Espressive: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)
Espressive specializes in providing companies with artificial intelligence support for employees. Its AI-based virtual support agent (VSA) called Barista, brings the ease of consumer virtual assistants, such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home, into the workplace. Barista automates the resolution of employee questions, issues, and requests with personalized experiences that result in employee adoption of 80 to 85% and reduced help desk call volume of 40 to 60%. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Espressive has raised $30.0M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $30.0M announced in Mar 2020.
That round is above the $6.0M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Espressive Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Mar 2020.
Espressive Funding Rounds
Espressive Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Espressive team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.
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Espressive's latest round of $30.0M is above the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Espressive Funding FAQs
What does Espressive do?
Espressive specializes in providing companies with artificial intelligence support for employees. Its AI-based virtual support agent (VSA) called Barista, brings the ease of consumer virtual assistants, such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home, into the workplace. Barista automates the resolution of employee questions, issues, and requests with personalized experiences that result in employee adoption of 80 to 85% and reduced help desk call volume of 40 to 60%. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
How much funding has Espressive raised?
Espressive has raised $30.0M across 1 round on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $30.0M announced in Mar 2020.
When did Espressive last raise funding?
Espressive's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $30.0M, announced in Mar 2020.
Who is the CEO of Espressive?
Pat Calhoun is listed as CEO at Espressive.
Where is Espressive headquartered?
Espressive is based in Santa Clara, California, United States.
How many employees does Espressive have?
Espressive is in the 101-250 employee band.
How does Espressive's funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?
Espressive's latest round of $30.0M is above the $6.0M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,243 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Espressive Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Espressive is left off this page rather than filled in.
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