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Persana AI (YC W23) — Sales agents with 100+ data sources to close more deals

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.

Persana AI is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2023 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Sales Agents with 100+ data sources to close more deals. The founders listed are Sriya Maram (Founder/CEO), Rush Shahani (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 8, 2023).

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Persana AI

New accelerator entry · 2023-03-08 · the record

Winter 2023
batch
2
people
Early
stage
United States of America
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BatchWinter 2023
Announced2023-03-08
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size2
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Sales
SectorsGenerative AI, Sales, AI
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttps://www.persana.ai/
Previously known asViralCopy, Outboundify, Perspectiva, Persana

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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

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