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Warmly,

AcquiredYC S20

San Francisco, US Β· Founded 2020 Β· 60 employees Β· 10 known investors

Warmly is an AI-powered sales prospecting and outreach platform that helps companies identify and engage with qualified leads, reducing the need for traditional Sales Development Representative services.

Also known as Warmly Β· Warmly, Inc. Β· Warmly.ai

Founders & leadershipΒ· Y Combinator alumni (S20)

Warmly, was founded in 2020 by Max Greenwald, Carina Boo, and Alan Zhao.

MGMax Greenwald
Max Greenwaldin𝕏FounderFounder of Warmly, an AI-powered sales prospecting and outreach platform.
CBCarina Boo
Carina BooinFounderCo-founder and CTO of Warmly, an AI-powered sales prospecting and outreach platform.
AZAlan Zhao
Alan ZhaoinFounderAlan Zhao worked in proprietary trading at Wells Fargo, where he contributed to the launch of the bank's credit derivatives trading business, before transitioning to technology. He built data analytics infrastructure at x.ai and later joined On Deck, where he met his co-founders for Warmly.

Investors Β· 10

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$6M disclosed across 1 of 5 rounds Β· 2020–2025

Source: company announcements and press reports β€” follow each round's link for the claim.

The YC applicationΒ· Summer 2020 batch

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Warmly, (Warmly, Inc.) is a San Francisco-based business-to-business go-to-market software company that identifies buying intent at the individual person level and automates follow-up outreach. Its platform de-anonymizes website visitors before a form fill, combines that first-party signal with product usage, chat and CRM data, second-party signals such as social activity, new hires and job changes, and third-party signals such as keyword and competitor research, then engages the resulting prospects across chat, email, LinkedIn ads and Meta ads. Earlier descriptions of the product describe sourcing warm leads from vendors including 6sense/Clearbit for website visitors and Bombora for off-site research, then auto-following up by AI chat, email sequences or LinkedIn sequences, with optional human review before messages are sent.

The current product is organized around two agents on top of a shared "Context Graph": a TAM agent that segments the total addressable market into scored accounts, maps buying committees, tracks signals and runs coordinated email and ad campaigns; and an Inbound agent that identifies visitors, runs contextual AI chat, shows intent-based popups and personalized microsites, and retargets through email and ads. The Context Graph is described as a unified, real-time data layer that pre-computes each account's signals, actions, notes and outcomes so agents can query context in milliseconds. In 2026 the company launched AI Autopilot, an always-on site-wide agent that draws on the customer's website, help center, internal docs, sales calls, sales methodologies and CRM, selects its own qualification path, generates slide decks mid-conversation, can present a video avatar, escalates to Slack, and self-improves by analyzing conversations against configured goals under version control. The platform is accessible via app, API and MCP, and is marketed as GDPR compliant.

Founding story

Warmly was founded in 2020 by Max (Maximus) Greenwald, Carina Boo and Alan Zhao, and went through Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch with Gustaf Alstromer as primary partner. Zhao's YC bio describes a background trading foreign currency, working in Wells Fargo's proprietary trading group and its first credit derivatives trading business, then building data analytics infrastructure at x.ai before joining On Deck, where he met his Warmly co-founders. Boo is described as co-founder and CTO; Greenwald serves as co-founder and CEO.

Business model

Warmly sells software to B2B revenue teams. Marketing materials note the company offers unlimited seats on its platform rather than charging per user license, positioning itself as a consolidated alternative to multiple point solutions and to outsourced SDR services. Customer case studies reference cost displacement of chat vendors (Drift), offshore chat teams and outsourced SDR contracts.

Subscription software sold to B2B companies, with unlimited user seats rather than per-seat licensing. The company reported $3 million in annual recurring revenue for 2024, tripled over the prior year, and stated a goal of tripling ARR again in 2025.

Traction

Warmly reported $3 million in ARR and more than 300 customers in 2024, having tripled ARR in one year, with named customers including New Relic, Cyberhaven and CircleCI. Its Y Combinator listing cites 100+ paying customers and a team size of 60. The company's website cites a 4.8/5 rating from 200+ G2 reviews, more than 500 GTM teams on the platform, and $47.2 million in cumulative customer pipeline generated. Customer-reported outcomes include a customer eliminating $40,000/month in outsourced SDR spend (Innerspace), five meetings booked in six weeks after replacing Drift (TigerGraph), a 500% conversion-rate increase in one week (Caddis Systems), 80% pipeline growth (TeamWeave), and a roughly 50% CAC reduction. AI Autopilot beta accounts were said to increase automated inbound meetings by 30%.

Latest developments

Y Combinator's profile states that Warmly was acquired by HubSpot in 2026 and links a July 26, 2026 announcement, "Warmly Is Joining HubSpot." Shortly before this, the company launched AI Autopilot, an always-on website sales agent built on its Context Graph, and announced an integration with Rb2b. Case studies dated into April 2026 continue to describe active customer deployments.

β–ΈFull profile β€” market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies

Market position

Warmly positions itself in the AI sales/pipeline acceleration segment, competing with and frequently replacing chat and conversational-marketing incumbents such as Drift, as well as outsourced and offshore SDR and chat services. Its stated differentiator versus rivals is person-level rather than company-level intent data.

Company and investor materials cite two main differentiators: resolution of buying intent to the individual person rather than the account/company level, which is described as more actionable for initiating sales conversations, and unlimited platform seats so customers can scale usage without added licenses. More recently, Warmly emphasizes its Context Graph β€” a pre-computed, unified real-time data layer β€” as the architectural difference from what it characterizes as stateless GPT-wrapper chatbots that rebuild context on every message.

Technology

Person-level website visitor de-anonymization (historically drawing on vendors such as 6sense/Clearbit, with off-site research signals from Bombora), a Context Graph data layer unifying site visits, emails, meetings, product usage, CRM records and campaign touches per account, and LLM-based agents (TAM agent, Inbound agent, AI Autopilot) that query that layer. AI Autopilot ingests customer websites, help centers, internal documentation, recorded sales calls, sales methodologies and CRM data; it generates slide decks in-conversation, triggers intent-based video, supports a video avatar, and self-tunes against configured goals with version control. Deployment is via a website script tag; access is offered through an app, API and MCP.

Go-to-market

Direct sales led by demo bookings from the website, supported by a large library of customer case studies, video testimonials and G2 reviews, an integration announcement with Rb2b, a newsletter and podcast-style content program ("Revenue Rebel"), and Y Combinator community launches. Following the 2025 Series A+, the company said it would double its sales and marketing team.

B2B sales and marketing (go-to-market) teams, with an emphasis on SMB-sized B2B companies; case studies span startups under 50 employees to mid-market companies of 200-1,000 employees across SaaS, enterprise software, cybersecurity, hospitality tech and AI/ML. Named customers include New Relic, Cyberhaven, CircleCI, TrustArc, TigerGraph, Orum, Innerspace, Continu, Namecoach, Dyspatch, CiraSync, Caddis Systems, Behavioral Signals and TeamWeave.

Geography

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, with a European team; after the February 2025 round the company said it would double European headcount to 20 people against a global headcount of 50. The platform is described as GDPR compliant.

History

The company was founded in 2020 and participated in Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch. In August 2020 it launched a free app for Zoom alongside $2.4 million in additional funding. It raised an $11 million Series A in October 2023 (associated with Felicis), followed by a $6 million Series A+ in February 2025 led by RTP Global with Felicis and NFX participating, taking total Series A funding to $17 million. Over that period the product shifted from compiling GTM signals such as person-level website visitor data toward building a context graph for B2B go-to-market and layering autonomous agents on top of it. Y Combinator lists Warmly as acquired, stating it was acquired by HubSpot in 2026, with a July 26, 2026 announcement titled "Warmly Is Joining HubSpot."

Risks & controversies

The sources contain no reporting of controversies. Notable considerations from the material: the business depends on person-level website visitor identification and third-party intent data, an area subject to privacy regulation (the company states GDPR compliance); several growth figures (pipeline generated, teams using the platform, case-study outcomes) are self-reported by the company or its customers; and reported metrics are inconsistent across sources, with the Y Combinator profile citing 100+ paying customers while 2025 funding coverage cites more than 300 customers.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources β€” announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Annual recurring revenueJan 2024$3M
Customer pipeline generated (cumulative, company-reported)Jan 2026$47.2M
CustomersJan 2024300 customers
G2 ratingJan 20264.8 out of 5
GTM teams using the platformJan 2026500 teams
Increase in automated inbound meetings in AI Autopilot betaJan 202630%
Paying customersJan 2026100 customers
Planned global headcountFeb 202550 employees
Team sizeJan 202660 employees
Total Series A funding raisedFeb 2025$17M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed β€” not independently audited.

Competitors Β· 7

by search overlap
Cognism579 shared keywordsCognism provides verified, GDPR- and CCPA-compliant B2B contact and company data, including phone-verified mobiles and buyer intent signals, delivered via platform, API, or batch, for sales, marketing, and revenue operations teams. It focuses on the European market and offers data enrichment and Data-as-a-Service for SMB, mid-market, and enterprise B2B teams.
Leadfeeder334 shared keywordsLeadfeeder is a B2B web visitor identification and lead generation platform that reveals which companies visit a website and surfaces buying intent from their behavior. It provides firmographic and contact data enrichment, ICP-based audience building, account scoring, and CRM integrations for marketing and sales teams.
Artisan307 shared keywordsArtisan builds an AI-powered platform that consolidates fragmented work software tools and automates repetitive workflows through AI collaborators. The platform initially focuses on outbound sales but aims to expand across industries including customer success, recruiting, and enterprise operations.
Factors306 shared keywordsFactors.ai is an account-based marketing (ABM) platform that consolidates intent and engagement data and uses AI agents to identify buying accounts, score them by real engagement signals, launch ad campaigns, and attribute revenue. It serves B2B sales and marketing teams, integrating with CRMs and ad channels like LinkedIn and Meta.
Demandbase289 shared keywordsDemandbase provides an AI-powered B2B intelligence platform that integrates go-to-market data, tools, and execution across the GTM ecosystem. The platform connects account intelligence, buying group data, and intent signals to help B2B teams plan, execute, and optimize their sales and marketing strategies.
Salesforge251 shared keywordsSalesforge is a sales engagement platform that helps users build outbound lead-generation pipelines and run email campaigns. It is used by agencies and solo founders to generate leads for themselves and their clients.
Zapier245 shared keywordsZapier provides a platform for connecting AI models and agents to workflows and business applications, enabling teams to automate tasks across over 9,000 apps without coding. The platform serves enterprises, operations teams, and businesses of all sizes looking to deploy AI-driven automation for lead capture, customer support, employee onboarding, and other business processes.

Companies competing with Warmly, for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline Β· 7

launches, deals, and filings
Jul 2026
Warmly acquired by HubSpot

Y Combinator's profile marks Warmly as acquired by HubSpot in 2026, with a linked announcement 'Warmly Is Joining HubSpot' dated July 26, 2026.

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Jan 2026
Integration with Rb2b

Warmly's website announces an integration with Rb2b.

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Jan 2026
Launch of AI Autopilot website sales agent

Warmly launched AI Autopilot, an always-on agent embedded on every page of a customer's website that identifies visitors at the person level before a form fill, runs demos, qualifies prospects, books meetings, generates slide decks mid-conversation, offers an optional video avatar, and triggers email and LinkedIn retargeting. Deployment is via a script tag; the company states beta accounts saw a 30% increase in automated inbound meetings.

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Feb 2025
European headcount expansion plan

Following the Series A+ round, Warmly said it would double its European headcount to 20 people, targeting a global headcount of 50.

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Feb 2025
Warmly raises $6M Series A+ led by RTP Global

Series A+ round led by new investor RTP Global with participation from existing investors Felicis and NFX, bringing total Series A funding to $17M. Proceeds earmarked for doubling the sales and marketing team, European expansion, and product/AI roadmap.

$6M source β†—

Oct 2023
Warmly raises $11M Series A from Felicis

Series A round of $11 million announced in October 2023; YC lists the news item as 'Warmly raises $11M Series A from Felicis' (Oct 19, 2023).

$11M source β†—

Aug 2020
Warmly launches free app for Zoom and announces $2.4M in additional funding

YC news listing: 'Warmly Launches Free App For Zoom, Announces Fresh $2.4 Million In Additional Funding.'

$2.4M source β†—

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

β–ΈResearch sources Β· 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Warmly, do?
Warmly is a San Francisco B2B go-to-market platform using AI agents to identify website visitors and automate outreach; acquired by HubSpot in 2026.
Who founded Warmly,?
Warmly, was founded by Max Greenwald, Carina Boo, Alan Zhao in 2020.
Who are Warmly,'s investors?
Warmly,'s investors include Felicis Ventures, Maven Ventures, NFX, RTP Global, Y Combinator, Earl Grey Capital, F-Prime Capital, Matchstick Ventures and 2 more.
How much funding has Warmly, raised?
Warmly, has disclosed $6M raised across 1 of its 5 known rounds.
Where is Warmly, headquartered?
Warmly, is headquartered in San Francisco, US.