San Francisco (NDTV Tech Desk): Ex-Amazon and Microsoft technologists Rohan Vasishth and Faraz Siddiqi have made a daring switch from secure tech jobs to startups. Their San Francisco-based AI startup Bluejay has raised $4 million in seed capital within a few months of its inception, indicating full investor confidence in their dream.
The company specializes in quality control of AI agents, especially voice agents, and seeks to advance the way these systems operate in the real world.
From Big Tech to Startup Life
Vasishth and Siddiqi, both 23 years old, quit Amazon and Microsoft this summer, attributing their decision to the rapid progress of AI as the main reason. In an interview with Business Insider, Vasishth described why they made the jump:
“I don’t have to remain here for six years to learn about it. In reality, I will learn about it most likely quicker by simply doing it.”
Their vision became Bluejay, a company that stress-tests AI agents through simulating customer interactions of varied accents, languages, background noise, and personality. The platform can create a month’s interactions in minutes, providing a great benefit for AI builders and businesses with dependent automated voice interfaces.
Investor Confidence and Seed Funding
The $4 million seed round was also led by Floodgate, with further involvement from Y Combinator, Peak XV, Homebrew, and prominent executives from Hippocratic AI, Deepgram, PathAI, and other companies. Vasishth and Siddiqi had also finished up the spring 2025 batch of Y Combinator, where they obtained guidance and early-stage investment.
The company’s investors were attracted to Bluejay’s ability to enhance reliability and human-like engagement in AI agents, a domain witnessing high growth across customer service, virtual assistants, and enterprise solutions.
Developed out of a Hacker House
Today, the cofounders work from a San Francisco hacker house, joined by their first employee, one of the founding engineers. The style is cited as “super scrappy,” with cheerful branding and light-hearted mascot setting them apart in a crowded AI space.
During Y Combinator’s graduation, the team even wore bluejay onesies, and they were depending on grassroots flyering to generate buzz while competitors spent big money on big conferences. The name of the company, named after vigilant birds that alert others to danger, is prophetic of Bluejay’s goal to endlessly test and watch AI agents.
The Road Ahead
With new funds, Bluejay intends to scale its personnel, adding developers, researchers, and sales experts. Bluejay also offers monitoring software for AI agent performance, supplementing its test suite.
Although the startup has achieved an early success, competition is intense. Braintrust, Arize AI, and Galileo are some of the companies entering AI agent quality assurance, highlighting the challenge Bluejay must overcome to grow its business and establish a market niche.
Vasishth and Siddiqi’s journey from Big Tech engineers to founders illustrates the growing trend of young tech professionals leveraging their experience to build innovative AI solutions. For now, Bluejay is positioned as a rising player in the AI quality assurance space, with investors and early adopters closely watching its growth trajectory.
