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San Francisco, CA, November 18, 2025 — Symbal AI today announced the acquisition of core Alto AI technology and capabilities, originating from the Stanford-founded voice-intelligence platform built to analyze large volumes of spoken interactions for enterprise organizations. The acquisition, structured with performance milestones and positioned to reach a significant seven-figure value, supports the creation of Symbal’s Enterprise Voice Division and strengthens the company’s position in applied voice analytics.

Alto AI’s technology has been designed to help organizations understand conversations at scale across recruiting, sales operations, customer support, and other high-volume communication environments. These capabilities will continue forward under Symbal, becoming a supporting component of Symbal’s solutions for global enterprise customers. Symbal will integrate Alto AI’s innovations with its existing AI and data tools to enhance accuracy, speed, and workflow automation for voice-driven teams.

The Alto AI founding team, composed of Stanford engineers and early-stage operators, brings strong technical and product execution experience. The founding group includes:

• Rishi Sadanandan, CEO – Stanford Computer Science (AI) and Math with an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering, bringing a rare combination of technical depth, strategic judgment, and operational leadership developed through venture experience, early-stage product building, and enterprise-focused AI innovation.
• Ari Ramsan, COO – YC alum and operator with experience building and scaling AI products for government and enterprise customers, bringing a track record across operations and product execution in fast-moving technology environments.
• Jay Khemchandani, CTO Product – Stanford Computer Science (AI) and Philosophy, with a track record of developing enterprise-adopted AI tools across hiring, real estate, and design; Grand Prize winner of TreeHacks 2024 for a multimodal robotic arm; focuses on taking problems from first insight to deployed systems with real-world impact.
• Soham Vasanawala, CTO Platform – Stanford Mathematics and Physics engineer with a background in fullstack platform design, leveraging experience with big data, medical XR prototyping, and signal processing research.

Symbal’s acquisition of Alto AI’s technology adds a deployment-ready foundation that enables the company to enter new enterprise segments and expand its customer base. The technology gives Symbal a deeper ability to support organizations that depend on real-time communication insights, and it provides an opportunity to widen the company’s reach across multiple industries.

“Alto AI represents one of the most impressive young engineering teams we have seen, and their platform supports what Symbal can offer to large organizations,” said Krishay Mukhija, CEO of Symbal AI. “This acquisition supports our ability to serve the communication-intensive workflows that define modern enterprises.”

“Symbal gives Alto AI the scale and distribution needed to bring advanced voice intelligence to customers around the world,” said Rishi Sadanandan, CEO of Alto AI.

By combining Symbal’s scale and customer network with Alto AI’s engineering and product depth, the  Enterprise Voice Division will focus on delivering next-generation voice-AI solutions to organizations seeking advanced insight from their spoken-data workflows.