SOBHAN NEJAD

Sobhan Nejad is the Co-founder of Bland AI, an enterprise voice artificial intelligence platform based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Under his technical leadership, the company developed a scalable infrastructure for automated phone interactions that currently processes over 10 million minutes of AI-generated calls monthly. Nejad helped secure a $16 million seed funding round in 2024 backed by prominent venture capital investors including a16z, driving the startup to a post-money valuation exceeding $100 million. Following a public beta launch, the firm raised a Series A round in early 2026 and was featured in TechCrunch for its rapid growth alongside established telecommunications networks like Twilio. His current professional focus centers on leveraging advanced foundational models similar to OpenAI to engineer scalable, automated communication software for global enterprise telecom applications and customer service operations.