Will and Nisal are saving a seat for Phonely's first designer.

The problem

Phonely makes Voice AI agents that handle high-volume business phone calls.

The people

It grew out of an AI research group at the University of Melbourne, where both founders did PhDs.

• Will Bodewes · CEO

  Left an applied AI PhD at the University of Melbourne

• Nisal Ranasinghe · CTO

  Telecom AI engineer; Melbourne PhD in explainable AI

So far

$16M Series A led by Base10 Partners, April 2026.

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