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telli

Backed byY Combinator
Total raised$3.6M
StageSeed
Hiring pace13 roles / 90d
Team size11-50
HQBerlin, Berlin
Industries
SaaS

About telli

Telli is a startup that launched at Y Combinator and has grown to over $2M in annualized revenue. The company has a team of 12 and is led by founders Finn (CEO), Philipp (COO), and Seb (CTO). The founders previously ran contact center operations for Enpal's heat pump unit, bringing hands-on operational experience to telli. Telli’s website is telli.com.

Open positions · 14

Company at a glance

Location
Berlin, Germany
Websitetelli.com
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Founders & Leadership

BN

Błażej Nowakowski

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FM

Finn zur Mühlen

co-founder at telli

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PB

Philipp Baumanns

co-founder at telli

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PE

Philipp Eisen

Founding Engineer at telli

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SH

Seb Hapte-Selassie

co-founder at telli (backed by YC) | Stanford CS

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Engineering46%
  • Operations21%
  • Sales17%
  • Leadership13%
  • Product4%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University of St.Gallen
  2. 2.Technische Universität Berlin
  3. 3.University of California, Berkeley
  4. 4.Tongji University
  5. 5.Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Team Worked At

  • BCG
  • IBM
  • Amazon
  • McKinsey & Company
  • Salesforce

Team Composition

20 people
  • Engineering2 senior5
  • Entrepreneurship3 senior5
  • Business Development1
  • Finance1
  • Healthcare Services1
  • Legal1
  • Operations1
  • Product Management1

Culture & values

We are a small, AI-pilled team that likes to solve hard problems.

We build, experiment, and move fast, while heavily leveraging the capabilities of AI models.

We challenge ourselves and take real ownership over what we do, while staying humble with a low-ego culture.

Funding History

Pre-SeedApr 2025

$3.6M

raised

YC alum AI voice-agent startup Telli raised a $3.6M pre-seed led by Cherry Ventures and Y Combinator.

Y CombinatorCherry Ventures

Life at telli

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