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Othello funding, valuation and investors
AI sales-coaching software that suggests responses and next steps during live customer conversations.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Seed
$8M · October 14, 2026
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$8M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
seed · New York, United States
Investors in latest funding
Other: a16z speedrun , Owl Capital , Long Journey Ventures , Andy Fang , Chris Larsen , Thomas Wolf , David Cramer , Waseem AlShikh , Dean Sysman , Alex Bouaziz , Philippe Bouaziz , Kevin Stein
Overview
Othello announced $8M of seed funding on October 14, 2026 from a16z speedrun, Owl Capital and Long Journey Ventures, alongside angel investors. The New York company was co-founded by Jared Zelman and Raphael Assor. Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/othello-raises-8-million-for-real-time-ai-sales-coaching-during-live-calls-302908716.html
Why Othello is interesting
Its product must deliver useful guidance within a conversation's timing constraints. Accuracy, distraction, adoption and controlled evidence of sales improvement are more informative than model latency alone.
Product & use cases
The company’s Hamlet model powers a desktop overlay with in-call suggestions. Othello says the app can display prompts without joining the meeting as a participant. This product design is not, by itself, evidence about consent, privacy or compliance.
Funding history (newest first)
Seed
2026-10-14 $8M- a16z speedrun (participant)
- Owl Capital (participant)
- Long Journey Ventures (participant)
- Andy Fang (participant)
- Chris Larsen (participant)
- Thomas Wolf (participant)
- David Cramer (participant)
- Waseem AlShikh (participant)
- Dean Sysman (participant)
- Alex Bouaziz (participant)
- Philippe Bouaziz (participant)
- Kevin Stein (participant)
Investors in our directory
Funds linked from Othello's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.
Competitive landscape
Real-time guidance must arrive before a seller moves on, remain accurate and avoid distracting from the buyer. Customer retention, rep-level usage and controlled outcome comparisons would help distinguish durable workflow value from novelty.
Industries
Market / IPO context
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