NavAI raises $80K from Yoshlar Ventures to scale its AI voice platform for customer service

NavAI, an Uzbekistan-based startup that automates customer calls with AI, has raised $80,000 from Yoshlar Ventures. The round will fund improvements to the company's speech and language models, engineering team growth, and regional sales expansion.

The startup builds AI voice agents that handle inbound and outbound calls in Uzbek and Russian, integrate with CRM systems, and escalate to live operators when needed. The platform runs 24/7 and targets a problem that costs businesses across the region significant revenue: missed calls, busy lines, and customers who never get through.

NavAI has processed more than 51,000 calls to date. Nearly 60% were resolved fully by AI, without any human operator involvement. The platform has also been deployed in the public sector."

Every missed call is a lost customer — or someone who couldn't reach the service they needed. We're proving that AI can close that gap in our own languages, at scale," said Sardor Davlatov, CEO and co-founder. "This investment lets us move faster — improving our models, growing the team, and bringing NavAI to more organizations across the region."

The new round is not the company's first outside capital. NavAI previously raised $20,000 from Sarmo Ventures in August 2025 and won the President Tech Award, which came with a $50,000 prize. The startup also recently took first place at the GSMA Startup Pitch Competition Day Uzbekistan at M360 Eurasia, earning an exhibition spot at 4YFN during MWC Barcelona 2027.

NavAI was founded by Sardor Davlatov and Kilichbek Haydarov, who serves as Chief AI Officer. The team builds its speech, language, and telephony stack natively for Central Asian markets.

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