CEO @call_hyper (automating ☎️⚡ calls w/ voice A.I.) 4x Founder (@presto_ai @getclearco @proofgov @call_hyper)
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Benjamin Sanders retweeted
Today we announced that we have acquired @call_hyper, a leader in conversational, agentic AI designed to reduce the burden on understaffed public safety answering points by handling non-emergency calls. Welcome to the team, Hyper!
Read the press release: bit.ly/4dBG4QD
Benjamin Sanders retweeted
Across Canada, 911 lines are strained and wait times can be long. But a Canadian startup says it can speed up response times and help save lives using its AI voice agent to help dispatchers address real emergencies more quickly. Read our deep dive: bit.ly/4dZpSbN
Great to see @bilalmahmood today. Both Govt Geeks and Tech Entrepreneurs with a shared passion for improving public safety. 🚀
Benjamin Sanders retweeted
🚨 @911nena911 & @call_hyper join forces on Voice AI
- @wattsy7626 / Superintendent @TorontoPolice
- Jeff Hebert / 911 Coordinator @SDSheriff
- Roxanne Van Gundy / Director @LyonCountyKs
- @8ENs / CEO @ Hyper
- Reinhard Ekl / COO @ Hyper
🎟️ Register --> nena.org/events/EventDetails…
Benjamin Sanders retweeted
☎️ @TorontoPolice, the 4th largest city police dept in North America, is launching Hyper AI to answer Non-Emergency Calls.
"Well over 1 Million Calls are coming in [to our 911 center], over 600K are Non Emergency Calls"
Thank you @CTVNews! #911
toronto.citynews.ca/video/20…
I’ve called 911 before - in Toronto.
Any second waiting can feel very long, especially in an emergency.
That’s why this really matters.
By automating non-emergency calls—50% of calls into 911—@TorontoPolice is shortening wait times for real emergencies, which can save lives.
🚔 @TorontoPolice is launching Hyper's Non-Emergency AI
"[Now] everybody that calls the non-emergency line ... gets answered immediately by the AI system." - TPS Superintendent Greg Watts
Thank you to @CBCNews for sharing our story! #PublicSafety
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t…
From serving fries to saving lives. 🍟🚨
Always great seeing Jason & the team at @OpenAI.
Together, we’re building @call_hyper — voice AI for 911 that eliminates wait times, when every second counts.
PS: @sama backed my 1st startup, @presto_com — leader in drive-thru voice AI.
🚨 @call_hyper's voice AI is already saving lives —
handling up to 65% of non-emergency 911 calls — freeing dispatchers to focus on real emergencies, where every second counts.
Live across Canada & the U.S. 🚀
Thx @Joe_Castaldo & @globeandmail.
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The @call_hyper team was on-site to support @CanadianR2R today as officers cycled 🚴 through @HaltonPolice, honouring the dedication of those who make the ultimate sacrifice, putting their lives on the line every day to keep our communities safe. 💙
Benjamin Sanders retweeted
AI-powered 9-1-1 call screening startup @call_hyper exits stealth with $6.3 million USD. #CDNtech betakit.com/ai-powered-9-1-1…
Benjamin Sanders retweeted
Today @EniacVC is proud to lead the $6.3M seed round for @call_hyper, now out of stealth with a voice AI platform built for non-emergency response.
Co-founders Ben and Damian are tackling one of the most essential and overburdened systems in the country: 9-1-1.
Hyper’s voice AI is in active use by 9-1-1 systems in cities across the country - answering non-emergency calls instantly, reducing wait times to zero, and helping dispatchers stay focused on what matters most.
This is AI deployed where it counts: trained on real call data, fluent in 30 languages, and built to serve the public at scale. 👇🏽
Benjamin Sanders retweeted
New week, new job posting!
@call_hyper is revolutionizing emergency response systems through cutting-edge AI technologies. Our first product is reducing 911 wait times by alleviating administrative work from highly trained 911 telecommunicators.
We raised $6.3M to bring voice AI to 9-1-1.
@call_hyper is helping 9-1-1 agencies across the country, answering non-emergency calls instantly, in 30+ languages, with zero wait.
...and we’re hiring - join us!
More in @DominicMadori's @TechCrunch story: techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ai…
Way to go @charliefeng! 🚀
We’re thrilled to announce that Agora has acquired @boardroom_info, one of the oldest and most trusted governance platforms in crypto.
This marks a major milestone in our mission to make good governance the standard for all protocols.
Thrilled that @call_hyper is joining @theC100's Fellow Program this year.🍁
@proofgov was in the 2020 cohort & our core team joined me again last year to embark on our next chapter in building game-changing tech for govt: voice A.I. for 911 will reduce wait times & save lives!❤️
Announcing the 2024 #C100Growth & #C100Fellows Cohorts! Join us in welcoming the 12 scaling companies representing the best in Canadian tech innovation to our Growth Program and the 26 early-stage Canadian founders building category-defining companies to our Fellows Program 1/🧵
Benjamin Sanders retweeted
🚨 9-1-1 hold times in my city of Oakland can last as long as 20 min! 😵
@8ENs, 4x founder and @amidlabs fellow, is taking that problem head on with his new AI company, @call_hyper.
Hyper is building voice AI for government, to help triage the massive surplus demand from citizens for communication, like 911, 311, requests for info, etc.
Amid is excited to call Hyper one of our first investments, alongside stellar co investors like @ripple_ventures, 2|Twelve, the founders of @OpenGovInc, @cohere , @getclearco , @pagerduty , @a16z scout check, and more.
Ben's track record speaks for itself (past startups = IPO, exit, and unicorn valuation), but it was a pleasure to see him up close at work in Amid's space in downtown San Francisco.
Ben also joined us to record an interview for the docuseries that Amid is producing with Aarmida about the AI revolution (video is a quick exerpt – follow @amidlabs for more soon)
#ai #artificialintelligence #govtech #aiagents #amid #amidlabs #amidai #voiceai
Way to go @charliefeng! 🚀
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Benjamin Sanders retweeted
If you're building a startup that a lot of people misunderstand but you hold a deep insight that seems like it will obviously come true, you should be really optimistic. That is the best possible scenario for your company—you know something people don't know and is unpopular.