# Nils Schneider

> Nils Schneider is a Zurich-based co-founder and CEO of Instantly.ai, a sales engagement and lead intelligence platform founded in 2021. An agency operator before becoming a software founder, he helped build Instantly to address the rising cost of running outreach across multiple email accounts. His public work includes practical cold email writing, community education, product feedback initiatives and the promotion of AI sales automation.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Instantly.ai
- **Organizations:** Instantly.ai
- **Education:** University of Zurich
- **Known for:** Co-founded an agency-built sales software business in 2021., Helped launch Instantly publicly on AppSumo in February 2022., Built public educational material about cold outreach through blog writing, X threads and webinar appearances.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2021** — Operated a lead generation agency; later described using the software that became Instantly for agency clients.
- **2021** — Co-founded Instantly.ai with Raul Kaevand, Reio Suun and Sumit Kumar.
- **2022** — Introduced Instantly to AppSumo on February 10 with unlimited email account connections under one subscription.
- **2022** — Published a May 31 practical guide to cold email infrastructure under the Nils author byline.
- **2024** — Announced a public feedback and feature request website on LinkedIn.
- **2026** — Announced the AI Sales Agent in a March LinkedIn post, describing autonomous prospecting and meeting booking.

## Achievements

- Co-founded an agency-built sales software business in 2021.
- Helped launch Instantly publicly on AppSumo in February 2022.
- Built public educational material about cold outreach through blog writing, X threads and webinar appearances.
- Announced a feedback portal and later reported 42 completed features, 10 in progress and six planned.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Announced the AI Sales Agent on LinkedIn. He said it generated more than 150 sales opportunities for the internal account executive team in two weeks; this is his own performance claim, not an independent benchmark.
- **2026-01** — The Instantly blog author archive for Nils lists January 19 posts on email length, formal email examples, outreach strategy and email thread organization.

## Links

- Website: https://instantly.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nils-schneider/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/nils100km

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Last updated: 2026-10-27