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LinkedIn Whisperer: The AI That Turns Cold Outreach Into Hot Meetings

Quick Background

Hayk is the CEO & Co-Founder of Agent Grow, an enterprise-ready AI solution that addresses a critical pipeline generation challenge faced by revenue leaders. With experience as a head of sales at three venture-backed companies (one approaching IPO), Hayk identified that traditional prospecting methods are delivering diminishing returns while consuming valuable team resources.

Agent Grow automates the entire LinkedIn prospecting workflow from initial engagement to qualification and meeting scheduling. As Hayk explains, the solution is designed to "supplement humans and human productivity, not get rid of them," allowing sales teams to refocus on strategic activities while the AI handles the labor-intensive outreach process. While currently focused on LinkedIn as "the obvious place to start," the platform has a roadmap for expansion to other channels including Reddit, X, and email.

Key Achievements & Insights:

• Discovered that commenting before sending connection requests leads to "a two and a half X higher conversion rate for LinkedIn acceptance"

• Secured "six figures in revenue" with enterprise paying customers while offering a "free forever" tier

• Allows sales reps to "self-serve" without needing to "sit through a sales call"

• Recently shipped "a 13,000 token, 40 page prompt" for direct messaging

• Raised "seven figures" in funding and recently closed another round

• Increased meetings booked by "35%" for their most successful client

• Focuses on discovery and qualification to ensure quality meetings: "We don't want to just book meetings with anyone on your calendar"

• Has "not had a single user ever be warned or banned by LinkedIn to date"

• Uses a performance-based pricing model for enterprise tier: "price that tier per meeting scheduled"

• Offers integration with Sales Navigator for sophisticated targeting

Watch the full interview below! 👇

The Executive Takeaway

For revenue leaders and product managers, Agent Grow represents a strategic approach to AI implementation that addresses both resource allocation and bottom-line impact. By automating repetitive outreach tasks while maintaining quality control through sophisticated qualification, the platform delivers measurable pipeline growth without disrupting existing sales processes.

What sets Agent Grow apart in the crowded AI landscape is its foundation in sales domain expertise. Hayk notes that successful AI implementation isn't about simple experimentation: "A lot of people think they can just A-B test their way to the best prompts in the world. We tried that approach. It does not work at all." Instead, true domain knowledge is embedded in the solution, ensuring interactions that increasingly pass the Turing test while producing qualified opportunities.

HEADLINE ROUNDUP
Headline recap

• FuriosaAI Rejects Meta's $800M Acquisition Offer (Link) The Korean AI chip company declined Facebook parent Meta's massive buyout, signaling confidence in its independent future.

• Tim Cook Praises DeepSeek AI During China Visit (Link) Apple's CEO endorsed the Chinese AI firm, potentially signaling Apple's strategic AI direction while navigating complex US-China tech relations.

• Browser Use Raises $17M for AI Web Navigation (Link) The startup's browser control technology has captivated investors, promising to revolutionize how AI agents interact with websites.

• Altman: AI Mastery Is the New "Learn to Code" (Link) OpenAI's CEO declares proficiency with AI tools the essential career skill of our era, comparable to coding's transformative impact.

• Malaysia Tracks Nvidia Chips Amid US-China Tech Tensions (Link) Malaysian authorities monitor sophisticated processors reaching Chinese AI companies through Singapore, highlighting the global competition for AI infrastructure.

TRENDS
What's trending in AI

Plaud Note

• Key Player: Plaud AI has disrupted the productivity tech space with a device that has seen explosive 8600% growth in just two years.

• Market Value: With 165K volume and climbing, Plaud Note is capturing significant market share in the rapidly expanding AI-powered note-taking sector.

• Adoption: The dramatic growth curve shows accelerating adoption rates starting in early 2024, with particular momentum in early 2025.

• Recent Developments: The sharp uptick in the graph suggests recent feature enhancements have significantly boosted user acquisition and retention.

Growth: The nearly vertical growth trajectory seen in early 2025 indicates Plaud Note has reached a tipping point where network effects and word-of-mouth are driving exponential user acquisition.

Why It Matters: The remarkable 8600% growth demonstrates enormous market demand for AI-powered productivity tools that can effectively convert spoken information into organized digital content.

The Big Picture: Plaud Note's success signals a fundamental shift in how professionals capture and process information, suggesting voice-first AI tools may soon become the standard for knowledge workers.

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