What they do:
AI agents on real phones, growing brands across every platform.
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
Top Sales & Marketing Startups
This list has 477 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 121 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (253), New York (57), and London (12). Largest teams: Optimizely, Superside, and Apollo.io. Latest round: Dot Founder raised $5M (Oct 14, 2026).
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What they do:
Identify churn risk and stay close to users at scale
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
AI support done right
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Real-time web intelligence API for AI agents and GTM teams
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Canva for short-form video ads
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
AI account managers for consumer/self-serve apps
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
AI operating system for advertising
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
staffing firms with dreach grow revenue faster.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
AI that turns your product into on-brand marketing content
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
The people data company for the agent era
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Open source alternative to Semrush and Ahrefs
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
What they do:
Cursor for GTM
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Instant Labs builds modern tools to help you find and buy domain…
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What they do:
AI SDR
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Turn product features into launch videos
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Digital AI humans that model clothes for e-commerce brands.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
AI-native sales agents that run marketplaces
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
AI copilot for real-estate sales teams, powered by proprietary data
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HQ: Saint Petersburg, FL, United States
YC W22Early stage
What they do:
Generate ads. Iterate till perfect.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W24Early stage
What they do:
Consumer focus groups run by AI
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
YC S25Early stage
What they do:
Bizzy works 24/7 so you never miss a lead.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
YC S25Early stage
What they do:
AI Event Manager for in-person events
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC X26Early stage
Optimizely
Acquired
What they do:
The first all-in-one operating system for marketing
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Weebly
Acquired
What they do:
Build a free website that grows with your business.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Incorporated: 2026
Funding:
$3.27M · Equity · Mar 2026
PartnerStack
Acquired
What they do:
PartnerStack is a full stack solution for partnerships.
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Convex
Acquired
What they do:
Software for the commercial services industry.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
WorkRamp
Acquired
What they do:
The All-in-One Learning Platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
A Thinking Ape
Acquired
What they do:
We build communities through massively multiplayer mobile games
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Hatch
Acquired
What they do:
The AI CSR Platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Skio
Acquired
What they do:
Subscriptions for Shopify
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Mailmodo
Acquired
What they do:
No-code email marketing platform to send forms & widgets within emails
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Warmly,
Acquired
What they do:
[Acquired by HubSpot in 2026] Autonomous sales platform to auto-email…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
500Friends
Acquired
What they do:
the best loyalty and retention marketing partner for CMOs.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Virool
Acquired
What they do:
Virool provides native video advertising experience for the biggest…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Popular Pays
Acquired
What they do:
Software for collaborating with content creators and influencers
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HQ: Chicago, IL, United States