- Liaison — AI-native CRM that automates sales admin and pipeline updates from email, calls, and Slack. Why it fits: YC W25, founded 2025; pre-seed stage, directly attacks legacy CRM data entry.
- Apten — AI SDR that researches prospects and sends personalized outbound at scale. Why it fits: YC W25, founded 2025; early signal of agentic sales motion replacing manual SDR work.
- Mica AI — AI SDR that finds, enriches, and engages prospects with tailored multi-channel messaging. Why it fits: YC W25, founded 2025; pre-seed, focused on top-of-funnel automation.
- Latch — AI-native CRM for B2B sales teams that unifies pipeline, automation, and forecasting. Why it fits: YC W25, founded 2025; early stage, positioning as a lightweight replacement for Salesforce.
- Sable — AI sales onboarding and enablement platform that turns tribal knowledge into guided workflows. Why it fits: YC W25, founded 2025; solves CRM adoption and ramp time, a real pain point.
- Kura — AI voice agents for sales calls, follow-ups, and meeting scheduling. Why it fits: YC W25, founded 2025; voice-native AI layer that can feed a CRM automatically.
- Nook — AI meeting assistant that captures call notes, action items, and syncs them to CRM. Why it fits: YC W25, founded 2025; reduces the friction that kills CRM data quality.
- Cairn — AI sales forecasting and pipeline analytics that flags risk and suggests next actions. Why it fits: YC W25, founded 2025; intelligence layer on top of CRM data, early traction in YC batch.
- Rally — AI sales assistant that manages deals, drafts follow-ups, and keeps pipeline updated. Why it fits: YC W25, founded 2025; agentic CRM approach, pre-seed.
- Hapi — AI customer success platform that tracks health scores, renewals, and expansion signals. Why it fits: YC W25, founded 2025; extends AI-native CRM beyond sales into post-sales.
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White-space gaps I noticed while sourcing:
- Vertical AI-native CRMs — almost everything is horizontal, but industries like healthcare, construction, and manufacturing have deeply specific workflows, compliance needs, and data sources. A vertical CRM with AI-native automation could win where generic tools fail.
- Post-sales / customer success CRM — most AI-native tools focus on SDR and sales pipeline, but churn, renewal, and expansion are still managed in fragmented spreadsheets and support tools. An AI-native post-sales CRM that unifies product usage, support tickets, and renewal timing is wide open.