Avoca (YC W23) is transforming how home service companies engage with their customers. AI-powered conversational agents handle every high-value inbound call, including booking jobs, qualifying leads, and driving higher revenue—all at a speed and consistency unmatched by human call centers.

The founders are two MIT engineers with a background in building AI first products: Apurva Shrivastava, a 2nd time AI founder who was an engineer at Retool, and Tyson Chen, who was an early PM at Nuro and previously built chatbots for F500 companies at BCG.

Avoca has expanded to 85 employees in under two years, 10x'd headcount in 2024 and 2025. Backed by a high-energy, high-performance, and an in-office culture in NYC. In a $500B+ market where missed calls mean lost business, Avoca is building the category-defining platform for AI-driven customer engagement.