Artisan vs Circleback
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SF YC W24 AI Artisans workforce automation at $5M ARR serving 120+ companies; $46M total ($25M Glade Brook/HubSpot Series A Apr 2025 + $11.5M seed) with Ava AI BDR competing with 11x for autonomous business development AI employees.
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Artisan is a San Francisco-based AI workforce automation platform — backed by Y Combinator (W24) with $46 million in total funding including a $25 million Series A in April 2025 led by Glade Brook Capital with HubSpot Ventures, Y Combinator, and prior investors, following a $11.5 million seed in September 2024 — providing businesses with AI Artisans (specialized AI agents) that automate business development workflows, starting with Ava, an AI BDR that prospects, researches, and outreaches autonomously. Founded in 2023 by Jaspar Carmichael-Jack and Sam Stallings, Artisan achieved $5 million in annual recurring revenue serving 120+ companies with a 25-person team, ranking #39 on LinkedIn's Top Startups 2025 list.
SF YC W24 AI meeting notes at $16.8M revenue 2024 with only 4 employees and cash flow positive; $3M seed from ex-Stripe/Tableau founders competing with Otter.
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Circleback is a San Francisco-based AI-powered meeting notes and action tracking platform — backed by Y Combinator (W24) with $3 million in total funding including a $2.5 million seed in November 2024 from YC, Rebel Fund, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Platform, and angels including Kulveer Taggar, Oliver Jung, JJ Fliegelman, Rich Aberman, and Jason Freedman — generating $16.8 million in annual revenue in 2024 with only 4 employees, achieving cash flow positive status through primarily organic growth, and serving thousands of paying customers. Founded by Ali Haghani (ex-Stripe) and Kevin Jacyna (ex-Tableau), Circleback automatically joins meetings (Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams), transcribes conversations with AI, generates structured meeting notes with action items, and distributes summaries to participants and connected tools (Slack, Notion, HubSpot, Salesforce).
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