
4th |  GobbleCube 2022, Gurugram (India), Series A | Platform offering AI-driven revenue monitoring and analytics for consumer brands | $20.7M | 64/100 | |
5th |  Vivun 2018, Oakland (United States), Series C | Developer of an AI sales agent platform for B2B organizations | $131M | 64/100 | |
6th | Developer of cloud-based demand forecasting software | $14.1M | 62/100 | ||
7th |  Databook Palo Alto (United States), Series B | Provider of a platform unifying planning, execution, and measurement for GTM | $72M | 60/100 | |
8th |  Luster 2024, Indianapolis (United States), Seed | AI-powered sales enablement platform for sales teams and reps | $3.55M | 59/100 | |
9th |  SAVO Group 1999, Washougal (United States), Acquired | Provider of digital marketing and custom software development services | $93.1M | 57/100 | |
10th | ketteQ 2018, Atlanta (United States), Series B | Provider of AI based demand supply and operations planning software | $30.9M | 57/100 |
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Cresta's Investments and acquisitions
Cresta has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Cresta
Here is the latest report on Cresta's geography:
News related to Cresta
Filter this listMedia has covered Cresta for a total of 10 events in the last 1 year, 5 of them have been about company updates and 4 about partnerships.
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Firstsource and Cresta Partner to Accelerate AI-Powered Customer Experience TransformationPR Newswire•Aug 11, 2026•Cresta, Firstsource
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Digital Audit Mandates and AI Onboarding Tools Collide as German Firms Juggle Talent GapsAd Hoc News•Jul 14, 2026•Cresta
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Cresta Launches Training Simulator with AI Agents for Dynamic Human Agent TrainingMarTech Series•Jul 09, 2026•Cresta
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TELUS Digital and Cresta Partner for AI Agents and Enhanced CXDirectors Club•Jun 15, 2026•TELUS Digital, Cresta, Telus
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Atento and Cresta Announce Strategic Partnership for Hybrid Human-AI CX SolutionsDirectors Club•May 07, 2026•Atento, Cresta
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Cresta Launches Knowledge Agent: Agentic Assistant Delivering Proactive IntelligenceDirectors Club•Mar 18, 2026•Cresta
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Cresta Launches Agent Operations Center to Manage Human-AI Hybrid WorkforceAiThority•Dec 09, 2025•Cresta
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Aspect and Cresta Partner to Power Workforce Planning with Agentic AIDirectors Club•Oct 22, 2025•Cresta, Aspect
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