Flip Reaches $12M ARR with AI Voice Support for 250 Brands

Flip Reaches $12M ARR with AI Voice Support for 250 Brands

Author: Nathan Latka April 22, 2026 Duration: 24:34

How do you pivot a banned college ridesharing app into a voice AI company handling 300 million customer service calls?

Brian Schiff is the co-founder and CEO of Flip, a verticalized AI voice assistant that automates customer service calls for transportation, retail, and healthcare brands.

After realizing their Cornell ridesharing app was a dead end, Brian and his co-founder Sam pivoted into voice AI. Today, Flip automates up to 90 percent of routine support calls for over 250 enterprise companies and recently raised a $20M Series A at a $100M valuation.

You'll learn:

  • How to successfully pivot a failing startup model
  • Why verticalized AI beats horizontal platforms
  • How to implement usage-based pricing at $1.50 per call
  • Why "listen mode" is their best sales tactic
  • How to maintain 75 percent gross margins with AI
  • Why they rejected a theoretical $150 million acquisition offer
  • How to select the right industries for expansion
  • Why competitive B2C markets are best for AI tools

Brian started his entrepreneurial journey at Cornell's eLab accelerator. He navigated the near-total collapse of transportation revenue during the pandemic to build a highly efficient business growing 3X year over year.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gtFt5exyCaI 

Connect with Brian:  https://flipcx.com/

Connect with Nathan:  https://founderpath.com/ 


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