Artisan
Artisan sells AI software that automates outbound sales prospecting, replacing tools like ZoomInfo and Outreach. The company has raised $46M in Series A funding and employs 235 people.
The growth story
Artisan grew from 1 to 275 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $46M along the way, most recently a Series A in April 2025.
About
Artisan's product Ava automates the entire outbound sales process, from lead sourcing to meeting booking, using a database of 350M+ B2B contacts. It targets companies looking to reduce costs on sales development teams, with customers including CookUnity and Quora.
The company raised $46M in Series A funding in April 2025, though its headcount growth rate is unclear. With 235 employees, Artisan has scaled rapidly since its 2023 founding.
Founders and leadership
Customer Success and Support is the largest function at Artisan, with 13 employees. The company has a median tenure of 1 year, suggesting a relatively young workforce.
The Artisan org chart
Jaspar Carmichael-Jack (Founder & CEO) leads 24 mapped leaders with 6 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Operations 179 (+152% YoY), Sales 24 (+140% YoY), Engineering 22 (+10% YoY), Business Development 21 (+50% YoY), Administrative 13 (+8% YoY), Information Technology 10 (+100% YoY).
Talent flow
Artisan recruits heavily from Cleverly, Burst Digital, and IBM, each contributing 3 hires. Alumni most often move to Rippling and GrowthOS, with 3 and 2 departures respectively.
Most common previous employers of Artisan staff: Cleverly (6), Burst Digital (3), IBM (3), Amazon (3), HubSpot (2), Clearbit (2). Former Artisan employees most often moved to Rippling (3), GrowthOS (2), Golden Gate University (1), Freshworks (1), Optalo (1), Microsoft (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Artisan mafia
Artisan alumni have founded 3 companies, including GrowthOS, which employs 6 people and was started by a former Artisan founder.
3Sidhant Goyal, was Senior Software Engineer until 2026Katrina Laszlo, was AI Product Manager until 2025Rupert Dodkins, DPhil FRAS, was Founder & CTO until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 44% direct, 38% search, 5% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Artisan: Customer Service (34), Microsoft Office (30), Communication (28), Sales (25), Microsoft Excel (22), Leadership (22), Management (22), Project Management (21).
Where the team actually sits
Artisan people are concentrated in California, United States (15), United States (6), New York, United States (4), San Francisco Bay Area (3).
Search footprint
Artisan attracts about 10,560 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $129K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1,542 ranking keywords and lost 1,189 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Artisan has 235 employees as of September 2026.
Artisan has raised $46M in total, most recently a Series A round in April 2025.
Artisan was founded in 2023 by Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, Sam Stallings, Julius Schaeli.
Jaspar Carmichael-Jack (Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Artisan's reporting structure, with 6 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Artisan staff are Cleverly (6 people), Burst Digital (3 people), IBM (3 people).
Former Artisan employees most often move to Rippling (3), GrowthOS (2), Golden Gate University (1).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at Artisan, including GrowthOS, Tanso, Verve.
Artisan attracts about 10,560 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $129K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Artisan staff are Customer Service, Microsoft Office, Communication, Sales, Microsoft Excel.
Artisan staff are concentrated in California, United States (15), United States (6), New York, United States (4).
Artisan has about 179 people in Operations, up 152% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Artisan has about 24 people in Sales, up 140% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 66 current and 54 former Artisan profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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