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Axios

Exclusive: AI role-playing startup Yoodli raises $40M

Yoodli featured on LinkedIn News front page

Google Cloud

Yoodli boosts confidence of job applicants, presenters, and minorities with automated video coaching platform powered by Google Cloud

Press Coverage

Puget Sound Business Journals

40 Under 40 2026: Esha Joshi

Forbes

The ROI Crisis: Why Companies Fail to See Returns from AI Pilots

Geekwire

GeekWire Awards: 5 Workplace of the Year finalists lean on key values to build solid company culture

The Economic Times

AI Startups in India Scaling Revenue with Lean Teams

Business Insider

As middle managers thin out, companies hand sales training to AI simulations

Fast Company

Why your employees aren’t using the AI you bought

Madrona

Redefining Communication: Yoodli Founders on AI Roleplays, Confidence & Building in Seattle

Puget Sound Business Journals

Puget Sound Business Journal reveals 40 Under 40 class for 2026

Yoodli

Yoodli Raises $40 Million Series B to Lead the Future of Experiential Learning

Puget Sound Business Journals

Seattle's Yoodli, fresh off funding round, aims to expand hiring

Tech Crunch

Yoodli triples valuation to $300M+ with AI built to assist, not replace, people

Geekwire

AI roleplay startup Yoodli raises $40M, reports 900% revenue growth

The Economic Times

Learning platform Yoodli raises $40 million in round led by WestBridge Capital

Puget Sound Business Journals

Seattle startup raises $40 million Series B round for speech coaching tool

The Information

Why Databricks Is Paying for an AI Sales Coach

Geekwire

Yoodli CEO Varun Puri on startup grit, filtering out noise, and building the 'AI roleplay' category

Neotribe

How Yoodli is Turning Communications into Every Worker's Superpower, with AI Roleplay

Madrona

Partnering With Yoodli: Where Communication Mastery Meets Startup Excellence

Ascend

Investing in Yoodli

Geekwire

AI roleplay startup Yoodli raises $13.7M to help sales teams practice their pitches

Why leading VCs invested in Yoodli AI Roleplays

CBS42

Yoodli raises $13.7M and launches the AI Roelplays categor

The Center for Sales Strategy

The Future of Sales Coaching with Varun Puri & Ajay Jain

Axios

Trump's inauguration word choices give insight into Trump 2.0

Geekwire

Here's how AI graded President Trump's inauguration speech

Learning Evolution

Learning Evolution and Yoodli Partner to Revolutionize CPG and Beverage Sales Training with AI-Powered Roleplay

Axios

Generative AI as a speech coach

Komo

Major Moves: Can Artificial Intelligence improve your public speaking?

Microsoft for Startups

Fueling your startup: why fundraising and investment readiness matter

Geekwire

AI-powered 'VC pitch coach' from Yoodli helps startup founders prepare to face investors

Startup Savant

31 Top Seattle Startups to Watch in 2023

Geekwire

Speech analysis startup releases AI tool that simulates difficult job interview conversations

Geekwire

Toastmasters adopts AI-powered speech analytics technology from Seattle startup Yoodli

Inc.

Seattle Startups to Watch in 2023

The Wall Street Journal

ChatGPT Spotlights Microsoft's Early Efforts to Monetize AI

Toastmasters

Introducing the Yoodli Partnership

Puget Sound Business Journals

These are Seattle Inno's 23 startups to watch in 2023

Toastmasters

ToastCaster 168: Yoodli - Your AI-Powered Public Speaking Coach - Varun Puri

The Wall Street Journal

Microsoft Expands Access to OpenAI's Tools to More Customers

Product Hunt

Yoodli voted Product of the day on Product Hunt

Built In

The Future 5 of Seattle Tech, Q4 2021

Forbes

Yoodli Cofounders make Forbes 30 under 30 List for Consumer Technology

Inc.

Elon Musk Says 'Um' 20 Times in a 5-Minute Speech. Here's How He Could Fix It--and So Can You

Toastmasters

Toastmasters International Partners with AI-powered Public Speaking Platform, Yoodli

ZdNet

Afraid of public speaking? This AI can help

Geekwire

Seattle AI startup that helps professionals improve public speaking by analyzing speech...

Madrona

Terrified of Public Speaking? Finally, There's An App For That.

Geekwire

Yoodli opens up its free website to improve public speaking — and adds in some games

PR Week

Public speaking site Yoodli teams with Toastmasters International

Chris Haroun

Master Public Speaking With The Power Of AI | Innovative Business Idea (Lessons from Business Icons)

Puget Sound Business Journals

This Seattle AI startup wants to help you nail your next big speech

Chris Haroun

Weekly LIVE Q&A #209

Hire Power Radio Show

The Blind Spots of Hiring Managers & Candidates with Varun Puri

Speech Technology

Toastmasters Partners with Yoodli

Geekwire

Startups, superheroes, and the economy at a crossroads: Voices from Seattle's tech community

PR Newswire

PRophet, a Stagwell (STGW) Marketing Cloud Product, Partners with Paul Allen AI Institute's Yoodli to Bring AI Speech Coaching and Media Training to the PR Industry