# I talked to an AI agent today - and it sounds good 🤯

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I talked to an AI agent today - and it sounds good 🤯 
A startup called Bland developed technology that enables ultra-realistic phone conversations with artificial intelligence. They broke a record and reached a Series B round in the shortest time in history - 65 million dollars within just a few months!

Why is everyone flocking there?
Because their system replaces service and sales call centers with calls that feel almost human.

💡 How does it work?
 🔹 Conducts natural voice calls, adapted to the speaker's style.
 🔹 Available 24/7 and can handle millions of calls in parallel.
 🔹 Connects to existing systems like CRM, payment processing and schedules, and operates in real time.

Will we prefer talking to an AI over a human agent within a few years? 🤖

Want to try it yourself? Enter your phone number on the site and it will call you: https://bland.com/ 📲 (and don't forget to add +972 at the beginning).

Oh, and the first thing they did after the raise was buy a car shaped like a giant phone and film a commercial for the company with it 😆 

What do you think - what is the future of customer service? 💬👇

Original: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/blands-ai-voice-agents-sound-almost-human/
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Published: 2025-02-12T12:45:03.551000+02:00