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Ladder (YC W25) — AI personal assistant for in-home sales

Ladder is an AI personal assistant for in-home sales. It takes notes on the in-person conversation and helps reps close more deals, improve with each pitch, and deliver and generate more leads.

Ladder is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2025 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: AI personal assistant for in-home sales. The founders listed are David Tondreau (Founder/CEO), Will Cray (Founder/President) (Y Combinator directory entry, February 21, 2025).

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New accelerator entry · 2025-02-21 · the record

Winter 2025
batch
2
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2025
Announced2025-02-21
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size2
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B
SectorsArtificial Intelligence, Sales, Sales Enablement, Home Services
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttps://ladderai.com
Founded2025
YC group partnerAaron Epstein
Previously known asMAIVE (Manufacturing AI Vision Engine), Maive

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Ladder is an AI personal assistant for in-home sales. It takes notes on the in-person conversation and helps reps close more deals, improve with each pitch, and deliver and generate more leads.

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