Persana AI

YC W23 · Acquired · Sales Agents with 100+ data sources to close more deals

Competitors

Companies closest to Persana AI
Company	Category	Status	Program
FrontrunnerShared: sales, gtm, agentActiveAI	AI	Active	YCF26
AvocaShared: sales agent, closeActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW23
ColdreachShared: sales agent, data source, manualActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW23
BluebirdsShared: data source, sales, gtmAcquiredAI	AI	Acquired	YCW23
AvinaShared: sales, gtm, agentActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS22

Adjacent

Companies next to Persana AI
Company	Category	Status	Program
Fuse AIShared: gtm stack, sales, consolidateActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW25
NexShared: sales, gtm, agentActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS26
HindsightShared: sales, gtm, dealActiveAI, Data	AI, Data	Active	YCW23
BellaShared: sales agentNot statedAI	AI	Not stated	Antler2024
FirstQuadrantShared: sales, close, dealInactiveAI	AI	Inactive	YCS21

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About Persana AI

Persana AI | The Agent Layer for Modern GTM Teams AI Superpowered Sales & GTM Intelligence — built on autonomous agents AI agents that research, enrich, and engage your best prospects — autonomously, not just automated. The Shift from Tools to Agents: Your GTM stack is fragmented. Multiple enrichment providers. Workflow tools with hard limits. Manual triggers. Disconnected data. Persana consolidates it all into one agentic platform that thinks, learns, and executes — 24/7. What Persana Does: 🔍 Multi-Source Intelligence – 100+ data sources tracking funding, hiring, tech changes, real-time intent signals, waterfall data for finding emails, phone numbers and more 🤖 Autonomous Execution – Run complex workflows across 100K+ prospects without manual triggers or platform limits 🧠 Continuous Learning – AI that adapts based on what actually converts to pipeline, not predefined rules ⚡ Native CRM Integration – Bi-directional sync with Salesforce, HubSpot, and your entire GTM stack Why Teams Choose Persana: Replace fragmented point solutions with one autonomous platform - Break free from workflow ceilings and platform constraints - Access comprehensive signal intelligence across all major data sources - Scale prospecting without adding headcount Results Customers See: ✓ 95% increase in qualified pipeline ✓ 65% faster sales cycles ✓ 3+ weeks per month reclaimed from manual work ✓ 30% higher conversion rates The Technology: Trained on 700M+ contacts and 200M+ companies, and 100+ data sources. Multi-agent architecture combining research, enrichment, and execution. Proprietary embeddings fine-tuned for GTM use cases. The Team: Built by LinkedIn engineering veterans who scaled systems to billions of users. Backed by Y Combinator, Dharmesh Shah, Race Capital, and Stage 2 Capital. 🚀 Join 15,000+ GTM professionals using agents to boost their revenue → persana.ai

YC batch: W23 · Winter 2023
Status, per YC: Acquired
Category: AI
Team size: 2
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Checked: 35m ago

YC tags: Generative AI, Sales, AI

Persana AI in W23: 274 companies, 68% AI

Persana AI: questions

Which YC batch was Persana AI in?

Persana AI was in Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch (W23).

Is Persana AI still active?

Y Combinator lists Persana AI as acquired.

Where is Persana AI based?

Persana AI lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.

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