--- title: "Inkbox" description: "Gives AI agents persistent identities, with their own email, phone, iMessage, and WhatsApp." canonical: "https://presspool.ai/companies/inkbox-ai" last-updated: "2026-11-14" --- # Inkbox Gives AI agents persistent identities, with their own email, phone, iMessage, and WhatsApp. [inkbox.ai](https://inkbox.ai) Company record · Updated November 14, 2026 · Presspool · https://presspool.ai/companies/inkbox-ai ## Funding Latest announced financing: $5.3 million, seed, led by Peak XV, announced November 9, 2026. - **$5.3 million seed**, announced November 9, 2026. Led by [Peak XV](https://presspool.ai/investors/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](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-11-09). Sources: [Inkbox announcement](https://inkbox.ai/blog/seed-round-and-hosted-agents), [The Silicon Valley Post](https://svpost.com/articles/inkbox-5-3m-hosted-agents/). 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. 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. ## Related records - Closest rounds in the [roster for November 8–14, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-11-09): [Tano](https://presspool.ai/companies/tano-ai) ($4 million seed, November 11, 2026), [Alterra Labs](https://presspool.ai/companies/alterralabs-com) ($12.5 million seed, November 10, 2026), [mistEO](https://presspool.ai/companies/misteo-co) (₹18 crore seed, November 12, 2026), [Switchpoint Bio](https://presspool.ai/companies/switchpointbio-com) ($5.3 million pre-seed, November 10, 2026), [Akara](https://presspool.ai/companies/akara-ai) ($5.5 million, round type not disclosed, November 11, 2026), [Twin1 AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/twin1-ai) ($5 million Seed extension, November 12, 2026). - [Peak XV](https://presspool.ai/investors/peak-xv), which led this round, also led [Hex](https://presspool.ai/companies/hex-tech) ($100 million Series D, October 27, 2026) and [BioStack](https://presspool.ai/companies/getbiostack-com) ($9.5 million Seed, October 22, 2026). It is also named as an investor in [Agentcard](https://presspool.ai/companies/agentcard-com) ($8 million Seed, November 12, 2026). - Y Combinator, named as an investor in this round, led [BioStack](https://presspool.ai/companies/getbiostack-com) ($9.5 million Seed, October 22, 2026). It is also named as an investor in [Agentcard](https://presspool.ai/companies/agentcard-com) ($8 million Seed, November 12, 2026), [Darwin Robotics](https://presspool.ai/companies/darwinrobotics-ai) ($3.6 million pre-seed, November 5, 2026), [Tractian](https://presspool.ai/companies/tractian-com) ($130M Series D, October 22, 2026), [Firstwork](https://presspool.ai/companies/firstwork-com) ($15 million Series A, October 21, 2026), [Minicor](https://presspool.ai/companies/minicor-com) ($3.8 million Seed, October 14, 2026), [LightSprint](https://presspool.ai/companies/lightsprint-ai) ($6.1 million Seed, October 13, 2026), [Readily](https://presspool.ai/companies/readily-ai) ($11 million Series A, October 13, 2026), [Flai](https://presspool.ai/companies/useflai-com) ($27 million Series A, October 6, 2026), [Vitalize](https://presspool.ai/companies/vitalize-care) ($31 million Series A, October 6, 2026), [Ocular AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/useocular-com) ($2 million Pre-seed, October 5, 2026) and [Revnu](https://presspool.ai/companies/revnu-com) ($3 million, round type not disclosed, October 1, 2026). ## Sources - [Inkbox announcement](https://inkbox.ai/blog/seed-round-and-hosted-agents) - [The Silicon Valley Post](https://svpost.com/articles/inkbox-5-3m-hosted-agents/) --- Presspool is a sourced record of AI startup funding. 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