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Yoodli, a learning platform that offers roleplay-based simulations to help people practice real conversations, has raised $40 million in a funding round led by WestBridge Capital.
The round also saw participation from existing backers Neotribe Ventures and Madrona. The latest funding comes months after its previous $13.7 million raise in May, taking the total capital raised to nearly $60 million, including a $6 million seed round in 2022.
Founded in 2021 in Seattle, Yoodli operates in the experiential learning segment, which focusses on practical, simulation-based skill-building rather than traditional content-led training. The platform offers AI-powered roleplay simulations for scenarios such as sales pitches, performance reviews, leadership coaching, and job interviews, along with real-time personalised feedback.
Yoodli counts companies including Google, Snowflake, Databricks, RingCentral, and Sandler Sales among its enterprise clients, positioning itself as a communication-skills training layer for large organisations.
The company said the new capital will be used to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) coaching and analytics capabilities and expand hiring across product, AI research, and customer success. It also plans to scale globally across enterprise learning, go-to-market enablement, and professional development use cases.
Yoodli noted that as organisations rethink how their teams learn and perform, the learning platform is seeing a shift from passive training modules to personalised, adaptive coaching with real-time feedback. “In a world where so much is being automated by AI, Yoodli is helping people strengthen what makes them uniquely human,” said Varun Puri, cofounder and CEO of Yoodli. “Communication is the skill that separates top performers, and Yoodli helps people sharpen that edge through practice.”
WestBridge Capital said the demand for scalable AI-driven training platforms is growing as companies rapidly upskill workforces.
“The Yoodli team has built a platform that brings a high level of precision and scalability to skill development, and we’re excited to partner with them as they scale,” said Manthan Shah, principal at WestBridge Capital.
The round also saw participation from existing backers Neotribe Ventures and Madrona. The latest funding comes months after its previous $13.7 million raise in May, taking the total capital raised to nearly $60 million, including a $6 million seed round in 2022.
Founded in 2021 in Seattle, Yoodli operates in the experiential learning segment, which focusses on practical, simulation-based skill-building rather than traditional content-led training. The platform offers AI-powered roleplay simulations for scenarios such as sales pitches, performance reviews, leadership coaching, and job interviews, along with real-time personalised feedback.
Yoodli counts companies including Google, Snowflake, Databricks, RingCentral, and Sandler Sales among its enterprise clients, positioning itself as a communication-skills training layer for large organisations.
The company said the new capital will be used to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) coaching and analytics capabilities and expand hiring across product, AI research, and customer success. It also plans to scale globally across enterprise learning, go-to-market enablement, and professional development use cases.
Yoodli noted that as organisations rethink how their teams learn and perform, the learning platform is seeing a shift from passive training modules to personalised, adaptive coaching with real-time feedback. “In a world where so much is being automated by AI, Yoodli is helping people strengthen what makes them uniquely human,” said Varun Puri, cofounder and CEO of Yoodli. “Communication is the skill that separates top performers, and Yoodli helps people sharpen that edge through practice.”
WestBridge Capital said the demand for scalable AI-driven training platforms is growing as companies rapidly upskill workforces.
“The Yoodli team has built a platform that brings a high level of precision and scalability to skill development, and we’re excited to partner with them as they scale,” said Manthan Shah, principal at WestBridge Capital.
