Recall.ai: Unlocking the World’s Conversations

Recall.ai is building the fundamental data layer for AI — the API that powers meeting and conversation recording across Zoom, Teams, Meet, phone calls, and more. Fresh off raising $38M in Series B funding at a $250M valuation, Recall.ai is cementing its role as the infrastructure every AI company needs. With less than 30 employees, they’re running infrastructure at massive scale: powering over 1,000 companies, handling three terabytes per second of video, and reaching nearly $20M in ARR. In this interview, co-founder David shares the journey from a 19-year-old YC hackathon winner who skipped his college exams for an interview, to grinding through 120 investor meetings, to building the infrastructure that now powers over a thousand AI companies. Learn more about Recall.ai: https://www.recall.ai Chapters: 01:00 – What Recall.ai Does Today 02:20 – Running Infrastructure at Massive Scale 04:00 – From 19-Year-Old Hackathon Winner to YC 06:00 – Early Co-Founder Changes & Finding Amanda 08:00 – Building the First Call Recorder 10:00 – Pivoting to an API for Conversation Data 12:00 – 120 Investor Meetings for Seed 14:30 – Conviction From Living the Problem 17:00 – Landing First Customers & Growth to 1,000+ Companies 19:30 – Sales Lessons: $2M Pure Outbound 22:00 – $20M ARR With Less Than 30 People 24:00 – Why Conversation Data Is the Future of AI 26:00 – What’s Next for Recall.ai 28:00 – Advice to Founders: Don’t Give Up

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EPISODE INFO

Released: September 10, 2025
Duration: 26m
Channel: YC Root Access
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Recall.ai is building the fundamental data layer for AI — the API that powers meeting and conversation recording across Zoom, Teams, Meet, phone calls, and more. Fresh off raising $38M in Series B funding at a $250M valuation, Recall.ai is cementing its role as the infrastructure every AI company needs. With less than 30 employees, they’re running infrastructure at massive scale: powering over 1,000 companies, handling three terabytes per second of video, and reaching nearly $20M in ARR. In this interview, co-founder David shares the journey from a 19-year-old YC hackathon winner who skipped his college exams for an interview, to grinding through 120 investor meetings, to building the infrastructure that now powers over a thousand AI companies. Learn more about Recall.ai: https://www.recall.ai Chapters: 01:00 – What Recall.ai Does Today 02:20 – Running Infrastructure at Massive Scale 04:00 – From 19-Year-Old Hackathon Winner to YC 06:00 – Early Co-Founder Changes & Finding Amanda 08:00 – Building the First Call Recorder 10:00 – Pivoting to an API for Conversation Data 12:00 – 120 Investor Meetings for Seed 14:30 – Conviction From Living the Problem 17:00 – Landing First Customers & Growth to 1,000+ Companies 19:30 – Sales Lessons: $2M Pure Outbound 22:00 – $20M ARR With Less Than 30 People 24:00 – Why Conversation Data Is the Future of AI 26:00 – What’s Next for Recall.ai 28:00 – Advice to Founders: Don’t Give Up

SPEAKERS

David
guest
Founder/CEO of Recall.ai, building API infrastructure for meeting/conversation recording and data.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of YC Root Access, featuring David, Recall.ai: Unlocking the World’s Conversations explores recall.ai powers conversation recording infrastructure for 1,000+ AI companies Recall.ai provides an API to capture real-time audio/video from meetings, calls, and in-person conversations, serving 1,000+ companies with nearly $20M revenue and <30 employees.

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