Cresta Intelligence Inc.
Unified platform for human and AI agents to manage customer interactions
- Sector
- Software
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, CA
- Latest Form D
- $125M, Jan 2025
- Total capital
- $125M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $125M
- 1 Form D · last Jan 2025
- 22 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 11
- 2 pending · first 2021
- Rank in peer group#127 of 2705
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$125M
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Standing among 2705 peers
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- Granted patents#127 · top 5%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Tianlin ShiResearcherDirectorLinked by 11 patents
- Douglas LeoneDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John DonovanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ping WuExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rob TheisDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Saam MotamediDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
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- Sebastian ThrunDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 11 granted of 13- GrantedContemporaneous Machine-learning Analysis Of Audio StreamsUSPTOUS 12,562,153
- GrantedInitiating Conversation Monitoring System Action Based On Conversational ContentUSPTOUS 12,424,216
- GrantedInitiating Conversation Monitoring System Action Based On Conversational ContentUSPTOUS 11,417,337
Show all 13 patent records
- Contemporaneous Machine-learning Analysis Of Audio StreamsFeb 24, 2026 · US 12,562,153Granted
- Initiating Conversation Monitoring System Action Based On Conversational ContentSep 23, 2025 · US 12,424,216Granted
- Initiating Conversation Monitoring System Action Based On Conversational ContentAug 16, 2022 · US 11,417,337Granted
- Contemporaneous Machine-learning Analysis Of Audio StreamsMar 22, 2022 · US 11,282,507Granted
- Systems And Methods For Selecting Effective Phrases To Be Presented During A ConversationOct 26, 2021 · US 11,157,695Granted
- Systems And Methods For Identifying A Behavioral Target During A ConversationSep 28, 2021 · US 11,134,151Granted
- Application Of Machine Learning Techniques To Select Voice TransformationsSep 14, 2021 · US 11,120,812Granted
- Systems And Methods For Identifying A Behavioral Target During A ConversationSep 7, 2021 · US 11,115,531Granted
- Contemporaneous Machine-learning Analysis Of Audio StreamsJun 29, 2021 · US 11,049,497Granted
- Systems And Methods For Selecting Effective Phrases To Be Presented During A ConversationApr 6, 2021 · US 10,970,485Granted
- Systems And Methods For Identifying A Behavioral Target During A ConversationMar 30, 2021 · US 10,965,811Granted
- Contemporaneous Machine-learning Analysis Of Audio StreamsApplication 17080100Pending
- Systems And Methods For Identifying A Behavioral Target During A ConversationApplication 16836831Pending
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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