Equal AI raises $30M as its AI call assistant hits 1M monthly users
The $30M round is backing an AI phone agent that promises to remove call bottlenecks for Indians, now at scale.

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The $30M round is backing an AI phone agent that promises to remove call bottlenecks for Indians, now at scale.
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