The future of telecalling in India is automated. And complicated

You pick up an unknown number. A bubbly voice starts selling you a credit card. You hang up in seconds. 

Except now, that voice may not be human.

AI voice agents are already live across banks, e-commerce and healthcare platforms in India, with startups in the space raising over Rs 280 crore. But behind that perfectly polite pitch is a more complex rollout — from pilots and script tuning to adapting across languages and dialects.

So, what’s driving this sudden funding spree, and how are companies actually deploying these AI callers in India?

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