AethexAI
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Founders
About
AethexAI is a voice AI startup building customer support and service automation systems for enterprises in Africa and the Middle East 1. Founded in 2025 by Mariama Diallo (CEO, formerly Goldman Sachs) and Ayooluwa Odemuyiwa (CTO, formerly Meta), the company develops its own small language models — the Kora series, ranging from 300 million to 1.7 billion parameters — and an orchestration layer to handle automated calls with localized support for English, French, and Arabic dialects 1. The platform currently handles over 17,000 calls daily, primarily for use cases including debt collection, customer activation, and KYC verification 1.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | Pre-Seed | $3M | 4DX Ventures | Enza Capital, Dorm Room Fund, Mojo Ventures, Stanford GSB 26 Fund 1 |
What Investors Say
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What Founders Say
“The latency and jitter that we saw on automated calls in this region were outrageous…we have to use very small models and cut latency at every step.” — Ayooluwa Odemuyiwa, Co-Founder & CTO 1
“We cannot be everything for everybody right now. We’re small. When we start talking to a company, we ask them to pick one use case.” — Mariama Diallo, Co-Founder & CEO 1