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SalesHood
SalesHood is a San Francisco-based sales enablement software company founded in 2013 by Elay Cohen and Arthur Do. Born from Cohen's experience scaling Salesforce's sales productivity organization, the platform combines training, coaching, content management, digital sales rooms and AI-driven role play to help B2B revenue teams onboard faster, sell more consistently, and lift win rates. It serves mid-market and enterprise technology companies and has built its reputation on measurable outcomes rather than shelfware.
Tenor
Tenor is a San Francisco AI platform that helps managers get better at the human part of the job. Through hyper-realistic voice AI role-play simulations trained on a company's own leadership approach, managers rehearse high-stakes conversations - performance reviews, layoffs, conflict, feedback - in a safe space and get instant, coaching-style feedback. Founded in 2023 by former Workday leaders Charlie Stigler and James Cross, Tenor raised a $5.4M seed round led by Base10 Partners in December 2024.
Charlie Stigler
Charlie Stigler is the co-founder and CEO of Tenor, a San Francisco startup building voice-AI role-play simulations that let managers rehearse hard conversations and get instant feedback. He first made his mark at 16 by writing SelfControl, one of the earliest open-source distraction blockers for the Mac, downloaded by millions. He dropped out of Columbia to become a 2012 Thiel Fellow, founded the video-learning company Zaption (acquired by Workday in 2016), led engineering teams at Workday, and landed on Forbes' 30 Under 30 in 2016. Off the clock he is a steel sculptor with the Flaming Lotus Girls, a competitive punner, and a songwriter.