AI-native quality assurance and training platform that automatically scores 100% of customer conversations and delivers personalized coaching in real time.
Solidroad is the leading AI-native quality assurance and training platform built for modern customer support teams. The company's mission is to solve one of the biggest challenges in scaling customer support: maintaining the warmth, empathy, and intuition that makes human interactions amazing.
Solidroad uses AI, generative technology, and real-time simulations to automatically evaluate 100% of customer interactions across human and AI agents — surfacing risk, identifying skill gaps, and triggering personalized coaching in real time. The platform partners with high-growth global brands including OURA, Ryanair, ActiveCampaign, and Crypto.com.
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Founded in 2023 by experienced founders who've done this before, Solidroad is backed by First Round Capital, Hedosophia, Y Combinator, and other top-tier investors with a $25M Series A. The company is in its rocketship phase, scaling from $1M to $10M ARR.
Total raised
$40.2M
Last stage
Series A
Investors
Mark Hughes
Co-founder and CEO of Solidroad (W25). Before Solidroad, I founded Gradguide, a coaching and mentorship network for recent grads, where I raised €2M, grew the team to 20, and exited in late 2022. Earlier in my career, I led Sales, Support, and Customer Success for EMEA at Chargify (now Maxio) and worked as an early sales rep at Intercom. I studied Business at Trinity College Dublin and spent a year at HEC Paris.
LinkedInMark Hughes
Co-founder and CEO of Solidroad (W25). Before Solidroad, I founded Gradguide, a coaching and mentorship network for recent grads, where I raised €2M, grew the team to 20, and exited in late 2022. Earlier in my career, I led Sales, Support, and Customer Success for EMEA at Chargify (now Maxio) and worked as an early sales rep at Intercom. I studied Business at Trinity College Dublin and spent a year at HEC Paris.
Patrick Finlay
Co-founder and CTO of Solidroad (W25) and a second-time founder. Previously co-founded Monaru (S2019), where we helped individual creators earn $100k+ each by selling live classes online. Before that, I was as a product engineer at Intercom. I hold a BAI in Computer Engineering from Trinity College Dublin; my research focus was on dispute resolution mechanisms for Ethereum smart contracts.
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