YC Spring 2026 (P26) founder

Haithem Kchaou

Founder of Callab AI, AI voice agents for on-prem telephony stack.

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Company

Haithem Kchaou is listed as a founder of Callab AI. 58% of the $400B call center industry runs on on-prem phone systems, and until now bringing AI voice automation to them meant ripping out their entire infrastructure first. That's the largest unserved segment in the market. Callab AI connects directly to legacy PBX systems like Avaya, Cisco UCM, and Mitel, and automates up to 70% of call volume with zero migration needed. We plug into these environments without requiring a rip-and-replace. We serve clients across three continents, including brands like Dunkin Donuts.

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    Y Combinator just released their Requests for Startups for the Summer 2026 batch, and one of the categories that stood out to me is AI-Native Service Companies. Historically, agencies and software development shops have been treated as small or medium-sized businesses rather Show more

    Y Combinator just released their Requests for Startups for the Summer 2026 batch, and one of the categories that stood out to me is AI-Native Service Companies. Historically, agencies and software development shops have been treated as small or medium-sized businesses rather...

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    Previously reposted @karrisaarinen but @nico_laqua's answer is also on point 👌.

    Previously reposted @karrisaarinen but @nico_laqua's answer is also on point 👌. The main takeaway from this is there's always many paths to go from point A to B and none of them is necessarily right/wrong.

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    best PR move in history

    best PR move in history

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    8 weeks in SF and the funniest thing is seeing familiar faces in cafes and not knowing if it's actually them or not.

    8 weeks in SF and the funniest thing is seeing familiar faces in cafes and not knowing if it's actually them or not. Just realized I’ve been working right next to @dwarkesh_sp in a random cafe

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    for a startup to succeed, there needs to be speed (which correlates with long working hours) & the right direction.

    for a startup to succeed, there needs to be speed (which correlates with long working hours) & the right direction. but the right direction >> Speed. The perfect formula is to have both and that's what @UseCorgi's doing imo

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    we need a startup positivity movement on x for founders not adding 1M ARR every 2 days. ( just like body positivity on IG) "your sales pipeline doens't define your worth" "every ARR is high and beautiful in its own way." "Arr is just a social construct invented by VCs"...

    we need a startup positivity movement on x for founders not adding 1M ARR every 2 days. ( just like body positivity on IG) "your sales pipeline doens't define your worth" "every ARR is high and beautiful in its own way." "Arr is just a social construct invented by VCs"...