How two MIT classmates turned a hunch about buyer behavior into a $2.6-billion software platform that 288,000 businesses now run their growth on.
The AI-native CRM rebuilding customer relationship software around flexible data and always-on revenue agents - trusted by more than 30,000 companies including OpenAI, Linear, and Ramp.
Day AI is an AI-native CRM company building CRMx, a customer relationship platform designed for AI agents rather than manual data entry. Founded in 2023 by former HubSpot leaders Christopher O'Donnell and Michael Pici, Day AI automatically ingests conversations, emails and meeting notes to capture the 'why' behind every customer interaction, then answers plain-English questions like 'which accounts are showing churn signals?' in seconds. Backed by Sequoia with $24M total raised, it aims to turn CRM from a system of delayed data entry into a real-time intelligence layer.
HubSpot is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based software company that pioneered the inbound marketing movement and built an AI-powered CRM platform spanning marketing, sales, service, and content. Founded in 2006 by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah after meeting at MIT, the company went public in 2014 and reached $3.13 billion in annual revenue by 2025, serving over 288,000 paying customers in 135+ countries. Its all-in-one platform - built around the idea that businesses should attract customers rather than interrupt them - has become the operating system for growth-minded companies worldwide.
Patrick Morrissey is the CEO of Altify, a Salesforce-native Strategic Revenue Execution platform serving enterprise teams at companies like AWS, GE HealthCare, and Autodesk. He returned to lead Altify in March 2025 following Gallant Capital Partners' acquisition, having previously served as the company's CMO. A seasoned sales and marketing executive, Morrissey co-founded Simpplr (which raised $131M), led strategic alliances at Salesforce, and served as Chief Growth Officer at HireVue. He is known for championing empathy-driven leadership and a customer-first philosophy across product, sales, and marketing functions.