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1mind launches publicly with $40M to advance AI-led sales Series A: $30M led by Battery Ventures 45+ customers incl. HubSpot, ZoomInfo, Nutanix, New Relic HubSpot Superhuman 'Fiona': 88% engagement, +25% closed-won New 'Ride-Along' AI joins live sales calls as a named engineer Founded by 6sense founder Amanda Kahlow 1mind launches publicly with $40M to advance AI-led sales Series A: $30M led by Battery Ventures 45+ customers incl. HubSpot, ZoomInfo, Nutanix, New Relic HubSpot Superhuman 'Fiona': 88% engagement, +25% closed-won New 'Ride-Along' AI joins live sales calls as a named engineer Founded by 6sense founder Amanda Kahlow
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Company Profile / AI - B2B Sales

1mind.

"We are Super Humans building Superhumans."

Photorealistic, voice-enabled AI teammates that qualify leads, run live demos and close deals - 24/7, across websites, products, video calls and deal rooms.

1MIND, INC. - SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. Founded 2023 by Amanda Kahlow (fmr. 6sense) & Sachin Bhat. Publicly launched Nov 2025 with $40M in funding. Photo: company logo mark.
HQSan Francisco, CA
Founded2023
Funding$40M total
Customers45+
CategoryAI-Led Growth
StageSeries A
The Story

The Sales Rep, Reimagined as Software

1mind builds AI "Superhumans" - digital go-to-market teammates that don't just chat in text, but appear with a face, speak with a voice, and answer with a product-trained brain.

The premise is direct: most B2B buyers now research on their own long before they ever talk to a salesperson, and by the time a human is available, the moment of intent has often passed. 1mind's agents aim to meet the buyer exactly at that moment - on a website, inside a product, or on a live video call - and carry the conversation from first question to closed deal.

The company was founded in 2023 by Amanda Kahlow, who previously founded and led 6sense and helped popularize account-based marketing, alongside CTO Sachin Bhat. After roughly a year of quietly shipping its agent to customers, 1mind emerged publicly in November 2025 with $40 million in total funding and a roster of more than 45 paying companies.

"
Our goal is to truly replicate the human experience across go-to-market when you have intent. - Amanda Kahlow, Founder & CEO
$40M
Total raised
45+
Customers
24/7
Availability
6-fig
Avg. contract
What It Does

A Product Expert on Every Channel

THE PROBLEM

The intent gap

Buyers self-educate and want answers immediately, but human reps are a scarce, scheduled resource. Basic chatbots capture forms, not conversations, and can't run a real demo or field a technical objection.

THE APPROACH

AI-led growth

Each Superhuman is trained on a company's products, technical details and competitive positioning. It qualifies leads, gives custom live demos, handles objections and onboards new customers - consistently and on demand.

THE CUSTOMERS

Enterprise GTM teams

Mid-market and enterprise software companies with complex, technical sales. Deployments are typically annual, six-figure contracts - not experimental pilots.

Reported Results

Not a Chatbot - and the Numbers Show It

Where a text-only qualifying bot collects contact details, 1mind's Superhumans are built to hold a persuasive, emotionally intelligent conversation with a visible face and voice. To keep the AI reliable in high-stakes sales settings, 1mind pairs OpenAI and Google Gemini models with deterministic guardrails - once trained on the sales material, the agent recites it consistently and is designed to admit when it doesn't know an answer rather than invent one.

The company reports customer outcomes that, while self-reported, are specific. HubSpot's Superhuman "Fiona" is cited with an 88% engagement rate, a 78% increase in free trials and a 25% lift in conversion to closed-won. Across customers, 1mind cites 2x-5x conversion lift over basic chatbots and sales-cycle reductions of roughly 20 days.

Figures are reported by 1mind and its customers; treat as company-provided, not independently audited.

HUBSPOT "FIONA" - REPORTED IMPACT
Engagement rate
88%
Free-trial lift
+78%
Closed-won lift
+25%
Conv. vs chatbot
2-5x
Products

What You Can Deploy

FLAGSHIP - 2025

Superhumans

Photoreal, voice-enabled AI GTM teammates that engage buyers across websites, products, live video calls and deal rooms - qualifying, demoing, handling objections and onboarding.

AGENT - 2024

Mindy

The flagship AI sales agent handling inbound conversations end to end: augmenting self-service sites, acting as sales engineer on enterprise calls, and onboarding new customers.

NEW - 2025

Ride-Along

Described as the industry's first AI to join live sales calls as a visible, named sales engineer - speaking directly to buyers alongside the human account team.

Who Uses It

The Customer Roster

More than 45 B2B companies deploy 1mind Superhumans. A sample of publicly named customers:

HubSpot
ZoomInfo
Nutanix
Coupa
New Relic
LinkedIn
Seismic
ThoughtSpot
Boston Dynamics
Owner
Mews
Pavilion
Tealium
Funding & Market

Backed Twice by the Same Bet

1mind's $40 million total includes a $30 million Series A led by Battery Ventures - which backed Amanda Kahlow for a second time after 6sense. The round drew Primary Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Operator Collective, Harmonic Growth Partners and Success Venture Partners, plus operators from Monday.com, ZoomInfo, Databricks, Box, Gong, Braze and Verkada.

The company sits in the emerging "AI-led growth" space, competing with basic qualifying chatbots, a wave of AI SDR startups, and the traditional human SDR and sales-engineering staffing model. Its wager is that a photoreal, product-expert agent - not a text box - is what buyers actually respond to.

"
Our Series A validates what our customers already know: The future of sales demands a new playbook. - Amanda Kahlow
2013

Kahlow founds 6sense

Pioneers account-based marketing and buyer-intent signals.

2023

1mind is founded

Kahlow and CTO Sachin Bhat start the company in San Francisco.

2024

Mindy ships quietly

The AI agent is deployed to customers roughly a year before public launch.

2025

Public launch, $40M

$30M Series A led by Battery Ventures; 45+ named customers.

2025

Ride-Along debuts

AI joins live sales calls as a visible, named sales engineer.

Good to Know

Frequently Asked

What does 1mind do?
1mind builds photorealistic, voice-enabled AI "Superhumans" - digital go-to-market teammates that qualify leads, run live demos, handle objections and onboard customers 24/7 across websites, products, video calls and deal rooms.
Who founded 1mind?
Amanda Kahlow, the founder and former CEO of 6sense, along with co-founder and CTO Sachin Bhat. The company is headquartered in San Francisco.
How much has 1mind raised?
$40 million in total, including a $30 million Series A led by Battery Ventures, announced when the company publicly launched in November 2025.
Which companies use 1mind?
More than 45 B2B companies, including HubSpot, ZoomInfo, Nutanix, Coupa, New Relic, Seismic, ThoughtSpot, Boston Dynamics, Pavilion and Tealium.
How is it different from a sales chatbot?
Instead of a text-only bot, 1mind's agents have a face, a voice and a product-trained brain, and can join live video calls with real-time demos - using deterministic guardrails designed to prevent hallucinations.