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Ambition

Coaching and gamification software for sales teams.

ambition.com
HQ: Chattanooga, TN, USA
51-200
B2B

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

Ambition is a Chattanooga-based sales performance and coaching platform that helps revenue teams coach reps, track performance, and manage sales execution using AI and analytics.

Primary product

AI-powered sales performance / sales coaching platform

Founded

2013

Headquarters

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Team size

11-50

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

Sales management / sales enablement / sales performance software

Offices

1603 Fagan St, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37408, US
1100 Market St, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402, US

Business model

B2B SaaS
Enterprise software

Funding

Stage

Series B

Total raised

$20.6M

Latest round

Series B · Oct 2021

Latest amount

$15.5M

Series B

Oct 2021 · Primus Capital Partners

$15.5M

Series A

Jun 2018

$3M

Seed Round

Jun 2014

$2M

People & investors

Leadership

Jared Houghton

CEO

Travis Truett

Co-Founder & Board Member

Brian Trautschold

Co-Founder & COO

Wes Kendall

Chief Technology Officer

Katie Rhode

VP of People

Jenn Chavez

Head of Product & Design

Mark McWatters

VP, Enterprise & Strategic Accounts

Nora Oliveros

Marketing Director

Abigail Holt

Senior Director of Finance

Kai P.

Strategic Account Director

Colin Bobinski

Strategic Account Director

Investors

Acequia Capital
Google Ventures (GV)
High Line Venture Partners
Lamp Post Group
Nashville Capital Network
Primus Capital Partners
Redpoint Ventures
Seed investors (14 unnamed investors in early rounds)
SV Angel
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Public materials emphasize a culture of accountability and encouragement, with product messaging focused on making coaching repeatable and engaging.

Work style

Hybrid

Product & market

Pricing

Custom enterprise SaaS pricing; no public list pricing found.

Differentiators

  • —Combines coaching, gamification, performance tracking, and AI in one platform
  • —Focuses on repeatable coaching cadences and sales manager execution
  • —Built around a real-time performance data layer described by the company as the Performance Graph
  • —Targets revenue and enablement leaders rather than only rep activity tracking

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Customers

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Competitors

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Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $5M-$10M annual revenue (Exa estimate: $8.6M)

Estimated monthly visits

84.3K

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

Latest news

Buckle up. Here are two quick wins for NASCAR teams using Ambition

LinkedIn · Jun 2026

Customer-facing post referencing NASCAR use cases and modernized coaching workflows.

We've been hard at work on Ambition's new architecture

LinkedIn · Jun 2026

The company described a new architecture built on the Performance Graph, a unified real-time data layer connecting targets, activities, pipeline, coaching, and outcomes.

Ambition is Going Agentic. Here's Why.

Ambition · Apr 2026

Ambition says it rebuilt the platform around an agentic operating model, including a Performance Graph, reusable Skills, and multi-step workflows that can work with Claude/OpenAI and act on coaching and pipeline signals.

Coach Smarter (and Faster) with New AI-powered Coaching Intelligence

Ambition · Feb 2026

Ambition added Coaching Intelligence to its AI Assistant, bringing coaching session analysis, coaching-effectiveness scoring, and coaching-gap detection into the product.

Ambition Introduces New AI Assistant to Transform Coaching for Managers and Sales Leaders

Ambition · Dec 2025

Ambition launched a next-generation AI coaching assistant that summarizes risks, recommends next actions, and helps managers and reps prepare for coaching conversations.

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