Hey Telo

Voice AI for Home Services

Y CombinatorWinter 2025ActiveB2B

What they do

Problem

Home services businesses miss calls and struggle to handle customer inquiries and scheduling efficiently.

Solution

A voice AI system that answers phone calls, handles customer conversations, and automates booking and routing for home services companies.

Who it's for

Home services SMBs such as plumbers, HVAC, electricians, and other local contractors.

Founders

Christopher Grittner

Founder

Co-founder and CEO at HeyTelo. Prev led Philippines expansion at Finantier (YC W21), built Tacto's product from scratch as employee #4 (backed by Sequoia and Index), and led product initiatives at Celonis (valued at $13bn). Former Investment Team member at Earlybird Venture Capital. Researched LLMs in Data Analytics at University of Cambridge. BS in Computer Science & Business from Technical University of Munich and studied at National University of Singapore.

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Daniel Grittner

Founder

Co-Founder and CTO at Hey Telo. Previously SDE at Amazon, published first-author computer vision research at ECCV 2022 while at TUM, and built database infrastructure at Celonis. Completed research project in Bioinformatics at ETH Zurich. BS in Computer Science from Technical University of Munich. Dropped out of MS in Computer Science at Technical University of Munich to build Hey Telo.