Maitreya Wagh

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DISC Type : cd

Founder at Bolna (YC F25)

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Maitreya Wagh is the co-founder of Bolna, a Y Combinator-backed company building a Voice AI platform designed for Indias linguistic diversity. An alumnus of IIT Delhi, he previously worked as an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company, where he gained experience in strategy for SaaS, e-commerce, and creator economy sectors.

Personality Overview

ROI Conscious

Upfront

Hard To Convince

They respond well to confident salespeople.  They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.

Topics They Care About

Voice AI
Currently building Bolna, a complete Voice AI platform to automate enterprise conversations. He frequently posts about solving challenges in multilingual voice AI.
Tech for India
His company, Bolna, is specifically built to handle India's scale, linguistic complexity (20+ languages), and cost sensitivity, aiming to serve the next billion users.
Startup Scaling
Having moved from Bain & Company to a founder's role, he often shares insights on the "0 to 1" startup journey, referencing YC's motto "Do things that don’t scale. "

Media Appearances

Maitreya has no verified media appearances

Work History

11-2023
Founder at Bolna (YC F25)
3-2022 - 10-2023
Entrepreneur In Residence at Probo
10-2020 - 3-2022
Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
5-2020 - 7-2020
Operations Manager at Camp K12
5-2019 - 7-2019
Summer Associate Consultant at Strategy&

Education

9-2025 - 12-2025
F25 from Y Combinator
2016 - 2020
Bachelor of Technology from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

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Insights For Selling To Maitreya

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Stress on the business value that your product offers
  • Refer to testimonials from others in similar positions
  • Ask them questions confidently while doing discovery, don’t be apologetic

DONT's

  • Don’t expect them to change their mind quickly if they say no once
  • Don't try too hard to get friendly, let it happen with time
  • Do not give up if they are not convinced, try again with a different approach

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Maitreya is

  • Conviction in the product matters to them, followed by proof points and strong testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Maitreya

  • They may not be very forthcoming, but they will say no if needed.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Maitreya move?

  • They are neither the fastest decision makers nor the slowest.
  • Can Maitreya take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks but after weighing up the pros and cons.

You And Maitreya

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