Founder of a listed tool
Nikhil Gupta
Co-founder, Vapi, named behind the Vapi API + MCP listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Nikhil builds
Vapi API + MCP B · Conversational voice agents
Developer platform for phone and web voice agents.
Co-founder, Vapi, researched 26 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Jordan Dearsley Co-founder, Vapi
Backed by
Y Combinator Peak XV Partners Microsoft Kleiner Perkins Bessemer Venture Partners
Questions
Who is Nikhil Gupta?
Nikhil Gupta is co-founder and CTO of Vapi, a voice AI platform for developers from Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch. His Y Combinator profile lists earlier roles at Rakuten, SigOpt and ConsenSys.
What does Vapi make?
Anchor Terminal lists Vapi API + MCP from Vapi. Developer platform for phone and web voice agents.
Who has invested in Vapi?
The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Peak XV Partners, Microsoft, Kleiner Perkins and Bessemer Venture Partners.
How are Nikhil's tools graded?
Vapi API + MCP is graded B, 63.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Not the same person as Nikhil Gupta (Nomadic Futures, Inc.), as far as the research can tell, since the listings name them at different companies with different or no profiles.
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