About Kova

We started Kova because good businesses were losing customers to voicemail

Our mission is simple: every customer, answered, at every business, no matter how small the team.

Built by people who answered the phones

Before Kova, our founders ran a chain of dental practices. Every Monday started the same way: a pile of voicemails from patients who had already booked somewhere else.

Big companies had call centers and chatbots. Small businesses had a front desk doing five jobs at once. We built Kova to close that gap: an AI agent that answers like your best employee, takes real actions, and knows when to hand off.

Today, more than 4,000 businesses in 30 countries use Kova to answer every call, chat, and message.

4,000+

businesses on Kova

12M

conversations answered

30+

languages spoken

4 days

average time to go live

What we believe

The principles behind every feature we ship.

The principles behind every feature we ship.

Every customer deserves an answer

A missed call is a missed customer. We measure ourselves by how many conversations end with a real answer.

People stay in charge

Kova handles the routine so your team can focus on the moments that need a human. You set the rules, always.

Trust is earned with data

We never train shared models on your conversations, and we never will. Your customers are yours.

Small business first

We design for the busy owner with five minutes, not the IT department with five months.

The team behind Kova

Operators, engineers, and designers who have all worked a front desk.

Operators, engineers, and designers who have all worked a front desk.

Elena Park

Co-founder and CEO

David Okafor

Co-founder and CTO

Maya Chen

Head of Onboarding

Marcus Reed

Head of Design

Priya Shah

VP of Product

Jordan Ellis

Head of Customer Success

Sofia Martinez

Head of Voice AI

James Liu

Head of Security

Where we work

Three hubs, one remote-friendly team.

Three hubs, one remote-friendly team.

San Francisco

HQ

548 Market St, San Francisco, CA

London

Europe

20 Fitzroy Square, London W1T

Sydney

Asia Pacific

1 Bligh St, Sydney NSW

See Kova answer your customers this week

Pick a time and we’ll build a demo on your own help docs and real questions.

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30 minutes, with a specialist

Built on your own help docs

No commitment

Demo with Maya

30 min · Google Meet

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