Company record

Bland

Updated November 2, 2026 · Presspool

Bland is an enterprise voice AI platform for phone agents in regulated industries, with models built for phone calls. bland.ai

Funding

• $50M Series C, announced June 16, 2026. Led by Dell Technologies Capital. Sources: fortune.com.

Whether AI names Bland

• On the Voice AI map: named or cited in 22 of 54 answers to Presspool's Voice AI questions on November 2, 2026 (ChatGPT 3 of 8, Claude 5 of 8, Perplexity 4 of 8, Gemini 3 of 8, Copilot 3 of 8, Google AI Mode 3 of 8, Google AI Overviews 1 of 6). See the map. Of the 29 companies on the map, Bland ranked 6th by answers naming or citing it in that sample. The other companies AI names most on Voice AI questions: ElevenLabs (39 of 54), Deepgram (28 of 54), Retell AI (27 of 54), Vapi (24 of 54) and PolyAI (23 of 54). Most often named in the same answers: Retell AI (19), ElevenLabs (18), Vapi (17), PolyAI (16), Synthflow AI (15).

A company counts when an AI answer names it or cites its website. Answers vary from run to run, so each count is a dated sample.

Week by week

Answers that named or cited Bland in each weekly sample of Presspool's Voice AI questions, by the Monday of the sample week. A row is added every week.

Sources AI cites when it names Bland

Counted over only the answers that named or cited the company. Each count is a dated sample and does not say why the company was named.

Related records

Also on the Voice AI map: AssemblyAI, Assort Health, Cartesia, Deepdub, Deepgram, Deepslate, ElevenLabs, Fish Audio, Goodcall, Gradium, Inworld AI, LiveKit and 16 more on the map.

Dell Technologies Capital, which led this round, also led Ascerta ($18 million Series A, September 30, 2026).

Sources

• Own site
• Independent source

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