Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 98.8%·next run
- Artisan ranks #28 of 59 in Sales Engagement with an AI visibility score of 2.5 (SlateIndex, Nov 3, 2026).
- Artisan's visibility rose 0.1 points since the previous weekly run.
- Artisan is most visible on Perplexity (6.5) and least on Google AI Mode (0).
- AI engines name Artisan in 6 of the 30 Sales Engagement buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
- artisan.co is the source AI engines cite most in answers about Artisan, with 7 citations.
About
Company details for Artisan
Artisan sells Ava, an AI business development representative that finds and enriches leads, sends personalized multi-channel outreach, handles replies and books meetings on reps' calendars. Ava can run alongside a team's existing CRM and sales tools or run the full outbound motion. Approval modes, escalation rules and exclusion lists let customers set limits on what Ava sends and when a human steps in. It ranks #28 of 59 in Sales Engagement on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 2.5 in the latest weekly run.
Founded in 2023 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, the company employs 51–200 people. It has raised about $36M. Its differentiator: ava runs the whole outbound motion autonomously, sending as the company's own reps and handling replies and meeting booking, with approval modes and escalation rules to set the limits.
- Website
- artisan.co
- Categories
- Sales Engagement
- Company size
- 51–200 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Founded
- 2023
- Company type
- Private, venture-backed
- Funding
- Pre-seed · $36M raised
- Customers
- 6,000 · per artisan.co
- Pricing
- Contact sales · usage-based
- Free trial
- —
- Compliance
- SOC 2 Type II, GDPR
- Support
- CSM support and onboarding in a shared Slack channel, Dedicated CSM on the Scale plan, Forward-deployed strategist on the Enterprise plan
Read from linkedin.com, en.wikipedia.org, artisan.co, landbase.com, theaiagentindex.com, wikiwand.com · refreshed Nov 2, 2026.
AI visibility
Latest weekly run · Nov 3 · next run Nov 9
Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.
Artisan gained 0 points over 1 weekly run in Sales Engagement. HubSpot leads the category at 55.6%.
Media
Website and product screenshots for Artisan
AI mentions & citations
Recent answers that name Artisan
Products & features
What Artisan sells
Ava
AI BDR that finds and enriches leads, sends personalized multi-channel outreach, handles replies and books meetings.
AI dialer add-on
Dialer for reps, priced per seat, where Ava queues call steps for human reps to make calls.
Artie
AI employee for teams beyond sales, as named on the company's about page.
Target market & buyers
Startups, mid-market companies and enterprises with outbound sales teams.
Notable customers include SaaStr, SumUp, CookUnity, Quora.
| Industry | Primary use case |
|---|---|
| Events | Personalized outreach to sponsors, partners, VIP and past attendees, plus follow-ups that keep threads alive. |
| Fintech | Personalized email outreach at high volume, as reported by SumUp. |
| Meal delivery service | Scaled personalized outbound sales. |
Funding & recent developments
Funding
| Round | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2024 | $12M |
| Series A | 2025 | $25M |
| Pre-seed | — | $2M |
| Latest known round | Total raised |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | $36M |
Recent developments
- Sep 2026ProductAva will not make autonomous cold calls
The company said Ava would not make autonomous cold calls.
- May 2026ProductAva 2.0 launches
Ava 2.0 launched as a ground-up rebuild with a built-in dialer and new campaign types. Existing V1 customers are being migrated through 2026.
- Jan 2026CompanyLinkedIn bans and reinstates Artisan
LinkedIn banned Artisan and reinstated it after about two weeks. Artisan removed LinkedIn mentions from its website.
- Apr 2025FundingArtisan raises $25M Series A
Series A led by Glade Brook Capital, with participation from HubSpot Ventures, Y Combinator and Day One Ventures.
Competitive landscape
How Artisan compares with its top three alternatives
Artisan most often appears alongside HubSpot, Outreach, Salesloft in AI answers.
| Brand | Visibility | Share of voice | vs last week | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artisan | 2.5% | 0.8% | up+0.1% | Contact sales |
| HubSpot | 73.1% | 13.1% | New | Free plan |
| Outreach | 55.1% | 10.1% | down−20.3% | Contact sales |
| Salesloft | 51.2% | 10.1% | up+1.4% | Pricing not available |
| Salesforce | 46.2% | 9.6% | New | Pricing not available |
Pricing
Usage-based pricing
Cite as: SlateIndex, “Artisan AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/artisan, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.