# Octave

> Octave is a San Francisco-based AI company building a generative go-to-market platform - an 'agentic GTM brain' that codifies a company's ICP, positioning and messaging, then feeds that context to sales agents, workflows and tools like Clay, Salesforce and HubSpot. Founded in 2022 by Zach Vidibor and Julian Tempelsman, it has raised $8.4M total and reports 2,500+ GTM teams on the platform.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Zach Vidibor (Co-founder & CEO), Julian Tempelsman (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~30 employees
- **Products:** Motion Builder, Messaging Studio, Managed Agents, ICP Agent, GTM Explorer
- **Notable:** Raised $8.4M total across Pre-Seed and Seed by mid-2025, 2,500+ GTM teams on the platform, Launched Octave Agents inside Clay via formal partnership

## Products & services

- **Motion Builder** — Build net-new, expansion and competitive plays grounded in segment-level context.
- **Messaging Studio** — Craft messaging mapped to buyer journeys and personas.
- **Managed Agents** — AI agents for research, qualification and sequencing.
- **ICP Agent** — Autonomous ICP insights generated from calls, emails and deals.
- **GTM Explorer** — Visualize performance across segments and motions.
- **Context Graph** — The intelligence layer that powers all of Octave's agents and outside workflows via API, MCP and Claude plugins.

## Achievements

- Raised $8.4M total across Pre-Seed and Seed by mid-2025
- 2,500+ GTM teams on the platform
- Launched Octave Agents inside Clay via formal partnership
- Shipped a Claude Plugin and MCP server for the Context Graph

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Raised $5.5M Seed led by Bonfire Ventures with Unusual Ventures, Bee Partners, Daher Investments and inVest Ventures.
- **2025** — Launched Octave Agents inside Clay through a formal partnership.
- **2024** — Closed $2.9M Pre-Seed including Craft Ventures and Tidepool Labs.

## Links

- Website: https://www.octavehq.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/octavehq

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Last updated: 2026-06-28