Chert provides a full‑stack outbound sales service that sources leads, initiates personalized conversations, and books meetings via iMessage, a high‑trust messaging channel with higher open rates than email or LinkedIn. Using AI‑augmented agents, the platform delivers verified phone numbers, handles real‑time dialogue, and syncs qualified calls directly to the client’s calendar, letting sales teams focus on closing.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Sales teams spend extensive time sourcing leads, crafting outreach, and managing cold‑email or LinkedIn campaigns that suffer low open and response rates, delaying pipeline generation.
Solution
Chert operates a full‑stack outbound service that runs the entire prospecting pipeline over iMessage, a personal messaging channel with high trust and open rates. Clients define their ideal customer profile once, and Chert’s AI‑augmented agents source qualified prospects with verified phone numbers, initiate personalized conversations, and handle real‑time dialogue. The service leverages iMessage’s bypass of spam filters to achieve response rates up to ten times higher than traditional email or LinkedIn outreach. Qualified prospects are then converted into scheduled calls that appear directly on the client’s calendar, allowing salespeople to focus solely on closing. The platform also provides a dashboard for monitoring conversations and intervening manually if needed.
Target Audience
Primary customers are growth‑stage startups and scaling companies that need rapid outbound pipeline generation, particularly sales and growth teams looking to replace low‑performing email or LinkedIn campaigns.
Features
- AI‑driven lead sourcing based on a single ICP definition, delivering verified phone numbers without manual data vendor work
- Personalized outreach via iMessage, a high‑trust channel that avoids spam filters and inbox competition
- Automated conversation handling by AI agents, with real‑time monitoring and manual override through a dashboard
- End‑to‑end meeting booking that places qualified calls directly onto the client’s calendar within a week
- Full‑stack service model eliminates the need for separate dashboards, sequences, or self‑serve tools