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 2026RingCentral 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.
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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 reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 6
by search overlapCompanies competing with RingCentral for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsRingCentral states it was named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS for a 12th consecutive year, referencing the 2026 report.
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.
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.
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
- RingCentralringcentral.com · web
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.



