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When a WhatsApp Bot Becomes a $3.5M YC-Backed Company: Inside Uplift AI's Voice Play for Pakistan

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Hammad Malik built a simple Urdu WhatsApp bot and gave it to his driver to try out. What happened next tells you everything about the gap in Pakistan's digital infrastructure — and why Y Combinator just put $3.5 million behind it. The Problem: 60% of the World Can't Talk to Their Phone Open any app…

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  1. 2026-08-24 12:57 · DEV Community — AI
    When a WhatsApp Bot Becomes a $3.5M YC-Backed Company: Inside Uplift AI's Voice Play for Pakistan

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