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About Talkiva
A listening ear, engineered with care.
We started Talkiva with one belief — in a country of 1.4 billion people, no one should ever feel unheard.
Our Story
Born from a 3 AM phone call that should have existed
In 2024, our co-founder spent a sleepless night in a Pune hostel room, scrolling through helplines that were busy, apps that felt clinical, and chatbots that replied "I understand" in 12 different fonts. What she needed was simple: a kind human, awake, who would just listen.
That night, Talkiva was sketched on the back of a notebook — a space where anyone in India could press one button and reach a trained listener, in their own language, without judgment, without stigma, without forms.
- Listeners across 35+ Indian languages, vetted through a 6-step process
- Non-clinical emotional support — not therapy, but the first warm step toward it
- Free chat forever; voice and video calls priced at a student's chai budget
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Talkiva will never be a company that sells you happiness. We only sell the next ten minutes of being genuinely heard — and we think that is enough to change a life.The Talkiva Founders
Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Our Values
What we refuse to compromise on
Four principles that guide every feature, every hire, and every call.
Empathy First
Before protocols, before metrics, before anything: how does this feel for the person on the other end of the line? Always that question.
Safety & Trust
Every listener is background-verified and trained in crisis response. Encryption is non-negotiable. Reports are actioned within hours.
Accessible for India
Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, and more. Works on 4G and patchy connections. Priced so a first call costs less than a filter coffee.
Our Listeners
Meet a few of the humans on the other side
50+ trained, verified listeners — each with 100+ hours of empathetic listening practice.
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Aarohi Sharma
Psychology postgraduate · 4 years listening
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Imran Khan
Counselor · 6 years listening
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Meera Nair
Social worker · 5 years listening
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Tenzin Dolma
Life coach · 3 years listening
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