--- title: Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales... description: Monaco, a new AI sales platform, emerged from stealth with $35M in funding from Founders Fund and notable angels including the Collison brothers and Garry Tan.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/former-founders-fund-vc-sam-blond-launches-ai-sales-startup-to-upend-salesforce-gneqpr05f twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce | daily.dev og:description: Monaco, a new AI sales platform, emerged from stealth with $35M in funding from Founders Fund and notable angels including the Collison brothers and Garry Tan.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/former-founders-fund-vc-sam-blond-launches-ai-sales-startup-to-upend-salesforce-gneqpr05f og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GNeQpr05f.png og:image:alt: Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Monaco, a new AI sales platform, emerged from stealth with $35M in funding from Founders Fund and notable angels including the Collison brothers and Garry Tan. Founded by former VCs Sam and Brian Blond, the startup offers an AI-native CRM and prospecting database targeting seed and Series A companies. Unlike competitors focused on human replacement, Monaco combines AI agents for sales automation with experienced human salespeople who monitor the AI, train it, and conduct actual customer meetings. The company positions itself as a challenger to Salesforce and HubSpot in the crowded AI sales tech market. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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