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Cresta

AI agents and real-time agent assist for enterprise contact centers

Pace
4:05/kmRace4.5
Distance
Distance Half.
Open ops roles
4
Last week
#89
Move
▼ 15
Peak
#89
Weeks in the 100
1
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Rank and score over time
Board rank
#79#95#111#89Oct 18#101Oct 25
Pace score
02464.5Oct 184.5Oct 25

One point per Sunday re-rank, tracking since Oct 18. The lines fill in week by week.

Sprint 3:30/kmDecagonSierra
Race 4:05/kmCresta
Tempo 4:40/km
Steady 5:20/kmUniphore
Warm-up 6:00/km
Cool-down 6:30/km
Cresta runs in the Race lane. Rivals on Well Run sit in their own pace lanes; further right = more momentum. Tap one to open its page.Also competes with: Observe.AI, NICE
Revenue estimate
$100M+ ARRcompany-stated · as of Apr 2026 cresta.com ↗
Total raised
$270M+see rounds ↓
Headcount
~730as of Jun 2026 siliconvalleyinvestclub.com ↗
Founded
2017
HQ
San Francisco, CA

Leadership

The problem

Contact centers can't scale great service; most agents perform far below the best ones

What they do

AI agents and real-time agent assist for enterprise contact centers

Traction Crossed $100M ARR (Apr 2026), from ~$52M est. in 2025

Hiring trend

Open roles
87
Ops roles
4
Headcount
~750

LinkedIn headcount +80% YoY (~730-840, est.)

Hiring in

  • Toronto
  • San Francisco
  • Berlin
  • Remote (US)
  • Remote (Canada)

Funding

Last round
$125M
Stage
Series D
Date
Nov 2024

Led by World Innovation Lab and QIA (co-led)

Distance

Half · edge: hard to leave

Custom models on customer calls stick in regulated contact centers; suites are closing in.

Sources: GTMLens: Cresta deep dive (May 2026) ↗

Last checked Oct 25, 2026

News timeline

  1. Oct 2026Established Japan entity, led by ex-ElevenLabs Japan head ai-market-watch.com ↗
  2. May 2026Signed strategic partnership with Atento for hybrid human-AI CX cresta.com ↗
  3. Apr 2026Passed $100M ARR; named Sequoia's Doug Leone board chair cresta.com ↗
  4. Mar 2026Named one of Forbes' Best Startup Employers for third year cresta.com ↗

Funding historyTotal raised $270M+

  1. Nov 2024Series D$125MLed by World Innovation Lab, QIA prnewswire.com ↗
  2. Mar 2022Series C$80Mat $1.6BLed by Tiger Global prnewswire.com ↗
  3. Mar 2021Series B$50MLed by Sequoia Capital cresta.com ↗
  4. 2020Series A$21MLed by Greylock, Andreessen Horowitz cresta.com ↗

Profile facts checked Oct 19, 2026. Every fact links to its public source.

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