{"id":131713,"date":"2026-08-06T15:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/131713\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:25:13","slug":"omilia-secures-67m-series-b-to-expand-u-s-voice-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/131713\/","title":{"rendered":"Omilia Secures $67M Series B to Expand U.S. Voice AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gist<\/p>\n<p>Funding milestone achieved. Omilia raised $67 million to expand globally.<\/p>\n<p>Enterprise AI focus. Platform targets large, regulated sectors needing secure scalable CX.<\/p>\n<p>Senior executives impacted. Enterprise IT and CX leaders gain access to predictable AI-driven contact center transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Omilia, a voice-first AI company serving large enterprises, on Aug. 6 announced a $67 million Series B funding round led by transatlantic software and AI investor Expedition Growth Capital. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260806641060\/en\/Omilia-Secures-%2467-Million-in-Series-B-Funding-to-Accelerate-Global-Expansion-of-Its-Agentic-Self-Learning-CX-Platform-for-Large-Enterprises?utm_source=cmswire.com\" title=\"According to the company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">According to the company<\/a>, the capital will support continued growth in North America and globally, including the opening of Omilia&#8217;s first U.S. office in the second half of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Athens- and New York-based company said it grew live annual recurring revenue more than 10x since its Series A to over $60 million, without raising additional equity in the interim. Its customers include Capital One, Discover, RBC, Taco Bell, DWP and PSEG.<\/p>\n<p>Omilia said its proprietary agentic Voice AI technology supports more than 200 enterprise deployments, including a Tier 1 U.S. bank handling over 1 million calls per day. The vendor asserted its platform can resolve 50,000-plus concurrent voice interactions for a single client while maintaining sub-second latency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Omilia&#8217;s Self-Learning Agentic CX is delivering a step change in call containment and operational improvement, with glass-box auditability and cost predictability that is structurally difficult for other vendors to compete with,&#8221; Oliver Thomas, founder and managing partner, Expedition Growth Capital, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Omilia Platform &amp; Investment Breakdown<\/p>\n<p>Capability<\/p>\n<p>Description<\/p>\n<p>Agentic Self-Learning CX Platform<\/p>\n<p>Aims to reduce time-to-production for AI agents<\/p>\n<p>Lexis Generative TTS<\/p>\n<p>Enterprise text-to-speech model with sub-45ms latency<\/p>\n<p>Proprietary Voice AI Stack<\/p>\n<p>Purpose-built models, not dependent on third-party LLMs<\/p>\n<p>Transparent Pricing<\/p>\n<p>Zero token cost pass-through for predictable ROI<\/p>\n<p>Compliance Standards<\/p>\n<p>Supports FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR<\/p>\n<p>Recent Omilia Developments<\/p>\n<p>Omilia spent the first half of 2026 converting analyst validation into commercial momentum. On Jan. 20, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/atento.com\/en\/imprensa_post\/cx-industry-leader-atento-and-omilia-establish-strategic-partnership-to-lead-the-next-wave-of-conversational-ai-innovation?utm_source=cmswire.com\" title=\"announced a strategic partnership with Atento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced a strategic partnership with Atento<\/a> to jointly go to market across the U.S., EMEA and Latin America. Back-to-back analyst nods followed: a <a href=\"https:\/\/cxfoundation.com\/blog\/forrester-wave-conversational-ai-2026?utm_source=cmswire.com\" title=\"Forrester Wave Leader designation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Forrester Wave Leader designation<\/a> for Conversational AI Platforms on April 22 and a <a href=\"https:\/\/omilia.com\/resources\/analyst-reports\/omilia-visionary-gartner-mq-2026\/?utm_source=cmswire.com\" title=\"Gartner Visionary placement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gartner Visionary placement<\/a> in the Magic Quadrant on July 7.<\/p>\n<p>On the product side, Omilia on July 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/omilia.com\/resources\/news\/omilia-launches-the-only-native-voice-in-enterprise-cx\/?utm_source=cmswire.com\" title=\"launched Lexis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">launched Lexis<\/a>, a generative text-to-speech model native to its Cloud Platform featuring sub-45ms latency across more than 25 locales, rapid voice cloning and a full compliance stack including PCI-DSS, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and CCPA.<\/p>\n<p>The company also built out its go-to-market bench. On July 2, Omilia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260701094340\/en\/Omilia-Appoints-Armando-Trivellato-as-EVP-Growth-Latin-America-and-Iberia?utm_source=cmswire.com\" title=\"appointed Armando Trivellato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">appointed Armando Trivellato<\/a> \u2014 a veteran of Atento and Five9 \u2014 as EVP Growth for Latin America and Iberia. On July 28, <a href=\"https:\/\/omilia.com\/resources\/news\/omilia-appoints-david-ogden-as-vp-of-revenue-operations\/?utm_source=cmswire.com\" title=\"Dave Ogden joined as VP of Revenue Operations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dave Ogden joined as VP of Revenue Operations<\/a>, also arriving from Five9.<\/p>\n<p>Market Context: Agentic AI&#8217;s Contact Center Ascension<\/p>\n<p>Agentic AI is moving from pilot to production in enterprise contact centers, with measurable gains in call containment, agent productivity and cost reduction.<\/p>\n<p>A $50B Market Takes Shape<\/p>\n<p>Enterprise <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/contact-center\/will-your-agents-buy-in-to-the-50b-conversational-ai-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"conversational AI is projected to grow\">conversational AI is projected to grow<\/a> 192% \u2014 from $17.05 billion in 2025 to $49.8 billion by 2031. Voice remains a proving ground: as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vktr.com\/contact-center\/voice-is-where-enterprise-ai-has-to-prove-itself\/\" title=\"VKTR reported\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">VKTR reported<\/a>, every call surfaces consequential choices about latency, data sovereignty, cloud versus on-device processing and audio quality under network strain.<\/p>\n<p>From Scripted Bots to Autonomous Reasoning<\/p>\n<p>Agentic platforms are pushing <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/customer-experience\/what-is-a-contact-center-omnichannel-customer-experience-redefined\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"contact centers\">contact centers<\/a> beyond scripted chatbots toward systems that reason, plan and act autonomously. These systems ingest support tickets, purchase history, product usage data and real-time system status to maintain context across multi-step interactions.<\/p>\n<p>Real-time API integration with CRM, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/contact-center\/what-is-contact-center-as-a-service-ccaas\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"contact center as a service (CCaaS)\">contact center as a service (CCaaS)<\/a> and workforce management platforms amplifies the business value of voice deployments, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/customer-experience\/why-voice-ai-is-the-most-natural-customer-experience-channel\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"CMSWire reported\">CMSWire reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Governance &amp; Human Oversight<\/p>\n<p>The operational model is shifting from human-assisted AI to AI-powered human workflows. Governed platforms with human-in-the-loop oversight \u2014 now focused on exceptions and compliance rather than routine handling \u2014 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/contact-center\/inside-yellow-ais-550m-ipo-target-and-vision-to-transform-legacy-call-centers-with-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a> 31% fewer escalations and 70% deflection rates.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"styles_learning-opportunities-block__view-all__9t28H\" aria-label=\"View all opportunities\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/events\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View All<\/a>Omilia Background<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2002, Omilia provides <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/contact-center\/is-this-the-year-ai-dominates-the-call-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"AI-powered customer service automation\">AI-powered customer service automation<\/a> for large enterprises with high-volume, complex customer interactions. Its platform includes <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/digital-experience\/why-conversational-ai-is-so-much-more-than-a-chatbot\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"conversational AI\">conversational AI<\/a> voice and chat agents, virtual assistants, agent-assist tools and analytics, along with voice biometrics and fraud-risk analysis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/api\/fontawesome\/fa-regular%20fa-lightbulb.svg\" alt=\"fa-regular fa-lightbulb\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"styles_icon__vt9wS\" style=\"filter:invert(84%) sepia(1%) saturate(0%) hue-rotate(33deg) brightness(90%) contrast(87%);object-fit:cover;width:18px;height:26px;margin-bottom:-2px\"\/> Have a tip to share with our editorial team? Drop us a line: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gist Funding milestone achieved. Omilia raised $67 million to expand globally. Enterprise AI focus. 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