Cedar
YC W25 · Active · Execute the best sales playbook in industry
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 SilkChartShared: sales enablement, playbook, repsActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS22 |
 SpeckShared: follow ups, sales enablement, adminAcquiredAI | AI | Acquired | YCW24 |
 RelateShared: crm, salesActiveOther | Other | Active | YCS22 |
 NomiShared: sales enablement, playbookActiveAI | AI | Active | YCX25 |
 EchoShared: sales playbookInactiveAI | AI | Inactive | YCW23 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 TwentyShared: crm, salesActiveDevtools | Devtools | Active | YCS23 |
 PhoneSysShared: crm, salesInactiveDevtools | Devtools | Inactive | YCS11 |
 QuotainShared: sales enablement, rep, crmActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS25 |
 COACHShared: sales enablement, reps, dealActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS26 |
 HindsightShared: sales enablement, gtm, strategyActiveAI, Data | AI, Data | Active | YCW23 |
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Founders
- Jesse LiFounder/CEO
- Isabelle IlyiaFounder/CTO
About Cedar
Cedar helps the fastest growing GTM teams ramp up new reps faster & spread top rep playbook throughout the team. AE's at Cursor, Corgi, Pylon, and Warp use Cedar to save 75% of admin time on CRM updates, follow-ups, and deal strategy. Backed by YC with an ex-Figma, Notion, and Intuit team, Cedar was built by spending hundreds of hours with the best AE's in industry – we've built a playbook for the fastest growing teams and founders ramping up sales, and we'll use it to automate the busy work so you can sell more, better.
- YC batch
- W25 · Winter 2025
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- Developer tools
- Team size
- 2
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2025
- Checked
- 31m ago
YC tags: Sales, Sales Enablement, CRM, Email
Cedar: questions
Which YC batch was Cedar in?
Cedar was in Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch (W25).
Is Cedar still active?
Y Combinator lists Cedar as active.
Who founded Cedar?
Cedar's founders, as listed on its YC page: Jesse Li (Founder/CEO), Isabelle Ilyia (Founder/CTO).
Where is Cedar based?
Cedar lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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