Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce
This AI sales platform uses human experts to guide its agents, aiming to upend giants like Salesforce.
Deep Dive
Sam Blond, former Founders Fund VC, has launched Monaco, an AI sales startup that raised $35M from investors like Founders Fund and Stripe's founders. The platform combines AI agents for prospecting and outreach with human-in-the-loop sales experts to monitor and guide the AI. It targets seed and Series A startups with an AI-native CRM and a built-in prospect database, aiming to automate entire sales workflows.
Why It Matters
It signals a major shift in sales tech, blending AI automation with human expertise to challenge established SaaS giants.