Airial Travel
Create Dream Trips Instantly with AI.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
* | $3.0m | Seed | |
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
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Airial Travel is a technology firm operating in the travel planning sector, founded in September 2023 by Archit Karandikar and Sanjeev Shenoy. The co-founders, who were college friends in India, brought extensive experience from major tech companies to their new venture. Karandikar, the CEO, previously worked in engineering roles at Meta, Google, and Waymo, focusing on AI products, while Shenoy, the CTO, was part of the Instagram Reels team at Meta. Their shared passion for travel and the realization that planning a single trip often took hours of research led them to establish Airial Travel to simplify the process.
The company's core offering is an AI-powered platform that functions as a personal travel agent, creating detailed, bookable itineraries from user inputs. The platform is designed to handle complex, multi-city journeys by integrating flights, trains, ground transportation, hotel bookings, and daily activities into a cohesive plan. A distinctive feature is its ability to convert social media content, such as TikTok videos or Instagram Reels, into actionable trip components, allowing users to build plans based on influencer content. The AI considers logistics like transfer times, hotel proximity to attractions, and even dietary restrictions when generating suggestions. Users can interact with the platform using natural language, and the system provides interactive maps and allows for real-time edits to the generated itinerary.
Headquartered in San Francisco with an office in India, the company launched its public beta in late 2024. As of July 2025, Airial Travel secured $3 million in seed funding in a round led by Montage Ventures, with participation from South Park Commons, Peak XV (formerly Sequoia India), and angel investors from companies like Meta and Dropbox. Currently, the service is free to use, as the company is focused on user acquisition and growth, claiming tens of thousands of monthly users. Future monetization strategies include earning commissions on flight and hotel bookings, offering premium AI features, and creating a program for travel creators to monetize their itineraries. The company plans to launch iOS and Android apps in the third quarter of 2025.
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