Artisan, a San Francisco-based AI sales startup, spent $2 million on billboards in San Francisco and New York reading 'Stop hiring humans' to promote its AI sales assistant Ava, but retired the slogan…
Artisan, the AI startup that went viral for its 'stop hiring humans' campaign, has pivoted its messaging to position its AI agent Ava as a tool to help employees 'be more human,' according to founder …
Former Google project manager Tucker Bryant built ChatTJB, a chatbot that mimics AI assistants but is powered by humans—Bryant and over 10,000 volunteers—with no LLM or algorithm. Since its April laun…
AI sales development representatives (SDRs) and go-to-market (GTM) agents are multipliers, not creators, according to SaaStr, which deployed 20+ AI agents that generated over $3.7 million in revenue a…
SaaStr, an eight-figure B2B business run by three humans and 21+ AI agents, consolidated its agent workforce from nearly 30 to about 20, resulting in a roughly 4x increase in output. CEO Jason Lemkin …
SaaStr AI has reduced its human team from ~30 to 3 while deploying 20+ AI agents in production, achieving a 47% year-over-year revenue increase to positive growth and closing over $1M in revenue, but …
SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin advises companies to deploy AI agents on B-tier leads rather than hot inbound leads, arguing that agents generate revenue from ignored prospects. Lemkin says his own agent on B…
SaaStr founder Jason Lemkin reported that the company's inbound AI agent, Amelia, booked 614 qualified sponsor meetings from 442,000 chats at the SaaStr AI Annual 2026 event, replacing the equivalent …
A developer outlines practical workflows for using AI agents in Laravel and Symfony projects, emphasizing analysis over code generation. The agent should first map backend flows, identify entry points…
Developer Utpal Nadiger built an open-source AI BDR agent called Open Ava, inspired by Artisan's Ava, using OpenComputer, FastAPI, SQLite, AgentMail, and Anthropic. The agent researches leads, drafts …
Artisan released Ava 2.0, a second-generation autonomous AI BDR rebuilt from the ground up. CEO Jaspar Carmichael-Jack demonstrated a campaign that sent 7,000 emails with a 3.6% positive response rate…
A five-agent AI sales team costing $300 per month can replace both $5,000-per-month AI SDR tools and $60,000-per-year human sales development representatives, according to a new architecture guide. Th…