30 Sundays: AI-powered custom travel for Indian couples
Bessemer Venture Partners leads 30 Sundays’ $6.7M Series A to transform international travel with an AI travel agent
Anant Vidur Puri, Ibrahim Faruqi & Sanya Jayee
Published on Jul 20, 2026
A new generation of AI-native consumer companies is changing how Indians live, work, and play. This is a shift we explore in our Consumer AI in India roadmap. Nowhere is that wave more visible than travel. Roughly 30.9 million Indians traveled abroad in 2024, spending an estimated $41.3 billion, and first-time international travelers grew 32% year-over-year.
Yet even the once-a-year international holiday remains logistically complex: visa requirements, flight transfers, and activity planning, with a high bar for the “perfect trip” given the cost of customized travel. Search-and-filter online travel aggregators (OTAs) and fragmented local agents were built for neither the complexity nor the rarity of these occasions and yet most of that $41.3 billion still runs through them.
30 Sundays: An AI travel expert on call for every trip
Founded in 2025 by CEO Kshitij Chaudhary (previously at the Boston Consulting Group, and an Indian Institute of Technology Delhi alum) and CTO Anuj Punjani (previously at Apple), 30 Sundays rebuilds the international holiday end-to-end. Instead of a static search bar, travelers get an AI travel expert with a human in the loop - one that designs a personalized itinerary and stays on call from the visa application to the flight home.
As we got to know Kshitij, Anuj, and the team, three aspects of the business stood out:
- AI is the wedge across the entire stack, not a feature bolted on. 30 Sundays' AI powers its acquisition funnel, its core product, and its operational layer, which is what makes the platform's speed and personalization possible. Itineraries arrive in a video-first format with verified details on everything from expected crowds to queue times, travelers customize them by chatting with the agent, and a first draft reaches the customer in minutes rather than days.
- A human in the loop keeps reassurance at the center of every trip. The AI delivers speed; travel experts stay on call for the duration of the trip, responding to mid-trip changes without the usual back-and-forth. Clients get the personal relationship of an in-person travel agent with none of the waiting.
- The economics prove the AI-native foundation. 30 Sundays serves more customers with the same number of travel experts as a traditional agency, and its sales team is already twice as productive as top competitors and three times as productive as traditional travel agents. In our view, a vendor built on manual workflows couldn't replicate that combination without rebuilding from scratch.
We're proud to lead 30 Sundays' Series A. Built in just two years with notable capital efficiency, the company has profitably scaled across just four destinations - Bali, Vietnam, the Maldives, and Thailand. The customer love shows in a net promoter score (NPS) of 67 and a 4.6 Google rating. We look forward to partnering with Kshitij and Anuj as they build what we believe will be a defining AI-native consumer company in India, making honest, effortless travel the default for Indian couples.
Contributors
Anant Vidur Puri
Partner
Anant Vidur Puri is a partner in the Bangalore office where he focuses on high potential opportunities in internet marketplaces and India SaaS.
Prior to joining Bessemer, Anant was at Boston Consulting Group where he worked with clients in financial and IT services across India and North America.
Anant graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi where he focused on computer and machine vision. He also received an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was also on the Student Senate. Outside of work, Anant enjoys reading fantasy fiction, mythology (Indian, Greek, Roman, Norse), playing tennis, and traveling to places of historical significance.
Ibrahim Faruqi
Vice President
Ibrahim Faruqi is a vice president based in Bessemer’s Bangalore office. Ibrahim focuses on enterprise cloud software, internet marketplaces, fintech, and health tech.
He earned his MBA from London Business School and holds a BA and MS in engineering from IIT Kanpur. Prior to joining Bessemer, Ibrahim was a consultant at Boston Consulting Group where he was leading digital transformation projects in the TMT and IG verticals of the firm. Previously, he was on Bessemer’s investment team in Europe. In addition, he’s worked at Orios Venture Partners, leading numerous early-stage investments across consumer internet, retail, gaming, and alternate commerce sectors. His foundational experiences were shaped by his work at startups like Tracxn and Snapdeal.
Ibrahim is a passionate sport enthusiast, deeply engaged with Formula 1 and football. He also enjoys reading and playing badminton and cricket.
Sanya Jayee
Investor
Sanya Jayee is an investor in Bessemer Venture Partners’ Bangalore office, where she focuses on sourcing new investments.
Before joining Bessemer, Sanya began her career at Bain & Company, primarily working in the consumer and industrials sectors. She earned a Bachelor of Technology in Metallurgy and Material Science Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. During her time at IIT Bombay, Jayee served as Head of Concerts for the college’s acclaimed cultural festival, Mood Indigo.
Outside of work, Sanya enjoys reading, cooking, travelling, and playing badminton.
