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Qualified

Sells Piper, an AI SDR agent that converses with, emails and books meetings for a company's inbound website buyers; owned by Salesforce since April 2026.

Acquired by Salesforce (2026)

Founded2018

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

StatusAcquired

Product

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

• Piper AI agent Sold on its own

  Piper is Qualified's AI SDR agent: it meets website buyers in live conversation, emails and nurtures inbound leads, and books sales meetings.

Similar products 31

No sourced competitor yet: no filing, vendor document or measured-market report read so far names a rival for this company, so none is asserted. The companies below are the closest by what their products do.

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1111xEarly-stagePiper and Alice both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; 11x's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAArtisanUndisclosedPiper and Ava both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Artisan's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRRegie.aiEarly-stagePiper and RegieGO both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Regie.ai's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIInstantlyUndisclosedPiper and Instantly AI Sales Agent both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Instantly's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRRoxUndisclosedPiper and Rox Revenue Agents both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Rox's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSmartleadUndisclosedPiper and SmartAssistant both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Smartlead's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareOOutreachLate-stagePiper and Outreach Revenue Agent both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAApollo.ioLate-stagePiper and Apollo AI Assistant both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLlemlistUndisclosedPiper and lemAgent both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; lemlist's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareZZoomInfoPublicPiper and ZoomInfo Copilot both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; ships API service, agent platform and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareCClayLate-stagePiper and Account Agents both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCConversicaUndisclosedPiper and Conversica AI Agents both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Conversica's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBBrevoLate-stagePiper and Aura AI both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Brevo's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHHubSpotPublicPiper and Prospecting Agent both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSalesloftUndisclosedPiper and Salesloft both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Salesloft's scale not recorded; ships application rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareAAttioLate-stagePiper and Web Agent both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Attio's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareGGongUndisclosedPiper and Gong Engage both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Gong's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMmonday.comPublicPiper and monday CRM both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; ships application and platform rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareCCopy.aiAcquiredPiper and Copy.ai GTM Platform both list sales outreach; both acquired, so no independent scale on either side; ships application and platform rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareOOtter.aiUndisclosedPiper and Otter SDR Agent both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Otter.ai's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareZZoomPublicPiper and Bonsai by Zoom both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRARelevance AIEarly-stagePiper and Elli, the Enrichment Agent both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Relevance AI's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHHaptikAcquiredPiper and AI Lead Qualification Agent both list sales outreach; both acquired, so no independent scale on either side.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNNiCEPublicPiper and AI Agents for Proactive Engagement both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePPipedriveLate-stagePiper and LeadBooster both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; ships application and data service rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareBABland AIEarly-stagePiper and Bland both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; Bland AI's scale not recorded; ships API service and agent platform rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareTTIFINLate-stagePiper and TIFIN AMP both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; ships agent platform and application rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare0101.AIUndisclosedPiper and TopSales AI both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale; 01.AI's scale not recorded; ships application, model API and 1 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareMMicrosoftPublicPiper and LinkedIn Sales Navigator both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMPMeta PlatformsPublicPiper and Meta Business Agent both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSalesforcePublicPiper and Hunter by Sales Cloud both list sales outreach; Qualified is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare

Closest alternatives are pairs a vendor page itself compares. Similar products are matched from what each product does; nothing in that group is asserted as a rivalry.

Sources

Total funding

Not found · 7 Oct 2026

Series C post states a $95M round (2022-04-26) but no cumulative total; no primary page read gives one.

Founded

Wikipedia · 13 Oct 2026

Wikipedia: "Qualified was founded in 2018 by former Salesforce executives Kraig Swensrud and Sean Whiteley." Consistent with the 2022 Series C post's "almost 4 years ago".

Public listing

Press release · 7 Oct 2026

"Salesforce completed its acquisition of Qualified on April 1, 2026." Now owned by Salesforce, which is public; Qualified itself has no listing.

Status

Press release · 7 Oct 2026

"Salesforce completed its acquisition of Qualified on April 1, 2026." Now owned by Salesforce, which is public; Qualified itself has no listing.

Description

Official documentation · 7 Oct 2026

"Hire Piper the AI SDR Agent to generate inbound pipeline at scale across your most important marketing channels."

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