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Tome Got 20 Million Users. The Money Was Somewhere Else.
A presentation maker became an AI sales researcher, then closed the product that made it famous. Tome's story asks a rude but useful question: what if everyone loves the thing you cannot sell?
Endgame
Endgame is a San Francisco software company building an AI knowledge system for enterprise sales teams. It connects a company's CRM, emails, and call recordings with external sources like news, 10-Ks, and LinkedIn to do account research, meeting prep, deal inspection, and QBRs roughly 100x faster - aiming to turn every seller into a trusted advisor rather than a source of automated spam. Founded in 2021 by Alex Bilmes, the company first helped define the 'product-led sales' category before pivoting to an AI-native platform, and has raised about $47.5M from EQT Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Upfront Ventures, and Unusual Ventures.