Espressive

Espressive

Santa Clara, California, USA
3 employees
Agentic AI
Series B · $53M

About Espressive

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.

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Company details

Team Size3
LocationSanta Clara, California, USA
IndustryAgentic AI

Funding

Total raised

$53M

Last stage

Series B

Investors

Insight Partners
General Catalyst
Wing Venture Capital

Founders

PC

Pat Calhoun

Serial entrepreneur and enterprise software veteran. Previously founded Airespace (acquired by Cisco for $450M), served as SVP of Product at ServiceNow, GM of McAfee network security, and CTO at Cisco. Holds 35 patents.

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.