Vapi voice AI startup valued at $500M after Amazon Ring selection

Friends, sharing AI news: Amazon Ring chose Vapi to handle incoming calls.

• Ring evaluated 40+ vendors and integrated Vapi mid-Q4 — now 100% of calls route through the platform.
• Deployment improved CSAT and let Ring teams tune AI behaviour without engineers.
• Vapi raised $50M in Series B at an approx. $500M valuation; customer base and call volume are growing.

Why it matters: a scalable example of voice AI for customer support and model governance.

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