Inkbox
Gives AI agents persistent identities, with their own email, phone, iMessage, and WhatsApp. inkbox.ai
Funding
- $5.3 million seed, announced November 9, 2026. Led by Peak XV. Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator and others participated. Angel investors include Guillermo Rauch, Henri Stern, Jonathan Frankle, Cristina Cordova and Dan Levine. Inkbox also launched hosted agents. Listed in the AI startup funding roster for November 8–14, 2026. Sources: Inkbox announcement, The Silicon Valley Post.
Of the 97 seed rounds with exactly stated amounts in dollars on Presspool's weekly rosters since September 21, 2026, Inkbox's $5.3 million is the 64th largest; their median is $7.4 million.
Whether AI names Inkbox
- Machine Relations Index: Not cited in any Machine Relations Index answer, May 10, 2026 to November 14, 2026.
Related records
Closest rounds in the roster for November 8–14, 2026: Tano ($4 million seed, November 11, 2026), Alterra Labs ($12.5 million seed, November 10, 2026), mistEO (₹18 crore seed, November 12, 2026), Switchpoint Bio ($5.3 million pre-seed, November 10, 2026), Akara ($5.5 million, round type not disclosed, November 11, 2026), Twin1 AI ($5 million Seed extension, November 12, 2026).
Peak XV, which led this round, also led Hex ($100 million Series D, October 27, 2026) and BioStack ($9.5 million Seed, October 22, 2026). It is also named as an investor in Agentcard ($8 million Seed, November 12, 2026).
Y Combinator, named as an investor in this round, led BioStack ($9.5 million Seed, October 22, 2026). It is also named as an investor in Agentcard ($8 million Seed, November 12, 2026), Darwin Robotics ($3.6 million pre-seed, November 5, 2026), Tractian ($130M Series D, October 22, 2026), Firstwork ($15 million Series A, October 21, 2026), Minicor ($3.8 million Seed, October 14, 2026), LightSprint ($6.1 million Seed, October 13, 2026), Readily ($11 million Series A, October 13, 2026), Flai ($27 million Series A, October 6, 2026), Vitalize ($31 million Series A, October 6, 2026), Ocular AI ($2 million Pre-seed, October 5, 2026) and Revnu ($3 million, round type not disclosed, October 1, 2026).