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RingCentral

Founded 1999 · 6,686 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors

RingCentral provides cloud-based unified communications and AI-powered contact center solutions for businesses, serving over 600,000 customers worldwide. The platform integrates voice, video, messaging, and conversation intelligence to enable secure, efficient enterprise communications.

Also known as RingCentral, Inc.

Investors · 8

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

RingCentral provides cloud-based business communications and customer engagement software, positioned around what the company calls an "Agentic Voice AI" platform for automating, assisting and analyzing customer interactions. Its portfolio is organized into several product families: RingEX for business phone, business SMS, team chat and meetings; RingCX for contact center functions including omnichannel routing, outbound dialing, workforce engagement, quality management, agent and supervisor assist, interaction analytics and intelligent virtual agents; and AI Meetings, covering meetings, town halls, rooms, webinars and events.

A set of AI agent products spans the portfolio, including AI Receptionist (AIR) for 24/7 call answering, FAQ handling, routing, lead capture, scheduling and text follow-ups; AI Representative; AI Virtual Assistant (AVA) for notes, summaries, real-time translation and workflow automation; and AI Conversation Expert (ACE) for conversation analytics, dashboards and AI-assisted coaching. AIR Pro, described as new on the company site, is a no-code/natural-language builder for custom conversational AI agents deployed across voice, SMS, chat and social channels, with industry accelerators for healthcare. The platform offers more than 500 pre-built integrations plus open APIs, including integration with Microsoft Teams, and is marketed with industry solutions for healthcare, financial services, education, retail and government.

Business model

RingCentral sells subscription communications and contact center services organized into product bundles (RingEX, RingCX, AI Meetings, AI agents, Customer Engagement Bundle), with published pricing and a direct sales motion for larger buyers.

Traction

More than 600,000 business customers worldwide; the website's live counters report roughly 5.5 million calls in the prior hour and about 212 million total call minutes in the preceding 24 hours. Customer case studies cite a 60% increase in new patient intakes and $1.7M revenue increase at Axis Mental Health, 30% annual phone system cost savings at a bank operating 100 branches, a 42% increase in HCAHPS patient satisfaction and a 57% increase in employee satisfaction.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography

Market position

Describes itself as a global leader in AI communications and cites recognition as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS for a 12th consecutive year (2026 report).

Technology

Cloud communications platform combining voice, SMS, team chat, video meetings and contact center capabilities with AI agents for call automation, real-time assistance, translation, summarization and conversation analytics. AIR Pro allows agents to be built with natural-language prompts and a visual no-code builder and deployed across voice, SMS, chat and social. The company cites 99.999% availability and support in over 100 countries, and offers more than 500 pre-built integrations and open APIs.

Go-to-market

Self-service pricing and online sign-up alongside a contact-sales route, supported by published customer case studies, industry-specific solution pages, an integrations marketplace and developer APIs.

Organizations of all sizes, from small businesses to Fortune 1000 companies, with named industry focus on healthcare, financial services, education, retail and government. Referenced customers include Michigan State University, BDO USA, the Golden State Warriors, the San Francisco Symphony and Axis Mental Health.

Geography

Supports customers in more than 100 countries.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Calls in the last hourJan 20265,505,304 calls
Countries supportedJan 2026100
CustomersJan 2026600,000 businesses
HeadcountAug 20266,686
Platform availabilityJan 2026100%
Pre-built integrationsJan 2026500 integrations
Total call minutes in last 24 hoursJan 2026211,713,421 minutes

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 6

by search overlap
Dialpad14784 shared keywordsDialpad provides a platform that transforms customer conversations into actionable intelligence for businesses. The company serves organizations seeking to improve their operations through conversation analytics and insights.
Zendesk7820 shared keywordsThis is Zendesk's internal belonging/diversity and inclusion program page, not a company profile page for an external company. It describes Zendesk's internal culture initiatives and leadership development programs.
Zoom7479 shared keywordsZoom operates an AI-powered work platform for video communications and collaboration, including products such as Zoom Contact Center. It serves businesses and enterprises for remote and hybrid work communication.
Talkroute7432 shared keywordsTalkroute is a virtual phone system for businesses that lets teams make and receive calls, send SMS/MMS texts, host video meetings, and manage voicemail from desktop, web, or mobile apps without dedicated hardware. It also offers add-ons such as an AI Receptionist that answers calls and website chats, books appointments, and takes messages.
CloudTalk7357 shared keywordsCloudTalk provides an AI voice platform for global calling used by sales and support teams, offering features like parallel dialing, call routing, inbound and outbound AI voice agents, international SMS/WhatsApp messaging, and call analytics. Its cloud-based voice infrastructure supports numbers in over 160 countries for teams handling high volumes of customer conversations.
Mightycall7178 shared keywordsMightyCall provides cloud-based call center software with auto-dialing, campaign management, and quality assurance tools for outbound calling operations. The platform serves call centers across various industries with features including predictive/progressive dialers, call recording, supervisor dashboards, and agent workspaces.

Companies competing with RingCentral for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 3

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2026
Named a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for UCaaS for the 12th consecutive year

RingCentral states it was named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS for a 12th consecutive year, referencing the 2026 report.

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Jan 2026
Introduces AIR Pro for building custom AI agents

RingCentral introduced AIR Pro, a no-code/natural-language builder for conversational AI agents across voice, SMS, chat and social, with healthcare industry accelerators, offered via early access.

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Jan 2026
New AI capabilities for RingCX and Customer Engagement Bundle

Product innovations highlighted include AI Assist and intelligent virtual agent capabilities for RingCX, a Customer Engagement Bundle, Microsoft Teams integration, AI notes and summaries via AI Virtual Assistant, and AI-automated scorecards for quality management.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does RingCentral do?
RingCentral sells cloud business communications and AI-powered contact center software to more than 600,000 organizations.
Who are RingCentral's investors?
RingCentral's investors include Akkadian Ventures, AlphaDrive, Arka Venture Labs, Dag Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Wing, Cisco.