[Funding alert] AI startup Artisan Secures $2.3 Million in Funding

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Beginning in January, Artisan will be a member of the Winter 2024 cohort of Y Combinators. Oliver Jung and Bayhouse Capital have entered the pre-seed round.

Ava, the first Artisan, will make her debut on December 4th as a sales representative. She currently automates the complete outbound sales cycle, but in the near future, she will be capable to automate the entire sales cycle, handling the majority of the work on her own and assisting the human when necessary.

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The founders of the company are Carmichael-Jack, a 22-year-old CEO and PhD holder in Astrophysics from the University of Oxford; a 22-year-old Surrey, England native who did not attend university; and CTO Dr. Rupert Dodkins, who has eight years of experience in machine learning and holds a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Oxford.

The company has grown from a paper idea to a staff of five, over $2.3M in funding, and less than a month till the introduction of its first artisan, Ava, in only two months.

About Artisan

Artisan are forming the first wave of digital labourers, known as Artisans. Their first Artisan, Ava, can be engaged for a 10-minute chat and automates the full outbound sales process.

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Ava schedules meetings into your calendar, generates TCPs, prospects using her database of over 270,000,000 contacts, and develops and delivers highly customised email sequences. Additionally, you can communicate with Ava via Slack to handle all features and settings.