Coval
coval.ai
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Conversational AI
AI Evaluation & Observability
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$28M
1 round on record
Latest round
$28M
Series A · Jun 2026 · 3 mo ago
Team
7
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
Hiring now
6
+3 posted in 30 days
Backers
4
Y Combinator, General Catalyst
The money's age
Fresh money
3 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
55/100
hiring for its size, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 24
Raised a round Series A $28M · led by Norwest · YahooFinance
Jun 2024
Went through Y Combinator
May 2023
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Jun 2026 | $28M | Norwest lead, Base10 Partners, Twilio Ventures, Y Combinator | YahooFinance |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Datawave, Inc. | its site |
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Y Combinator 
General Catalyst 
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News
Nari Labs Leads Coval's Voice AI Benchmarks
Nari ranks first in STT latency, second in STT WER, second in TTS latency, and first in TTS WER in Coval's September 14, 2026 benchmarks.
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Coval raises $28M to stress-test AI voice agents
Coval has raised $28m, led by Norwest, to simulate and test enterprise AI voice agents before they fail on real customer calls.
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Coval Raises $28 Million Series A To Advance Voice AI Evaluation Platform
Coval announced it raised $28 million in Series A funding to expand its evaluation platform for voice AI. The round was led by Norwest, with participation from Base10 Partners, Twilio Ventures, and Y Combinator. The latest financing brings Coval's total c
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Coval raises $28M as enterprises push voice agents into production
Coval raises $28M as enterprises push voice agents into production - SiliconANGLE
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Coval Raises $28 Million Series A to Define Safety and Reliability for Autonomous Voice Agents
Coval, the evaluation platform for voice AI, today announced a $28 million Series A round of financing led by Norwest with participation from Base10 Partners, Twilio Ventures and Y Combinator. This brings the total capital raised to $31 million since its
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Coval Raises $28 Million Series A to Define Safety and Reliability for Autonomous Voice Agents
Coval, the evaluation platform for voice AI, today announced a $28 million Series A round of financing led by Norwest with participation from Base10 Partners, Twilio Ventures and Y Combinator. This brings the total capital raised to $31 million since its
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Coval Raises $28 Million Series A to Define Safety and Reliability for Autonomous Voice Agents - AOL
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The State of Voice AI Instruction Following in 2026: A Conversation with Kwindla from Pipecat and Zach from Ultravox
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Coval evaluates AI voice and chat agents like self-driving cars
What do AI voice agents and self-driving cars have in common? Their performance can be evaluated in the same way, argues Brooke Hopkins, a former tech lead at Waymo. Coval, Hopkins
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Coval over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
17
Postings analysed
6
Stack modernity
74/100AI adopter
Languages
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frameworks & libraries
Next.js
React.js
Cloud & platforms
AWS
LiveKit
Vapi
AI & ML
LLM
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Full Coval tech stack
17 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$250k
Typical range
$140k – $350k
Open positions
6
6
Jobs
Junior
16.7%
Middle
33.3%
Senior
50%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $140k | $140k |
| Middle | 2 | $300k | $250k – $350k |
| Senior | 3 | $250k | $250k – $300k |
Highest paying role
Account Executive
$350k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Coval
By role, level and city, against the market · 6 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
74/100
Growing
Open positions
6
2 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Solutions
50%
Sales
33% ▲
Backend
17% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added WebRTC to stack
Oct 2026
Added Vapi to stack
Oct 2026
Added Tool Use to stack
Oct 2026
Added Rest API to stack
Oct 2026
Added LiveKit to stack
Oct 2026
Added Function Calling to stack
Oct 2026
Added Voice Agents to stack
Oct 2026
Added Text-to-Speech to stack
Oct 2026
Added LLM to stack
Oct 2026
Added LinkedIn to stack
Oct 2026
Added HubSpot to stack
Oct 2026
Added Human-in-the-Loop to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
6 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 50-200 est. staff $257k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions, Sales, Backend
Jobs
$150k – $250k per year • In office • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • San Francisco
AI Agents
Human-in-the-Loop
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$100k – $300k per year • Equity 0–1% • In office • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • San Francisco
Python
AWS
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$100k – $250k per year • Equity 0–1% • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • San Francisco
Python
TypeScript
AI Agents
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
AWS
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$180k – $250k per year • In office • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • San Francisco
Python
TypeScript
Function Calling
LLM
Text-to-Speech
LiveKit
Vapi
Voice Agents
Tool Use
DevOps
Rest API
WebRTC
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Financials
Total raised
$28M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | 2026 | $28M | Details |