Observe.AI, an artificial intelligence-based startup raises $54 million in a Series B funding round.

California-based Menlo Ventures led the spherical, Observe.AI stated in a statement. Menlo Ventures gives investment for seed-, early- and growth-stage companies. Its companion Steve Sloane will be a part of the board of Observe.AI.

The Series B fundraise takes the overall capital the startup has raised within a yr to $80 million. In December, Observe.AI had raised $26 million in a Series A spherical led through Scale Venture Partners. Other buyers that participated in that spherical protected Nexus Venture Partners, Steadview Capital, 01 Advisors and Emergent Ventures.

The startup stated it’s going to use the clean capital to boost up increase and amplify its team, in addition to make investments further in its research and improvement and go-to-market efforts.

Observe.AI was founded in 2017 through Swapnil Jain, Akash Singh and Sharath Keshava Narayana. In August 2018, the employer raised $8 million in a investment spherical led through Nexus Venture Partners.

The employer makes use of its voice AI platform to leverage speech and natural language processing techniques. This allows clients to conduct a exceptional check of all customer support calls and make sure compliance with protocols.

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“We see a massive market opportunity to solve automation, data capture, and collaboration problems that prevent enterprises from delivering the kinds of support experiences that customers deserve,” Menlo’s Sloane said.

Observe.AI says it has one hundred and five staffers and over one hundred fifty clients throughout the world, which include companies including Tripadvisor, Root Insurance, Alcon Laboratories and Pearson.

Several AI-based groups across sectors have seen endured interest from investors over the last couple of years. Last week, for instance, food trend identity and prediction platform Spoonshot Inc. raised $1 million in a seed investment spherical led through SRI Capital. Also this month, the emotion analytics-focussed Entropik Technologies Pvt. Ltd raised $8 million in a Series A spherical led through Alpha Wave Incubation.

In August, multinational virtual transformation solutions firm UST Global invested in sensory sciences and client experience corporation Tastry Inc. Also final month, video analytics corporation Wobot Intelligence Pvt. Ltd raised an undisclosed sum in pre-Series A capital from Sequoia India.