Cheerio AI Secures Rs 8 Crore Seed Funding for AI Expansion, Global Growth

• AI-powered customer engagement platform Cheerio AI raised Rs 8 crore in a seed funding round.
• The funding was led by Artha Venture Fund II, with participation from Hyderabad Angels, TiE Angels, LetsVenture, and several angel investors.
• The Bengaluru-based firm plans to deploy the capital to develop multi-modal AI capabilities, including a proprietary small-model LLM for ad generation.
• Cheerio AI aims to expand its platform from messaging into voice and video, grow AI-driven automations, and enhance enterprise-grade features.
• The company will also expand its team across engineering, AI, enterprise sales, and customer success over the next 6 months to support scaling and global expansion.