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