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Lavender wants your cold email to earn its reply
A startup rescued by cold outreach built a coach for the inbox. Now Lavender is handing the keyboard to an AI agent - and asking whether better research can keep automation from becoming everybody else’s spam.
Ocean.io Finds the Companies Your CRM Forgot to Imagine
Most sales databases ask you to describe the market. Ocean.io starts with the customers who already said yes, then goes looking for their corporate cousins.
AiSDR Put a Research Desk Behind the Send Button
AiSDR wants to rescue outbound sales from the spam cannon. Its agent finds a reason to write, does the homework, and hands humans the conversations worth having.
Instantly Wants to Run Your Cold-Email Machine
Instantly bundles lead search, inbox warmup, campaigns, replies, and a CRM into one busy sales desk. The convenience is real. So are the modular bill and the responsibility to send like a person.
Persana Built the Sales Machine - Then Pulled the Plug
Persana AI squeezed prospect research, enrichment, intent signals and outreach into one busy workspace. It won loyal sales teams, raised $2.3 million, and then shut the standalone product after joining Rox.
Connectly.ai
Connectly is a San Francisco AI startup that turns WhatsApp, Instagram, SMS and RCS threads into a real sales channel. Its Sofia AI agent talks to shoppers in natural language, recommends products, recovers carts, and hands off to humans when needed. The company raised a $20M Series B led by Alibaba in September 2024 and works with retailers and consumer brands across Latin America, the US, and Asia.