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Artisan

San Francisco-based company selling AI employees for sales, led by Ava, an AI BDR that finds leads, writes outreach and books meetings.

StageUndisclosed

Founded2023

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

StatusPrivate

Product

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

• Ava AI agent Sold on its own

  Artisan's autonomous AI BDR that sources leads, writes personalised emails, handles replies and books meetings on sales reps' calendars.

Closest alternatives 1

1111xEarly-stage11x's own comparison guide positions itself against Artisan; Artisan is already 11x's #1 related row by capability overlap, just not sourced as a rival edge.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeSourced competitorAutomate a repetitive processCompare

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RRegie.aiEarly-stageAva and RegieGO both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIInstantlyUndisclosedAva and Instantly AI Sales Agent both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareQQualifiedAcquiredAva and Piper both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSmartleadUndisclosedAva and SmartAssistant both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRRoxUndisclosedAva and Rox Revenue Agents both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareOOutreachLate-stageAva and Outreach Revenue Agent both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAApollo.ioLate-stageAva and Apollo AI Assistant both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLlemlistUndisclosedAva and lemAgent both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCClayLate-stageAva and Clay Sequencer both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareZZoomInfoPublicAva and ZoomInfo Copilot both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded; ships API service, agent platform and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareBBrevoLate-stageAva and Aura AI both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSalesloftUndisclosedAva and Salesloft both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either; ships application rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareCConversicaUndisclosedAva and Conversica AI Agents both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAttioLate-stageAva and Web Agent both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMmonday.comPublicAva and monday CRM both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded; ships application and platform rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareHHubSpotPublicAva and Prospecting Agent both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSalesforcePublicAva and Hunter by Sales Cloud both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareGGongUndisclosedAva and Gong Engage both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareOOtter.aiUndisclosedAva and Otter SDR Agent both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCopy.aiAcquiredAva and Copy.ai GTM Platform both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded; Copy.ai is acquired, with no independent scale; ships application and platform rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareZZoomPublicAva and Bonsai by Zoom both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRARelevance AIEarly-stageAva and Elli, the Enrichment Agent both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHHaptikAcquiredAva and Interakt both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded; Haptik is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePPipedriveLate-stageAva and LeadBooster both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded; ships application and data service rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareNNiCEPublicAva and AI Agents for Proactive Engagement both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare0101.AIUndisclosedAva and TopSales AI both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either; ships application, model API and 1 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareTTIFINLate-stageAva and TIFIN AMP both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded; ships agent platform and application rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareBABland AIEarly-stageAva and Bland both list sales outreach; scale not recorded for either; ships API service and agent platform rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareMPMeta PlatformsPublicAva and Meta Business Agent both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMicrosoftPublicAva and LinkedIn Sales Navigator both list sales outreach; Artisan's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare

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Sources

Total funding

Checked — none published

No cumulative total stated by the company. Sourced rounds: $11.5M seed (https://www.artisan.co/blog/artisan-seed-round: "Artisan raises $11.5M seed round") and $25M Series A led by Glade Brook (https://www.artisan.co/blog/artisan-series-a: "We’re excited to announce our $25M Series A") = $36.5M. A separate pre-seed of "just under $3m" (BusinessCloud, 18 Jan 2024) is not exactly stated, so the cumulative is ~$39.5M and left null rather than guess.

Founded

Company disclosure · 5 Oct 2026

"Founded: | 2023 | Batch: | Winter 2024" — Artisan's own YC profile; Series A post bio: "He founded Artisan in 2023" (https://www.artisan.co/blog/artisan-series-a).

Description

Official documentation · 5 Oct 2026

"Boost Your Outbound Sales with an AI BDR from Artisan" — homepage; Series A post: "Our AI BDR Ava automates prospecting, messaging, and booking meetings."

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