Artisan
AI employees for outbound sales, led by Ava, an AI BDR that prospects, writes sequences and books meetings.
Artisan, founded in 2023 and backed by Y Combinator, sells Ava, an autonomous AI business development representative. Ava finds and researches leads, writes personalized multichannel outreach over email, LinkedIn and calls, and books meetings. It is sold as a SaaS subscription, and as of Q3 2026 the plans are quote-only Team, Scale and Enterprise tiers. Artisan raised an $11.5M seed round led by Oliver Jung in 2024 and a $25M Series A led by Glade Brook Capital in April 2025, with HubSpot Ventures participating. It reported about $5M ARR in early 2025 and launched Ava 2.0 for enterprise revenue teams in May 2026.
AI employees for outbound sales, led by Ava, an AI BDR that prospects, writes sequences and books meetings.
