# Sesame completes USD 250 million in Series B funding and launches its beta

On 2025/10/21, TechCrunch reported that conversational AI startup Sesame completed USD 250 million in Series B funding and launched its beta. Founded by former Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe and former Ubiquity6 CTO Ankit Kumar, it aims to create near-human voice conversations.



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## Connected profiles

- [Sequoia Capital](/institutions/sequoia-capital)
- [Sesame AI](/companies/sesame-ai)
- [Spark Capital](/institutions/spark-capital)

## Sources

- https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/21/sesame-the-conversational-ai-startup-from-oculus-founders-raises-250m-and-launches-beta/