# Default

> Default is a New York-based go-to-market software company building the data and infrastructure layer that revenue teams - and their AI agents - use to run sales, marketing, and operations. It began as an all-in-one inbound platform for lead routing, scheduling, forms, and enrichment, then rebuilt itself around a real-time revenue data layer and an AI agent named Dot that plans and executes GTM work across a company's connected CRM, marketing, and enrichment systems. Backed by 8VC, Craft Ventures, and Jack Altman with $20M in total funding, Default serves fast-growing companies including Perplexity, Cortex, Owner, and Airbyte.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Nico Ferreyra (Co-Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~85 employees
- **Products:** Go-to-market data layer, Dot (revenue agent), Stateful GTM tools, Inbound orchestration platform, Governance and approvals
- **Notable:** Raised $20M in total funding across Seed and Series A from 8VC, Craft Ventures, and Jack Altman., Served hundreds of fast-growing companies including Perplexity, Cortex, Owner, and Airbyte in roughly 2.5 years., Rebuilt the product from an inbound orchestration tool into a unified real-time go-to-market data layer with an AI agent.

## Products & services

- **Go-to-market data layer** — A real-time revenue data warehouse that connects, syncs, enriches, and unifies records from a company's CRM, marketing automation, forms, enrichment vendors, and ad platforms into identity-resolved unified context agents can act on.
- **Dot (revenue agent)** — An AI agent that plans complex go-to-market work, executes fast queries, and turns plain-language requests into workflows, reports, and operational changes - grounded in Default's unified data layer and native tools.
- **Stateful GTM tools** — A native suite of tools for teams and agents including waterfall enrichment, meeting scheduling, lead routing and assignment, and workflow orchestration.
- **Inbound orchestration platform** — Default's original product for top-of-funnel and inbound: lead capture forms, lead routing, automated scheduling, enrichment, and workflow automation to convert inbound demand.
- **Governance and approvals** — A proposal-based system where agents suggest changes and humans approve before deployment; all actions are logged and reversible.

## Achievements

- Raised $20M in total funding across Seed and Series A from 8VC, Craft Ventures, and Jack Altman.
- Served hundreds of fast-growing companies including Perplexity, Cortex, Owner, and Airbyte in roughly 2.5 years.
- Rebuilt the product from an inbound orchestration tool into a unified real-time go-to-market data layer with an AI agent.
- Set aside $1.5M to buy out customers' legacy go-to-market contracts.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Launched a new platform - a real-time go-to-market data layer, the Dot revenue agent, and native stateful tools - and announced a Series A led by 8VC bringing total funding to $20M.
- **2026-07** — Set aside $1.5M to buy out customers' legacy go-to-market contracts to ease migration to the new platform.
- **2023-11** — Publicly revealed a $6.6M seed round led by Craft Ventures and launched an AI-powered inbound sales funnel.

## Links

- Website: https://default.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/withdefault
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/withdefault

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Last updated: 2026-07-21