Show HN: PlaceCall (YC W26) – agentic API to call businesses and get things done

Category: ai-ml

Tags: ai-agents, telephony, api, mcp, automation

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

PlaceCall is an API and MCP server that lets AI agents place real phone calls to US businesses to make reservations, get quotes, or gather information, returning a verified outcome and transcript. It combines telephony, natural language understanding, and agent integration to automate a common yet previously manual task, with plugins for Claude Code, ChatGPT, and other MCP clients.

Target audience: AI developers, backend developers, automation engineers

Repository: https://github.com/voygr-tech/placecall · Shell · MIT · 103 stars

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