Hamming AI raises $3.8M in seed funding led by Mischief, joined by YCombinator, AI Grant, Pioneer, Coalition Operators, Coughdrop, NEA, Humans Ventures, Twenty Two Ventures, Orange Collective, Transpose Capital, Olive Tree Capital, and angels including Hiten Shah, Ran Makavy, Max Kolysh, Richard Aberman, Kulveer Taggar, Walter Chen, Yossi Eliyahu, Wiktor Makura, Mark Wai, Victor Zhang, Michael Kuznetsov, Kiran Lingam, Joshua Goodfield, Jake Peters, Umesh Khanna, Carl Cortright, Rahim Noorani, Benjamin Bryant, Lawrence Lin Murata, Noah Gale, Raymond Chen, Kerry Wang, Xiao Wei, Michael Babineau, Sisun Lee, Tony Dong, Jake Lynch, Michael Stoppelman, Tianwei Yue, Rob Olsthoorn, Hexi Shaw, Eric Pollmann, Felicia Chen, Eva Zhang, Eduardo Ortiz de Lanzagorta, Nicholas Elledge, and Theodor Marcu.
Billions of daily calls occur globally. Analysts predict conversational AI will soon manage the majority, with numerous companies crafting solutions for various sectors. However, ensuring the reliability of AI voice agents remains challenging. Small adjustments in prompts or model providers often lead to significant inconsistencies in responses. Current methods require engineers to manually test agents, a slow and often ineffective process.
Post-deployment, operations teams monitor thousands of calls daily to identify edge cases overlooked in manual testing. This results in costly setups and increased liability due to inadequate testing frameworks.
Solutions
- AI voice agents capable of simulating real users, conducting thousands of simultaneous test calls.
- LLM prompt management for B2B applications.
- Automated red-teaming for identifying vulnerabilities in AI systems.
- Advanced call analytics to assess production engagement.
- Intelligent systems for highlighting cases requiring further scrutiny.
Future Outlook
2025 is set to become the year of AI reliability. Industries like healthcare, law, insurance, and real estate are bound by stringent compliance requirements for client interactions. As regulations adapt to AI, automated testing will be a cornerstone of sustainable and trustworthy AI practices.
Lauren Farleigh, Co-Founder and GP at Mischief, says:
"Conversational AI is advancing rapidly — but most testing and governance tools haven't caught up to match developer needs and compliance realities. Hamming.ai will be foundational to ensuring this technology advances safely, as AI reshapes interactions between businesses and their customers."
