Artisan has raised $25M in Series A funding to expand its team of AI… | Y Combinator | 105 comments
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Artisan has raised $25M in Series A funding to expand its team of AI employees. Artisan is betting on a major shift in how software is built and usedaway from sprawling SaaS tools toward AI-first, consolidated platforms. Their vision is to create AI employees that can take on real roles inside go-to-market teams. In just the past year, Artisan: - Built and launched Ava, their flagship AI BDR - Scaled to $5M ARR - Signed hundreds of customers - Reached over 1B online impressions through their Stop Hiring Humans campaign Artisans roadmap for 2025 includes launching two new AI teammates: Aaron, an Inbound SDR Artisan, and Aria, a Meeting Assistant Artisan with more to come. Congrats to founders Jaspar Carmichael-Jack and Sam Stallings, and the Artisan team on the Series A!