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Anant Garg
Member #192FounderBetaL2Founder & CTO, CometChat
Chat, voice, video and AI copilot APIs developers add to their apps
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About
Anant Garg is the Founder and CTO of CometChat, a Denver company that gives developers tools to add text, voice and video chat, calling and AI copilots to their apps and websites. Anant has spent more than 15 years building software businesses, and CometChat went through Techstars Boulder in 2019. He hosts "Beyond the Bubble," a series that looks at how platforms such as Fiverr use in-app chat.
Stack
Raises & exits
Member Raises$18M+
Led by Run Ventures
CometChat has raised $18M+ in equity, most recently a $6.5M strategic Series A-II round led by Run Ventures (2026); press reports a $21.1M total, which probably includes about $4.9M of venture debt, and data sites list a few smaller seed checks that are not in this total.
Experience
Founder & CTO @CometChat | AI Copilots & User-to-User Chat/Calling for your app & sites
Education
University of Mumbai
Mumbai University
