<s>
Yellow.ai,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Yellow	O
Messenger	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
enterprise	O
conversational	B-Protocol
AI	I-Protocol
platform	O
founded	O
in	O
2016	O
and	O
headquartered	O
in	O
San	O
Mateo	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
platform	O
that	O
automates	O
conversational	O
experiences	O
for	O
customers	O
and	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yellow.ai	B-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Raghu	O
Ravinutala	O
,	O
Jaya	O
Kishore	O
Reddy	O
Gollareddy	O
and	O
Rashid	O
Khan	O
in	O
2016	O
in	O
Bangalore	O
,	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
became	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
accelerator	O
and	O
SAP	B-Application
Startup	O
studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
during	O
Covid-19	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
built	O
chatbots	B-Protocol
to	O
help	O
governments	O
with	O
vaccinations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
launched	O
Yellow	O
Messenger	O
Care	O
to	O
create	O
Covid-19	O
help-related	O
omnichannel	O
chatbots	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
helped	O
NGOs	O
and	O
hospitals	O
in	O
their	O
crisis	O
management	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
rebranded	O
itself	O
from	O
Yellow	O
Messenger	O
to	O
Yellow.ai	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
collaborated	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
transforming	O
its	O
voice	O
automation	O
using	O
Azure	B-Application
Al	I-Application
Speech	B-Application
Services	I-Application
and	O
Natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
(	O
NLP	B-Language
)	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
partnered	O
with	O
Tech	O
Mahindra	O
to	O
develop	O
enterprise	O
AI	B-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2022	O
,	O
Edelweiss	O
General	O
Insurance	O
launched	O
its	O
AI	B-Application
Voice	O
Bot	B-Protocol
,	O
using	O
ai	B-Application
's	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yellow.ai	B-Protocol
implemented	O
its	O
AI-based	B-Application
customer	O
service	O
technology	O
in	O
Urja	O
,	O
a	O
virtual	O
assistant	O
launched	O
by	O
the	O
public	O
sector	O
company	O
BPCL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
clients	O
include	O
Schlumberger	O
,	O
MG	O
Motor	O
,	O
Accenture	O
,	O
Flipkart	O
,	O
Grab	O
,	O
Domino	O
's	O
Pizza	O
,	O
Procter	O
&	O
Gamble	O
,	O
Unilever	O
,	O
Axa	O
,	O
American	O
International	O
Group	O
,	O
Bajaj	O
Finance	O
,	O
HDFC	O
Bank	O
,	O
Asian	O
Paints	O
,	O
Adani	O
Capital	O
,	O
Sephora	O
,	O
Renault	O
,	O
Siemens	O
,	O
Bharat	O
Petroleum	O
Corporation	O
Limited	O
,	O
Dr.	O
Reddy	O
's	O
Laboratories	O
,	O
Concentrix	O
and	O
IndiGo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2019	O
,	O
Yellow.ai	B-Protocol
completed	O
a	O
series	O
A	O
funding	O
of	O
$4million	O
led	O
by	O
Lightspeed	O
Venture	O
Partners	O
and	O
angel	O
investors	O
such	O
as	O
Phanindra	O
Sama	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
RedBus	O
,	O
Anand	O
Swaminathan	O
,	O
senior	O
partner	O
,	O
McKinsey	O
&	O
Company	O
,	O
Limeroad	O
founder	O
Prashant	O
Malik	O
,	O
and	O
Snapdeal	O
founder	O
Kunal	O
Bahl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entrepreneur	O
magazine	O
named	O
Yellow.ai	B-Protocol
the	O
Best	O
AI	B-Application
Startup	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
at	O
the	O
Entrepreneur	O
India	O
Startup	O
Awards	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
awarded	O
Best	O
Chat/Conversational	O
Bot/Tool	O
during	O
the	O
MarTech	O
Leadership	O
Summit	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Financial	O
Express	O
awarded	O
it	O
the	O
Best	O
Use	O
of	O
Conversational	B-Protocol
AI	I-Protocol
–	O
Gold	O
at	O
the	O
Financial	O
Express	O
FuTech	O
Awards	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forbes	O
magazine	O
added	O
ai	O
's	O
co-founder	O
Rashid	O
Khan	O
to	O
Forbes	O
India	O
30	O
Under	O
30	O
2022	O
and	O
Forbes	O
Asia	O
30	O
Under	O
30	O
2022	O
lists	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
young	O
gamechangers	O
disrupting	O
the	O
Enterprise	O
Technology	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
