Airtel acquires strategic stake in Voicezen

Bharti Airtel has acquired a 10 per cent strategic stake in conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI)-focused startup Voicezen in a cash deal. The acquisition has been made through its Airtel Startup Accelerator Program.

Gurgaon-based Voicezen has been working on developing advanced solutions that leverage machine learning, AI, speech to text and voice technologies to offer real time analytics to help brands serve customers better, the company said in a statement.

Voicezen is the third startup to become a part of the Airtel Startup Accelerator Program. By becoming a part of this programme, Voicezen will get the opportunity to deploy its technologies on a massive scale and work closely with Airtel on developing India-first platforms of the future.