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  "one_liner": "Vienna-based AI phone and WhatsApp agents that answer business calls and conversations around the clock for SMEs.",
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    "Discloses how it calculates ARR (subscriptions only, no pipeline), which makes the headline easier to compare."
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      "name": "Omilia",
      "category": "customer-support",
      "tier": "venture",
      "category_label": "Customer support",
      "tier_label": "Venture-backed",
      "one_liner": "Athens- and New York-based 'agentic CX' platform that builds and runs production AI agents for large-enterprise contact centres.",
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        "nearby scale"
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      "category": "customer-support",
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        "same tier",
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        "similar scale"
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      "category": "customer-support",
      "tier": "venture",
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      "tier_label": "Venture-backed",
      "one_liner": "Agent management platform for enterprise customer-service AI agents across voice and digital channels.",
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      "category": "customer-support",
      "tier": "indie",
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      "one_liner": "AI phone receptionist that answers business calls 24/7 and emails summaries, transcripts and recordings.",
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        "same category",
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