When was Wit.ai founded?

Wit.ai was founded in 2013 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Wit.ai located?

Wit.ai is headquartered in Palo Alto, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Wit.ai?

Alex Lebrun of Wit.ai. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Wit.ai have?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Wit.ai is 1.

Is Wit.ai a funded company?

Wit.ai is a funded company, having raised a total of $3.12M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on 2014.

When was the latest funding round of Wit.ai?

Wit.ai's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Oct 15, 2014, with participation from 8 investors. Its primary sector is AI Infrastructure. In United States, the AI Infrastructure sector has seen $258B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Wit.ai rank among its competitors?

Wit.ai ranks 112th amongst 1257 active competitors, of which 131 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Sarvam, which secured $75M in Aug, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Wit.ai?

Wit.ai's top competitors include Mistral AI, Sarvam and Inflection. Among them, Sarvam secured the most recent funding round in August, 2026.

Wit.ai - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Wit.AI is an easy to use voice controlled natural language processing engine for IoT devices, apps and other smart automation devices. Based on an easy to integrate API, it can decipher both voice commands as well as intent and context in these commands. After passing the command through it's processing engine, it returns actionable data based on which the developer's program can take decisions. Wit also supports a wide variety of platforms including RaspberryPi, Python, Ruby, Javascript, Rust and C. Wit.AI is also a Y Combinator incubated company. Acquired by Facebook.

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Founded Year

2013

Location

Palo Alto, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$3.12M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Oct 15, 2014, $*****

Investors

Andreessen Horowitz & 12 more

Ranked

112^th among 1257 active competitors

Employee Count

1 as on Jul 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Mistral AI & 4327 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Facebook (Jan 05, 2015)

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Wit.ai got acquired by Facebook on Jan 05, 2015.

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Wit.ai has raised a total funding of $3.12M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2014. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Oct 15, 2014 for $*****. 8 investors participated in its latest round. Wit.ai has 11 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Wit.ai:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Oct 15, 2014	8162901	Seed	9409581	1151828	1912208	3977298
2014	3122	Seed	7730	2626	5236	Y Combinator

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The founders of Wit.ai are Alex Lebrun and Willy Blandin.

Here are the details of Wit.ai's key team members:

Alex Lebrun: Co-Founder & CEO of Wit.ai and founder of 2 other companies, Ami Labs and VirtuOz.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Willy Blandin: Co-Founder & CTO of Wit.ai.

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Wit.ai's employee count trend

Wit.ai has 1 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Wit.ai's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Wit.ai include Mistral AI, Sarvam and Inflection. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Wit.ai, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Mistral AI 2023, Paris (France), Series C	Provider of customizable, open-source artificial intelligence models and solutions for various applications	$3.05B	Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz ... & 51 others	84/100
2nd	Sarvam 2023, Bengaluru (India), Series B	Developer of artificial intelligence models for speech and document processing	$350M	Lightspeed Venture Partners, Avvanti Advisors ... & 16 others	75/100
3rd	Inflection 2022, Palo Alto (United States), Acquired	Provider of emotionally intelligent artificial intelligence for personal and enterprise use	$1.52B	Nvidia, Microsoft & 10 others	71/100
4th	Hyro 2014, New York City (United States), Series C	Provider of an AI-based conversational platform	$115M	Healthier Capital, Spider Capital & 16 others	70/100
5th	Sierra 2023, San Francisco (United States), Series E	A conversational AI platform that helps businesses to build customer experiences	$1.58B	Greenoaks, Benchmark & 5 others	70/100
6th	Cartesia 2023, San Francisco (United States), Series A	Provider of real-time text-to-speech API with AI laughter and emotion	$86M	Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures & 10 others	67/100
7th	AISpeech 2007, Suzhou (China), Series E	Provider of voice and language technology, software, and hardware solutions	$208M	Yuanhe Holdings, DCM Ventures & 15 others	67/100
8th	Vapi 2020, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Voice AI platform for developers	$75.2M	Peak XV Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners ... & 8 others	66/100
9th	Avaamo 2014, Los Altos (United States), Series A	Provider of conversational AI platform for enterprises	$23.5M	Clear Ventures, Wipro & 11 others	66/100
10th	Cognigy 2016, Dusseldorf (Germany), Acquired	Provider of AI-powered customer service automation platform and agent assistance	$165M	Nordic Makers, DTCP & 12 others	66/100
112th	Wit.ai 2013, Palo Alto (United States), Acquired	Natural Language for the IoT	$3.12M	avrhm capital., New Enterprise Associates ... & 11 others	37/100