Artisan 2024 Wrapped
2024 has been an exciting and productive year for us at Artisan. We look back on a year of incredible growth and momentum with dozens of new features, hundreds of fixes and improvements, and thousands of exciting product ideas to bring to life.
We’re entering the next era of software, that is autonomous, intuitive, and collaborative.
At Artisan, we are on a mission to automate the work people hate, by building easy-to-use, consolidated software powered by AI employees. Our mountain peak is creating an ecosystem where AI and humans can collaborate seamlessly - so that we can produce more rewarding and efficient work.
But today, we are not here to talk about where we are going. We want to stop for a second and take a look back.
Exponential Growth
We started 2024 with $2m in the bank, having just been accepted into Y Combinator. Across the next 365 days, we raised $12m across 2 funding rounds, with participation from leading investors like Oliver Jung, HubSpot Ventures, BOND Capital, and more.
Our customer base expanded to 225 users, ranging from ambitious startups to industry-leading enterprises. We’re not just celebrating the number, but the success stories behind each one – companies that have transformed their sales processes and achieved breakthrough results with Artisan.
The Artisan family grew from 9 to 33 people across 8 countries and 11 time zones. Each new team member has brought a wealth of experience that helps us move faster and achieve more.
Revenue
The numbers behind our growth tell a compelling story of our market validation. Since transitioning to a sales-led motion in May 2024, we’ve:
Closed $3.84M in ARR
Maintained an impressive 50% average MoM growth rate
Conducted 54,877 sales demos to prospects worldwide
Our shift to a sales-led approach has not just accelerated our revenue growth – it's validated our core belief that AI sales agents are the future of B2B engagement.
Market Leadership
2024 marked Artisan's emergence as a dominant force in AI-powered sales. We:
Ranked as the #2 fastest-growing AI company by aHrefs
Achieved leading positions in key market categories:
#2 for "AI BDR" solutions
#2 for "AI SDR" platforms
Generated 712,520,426 online impressions
Featured in 23 press articles, including coverage in Forbes, TechCrunch, SF Chronicle
Accumulated 3,424 social media mentions
Hosted 9 webinars with 4,043 total attendees
Engineering Momentum
We shipped 24 major features this year, each one pushing the boundaries of what's possible in AI-powered SaaS.
Our most impactful launches:
Local Business Data
Unlocked a new avenue of targeting leads for our B2B2C users.
One of our users has been getting 10+ responses daily using Local Data.
Data Miner
We gave our users access to an unprecedented number of data sources, so they could gather as many insights on their prospects as possible.
We’ve onboarded 10+ real-time sources to date.
LinkedIn Outreach
When email is saturated as a channel, users can turn to new channels to engage prospects.
Response rates have gone up a significant amount.
Our engineering team's commitment to excellence & speed are reflected in the numbers:
1,127,508 lines of code written
653,575 lines of code removed
11,455 git commits pushed
3,225 deployments completed
426 bugs squashed
4,103 PRs closed
Investment & Support
We're honored to be backed by an incredible lineup of investors who share our vision:
Y Combinator
Bayhouse Capital
0 To 1 Ventures
Sequoia Scout
Fellows Fund
Mento VC
Bond Capital
Soma Capital
Gopher Asset Management
CoreNest Capital
Day One Ventures
North Hill Corporate
Hubspot Ventures
10x Founders Fund
AIP Seed
Oliver Jung
Yupeng Xie
David Phillips
Quincy Nichols
Paul Daversa
Teddy Nwachuku
Nicholas Elledge
Anu Hariharan
Alexander Galicki
Lawrence Lin Murata
Eugenio Carnemolla
Stevan Nenadov
David Job De Picciotto
Kenneth Denton
Daniel Joseph Paley
Our 2024 funding rounds brought in strategic partners who contribute not just capital, but deep expertise in scaling Artisan.
Looking Forward
2024 was transformative for Artisan, but it's just the beginning. As we look toward 2025, we see greater opportunities to build upon what we’ve already achieved.
Our mission continues with ambitious goals:
Expanding Ava's capabilities with the latest AI models
Launching groundbreaking features that further automate and personalize sales processes
Growing our global presence and impact
Creating new Artisans for CS, Marketing & beyond
If your 2025 aspirations include being part of a company that's reshaping the future of work, we're always looking for passionate individuals to join our team. The future of AI employees is bright, and we're just getting started.
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