Artisan

AI employees called Artisans, starting with an AI BDR

artisan.co

HQ: San Francisco, CA, USA

11-50

B2B

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

Artisan is a San Francisco-based AI sales startup that builds AI employees for outbound sales, centered on its AI BDR product Ava, which autonomously sources leads, personalizes outreach, handles replies, and books meetings.

Primary product

Ava, the AI BDR platform for autonomous outbound sales

Founded

2023

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Team size

51-200 employees

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

AI sales automation / AI SDR / outbound sales automation

Offices

San Francisco, California, United States

Russian Hill, San Francisco (reported team residence/workspace in 2025)

Financial District, San Francisco (planned office move reported in 2025)

London, United Kingdom (AE role posted)

Business model

SaaS

subscription

enterprise software

free trial

demo-based sales

Funding

Stage

Series A

Total raised

$46.9M

Latest round

Series A · Apr 2025

Latest amount

$25M

Series A

Apr 2025 · Glade Brook Capital

$25M

Seed

Mar 2024

$125K

Pre-Seed

Nov 2023 · Bayhouse Capital

$2.3M

People & investors

Leadership

Jaspar Carmichael-Jack

Founder & CEO

Sam Stallings

Founder & CPO

Ming Li

CTO

Tina Sang

Chief of Staff and Head of Growth

Walker Fitch

Sales Director

Mitchell Bernstein

Head of Product Design

Ethan Davis

Director, Strategy & Ops

Meghna Sharma

Lead Forward Deployed Strategist

Investors

Olive Technology Ventures

Zain S Hasan Charitable Remainder Trust

Work & culture

Public evidence suggests a fast-moving, high-visibility startup culture with aggressive marketing, rapid hiring, and strong product/GTM orientation. Reported comp is competitive and ownership-heavy, with a flat hierarchy. Company posts and reporting emphasize high urgency, experimentation, and rapid scaling.

Work style

Flexible

Compensation

Public evidence indicates competitive compensation and high ownership, but no comprehensive pay bands were found. Some job posts show hourly contractor-style rates for freelance roles and the company publicly discussed hiring aggressively.

Product & market

Pricing

Custom pricing / enterprise demo-led SaaS; public site emphasizes demo and free trial rather than fixed public pricing.

Differentiators

—Autonomous AI employee model rather than point tools
—Runs outbound motion end-to-end with minimal human oversight
—Claims access to 350M+ verified B2B contacts and 22+ data sources
—Replaces multiple outbound stack tools in one platform
—Strong brand-driven distribution and viral marketing

Technology

OpenAI

TypeScript

React

Python

PostgreSQL

Redis

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

Zapier

HubSpot

Salesforce

Stripe

GitHub

GitHub Actions

dbt

MLflow

Customers

CookUnity

SaaStr

Quora

250+ companies (reported in 2025 coverage)

Competitors

ZoomInfo

Clay

Outreach

Instantly

Apollo

Salesloft

HubSpot Sales Hub

Warmly

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

~$10M-$25M ARR (public reporting suggested $5M ARR in Apr 2025 and $18M annual revenue in Exa company data; exact current revenue not independently verified)