BlastPoint
BlastPoint sells AI-powered customer intelligence software to energy and financial companies. The Pittsburgh-based company has raised $17M and employs 72 people.
The growth story
BlastPoint grew from 16 to 72 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $17M along the way, most recently a Series A in October 2025.
About
BlastPoint provides analytics software that helps businesses understand their customers better. Its platform uses AI to generate insights without requiring technical expertise, targeting energy and financial firms looking to improve customer engagement.
The company has grown to 72 employees since its 2016 founding. It raised $17M in Series A funding in October 2025, with backing from investors including Allos Ventures and Carnegie Mellon University.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is BlastPoint's largest function with 12 staff. The company has a median employee tenure of 2 years, suggesting moderate turnover.
The BlastPoint org chart
Alison Alvarez (CEO & Co-Founder) leads 23 mapped leaders with 2 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 16 (+45% YoY), Sales 12 (+100% YoY), Information Technology 10 (0% YoY), Business Development 10 (0% YoY), Operations 4 (+33% YoY), Marketing 4 (+100% YoY).
Talent flow
BlastPoint recruits heavily from Youngstown State University, which accounts for 4 alumni. Other talent sources include Drund and OpenArc. Alumni have gone on to work at Microsoft and Altria.
Most common previous employers of BlastPoint staff: Drund (3), OpenArc (2), Tethr, a Creovai company (2), CEB, now Gartner (2), Youngstown State University (2), The Event Discovery Company (2). Former BlastPoint employees most often moved to Microsoft (2), Collabrios Health (1), Storytelling by Data ✨ (1), TP (1), Northgate Investments and Consulting Group (1), Altria (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The BlastPoint mafia
BlastPoint alumni have founded 3 companies, including Northgate Investments and Consulting Group and Storytelling by Data ✨.
3Jitendra Dahale, was Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) until 2023Lekhana Reddy, was Data Analyst until 2018Michael Filippone, was Enterprise Account Executive until 2025Web traffic
Traffic mix: 0% direct, 0% search, 0% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at BlastPoint: Microsoft Office (27), Data Analysis (25), Leadership (24), Customer Service (23), Python (Programming Language) (22), Microsoft Excel (22), Project Management (20), Management (20).
Where the team actually sits
BlastPoint people are concentrated in Pennsylvania, United States (9), United States (7), Greater Pittsburgh Region (2), Ohio, United States (2).
Search footprint
BlastPoint attracts about 312 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $2K a month if bought through ads. It gained 45 ranking keywords and lost 56 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 5.00 / 5
- Senior management
- 5.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.70 / 5
Frequently asked
BlastPoint has 72 employees as of September 2026.
BlastPoint has raised $17M in total, most recently a Series A round in October 2025.
BlastPoint was founded in 2016 by Tomer Borenstein, Alison Alvarez.
Alison Alvarez (CEO & Co-Founder) sits at the top of BlastPoint's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current BlastPoint staff are Drund (3 people), OpenArc (2 people), Tethr, a Creovai company (2 people).
Former BlastPoint employees most often move to Microsoft (2), Collabrios Health (1), Storytelling by Data ✨ (1).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at BlastPoint, including Northgate Investments and Consulting Group, Storytelling by Data ✨, The Discipline Standard.
BlastPoint attracts about 312 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $2K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among BlastPoint staff are Microsoft Office, Data Analysis, Leadership, Customer Service, Python (Programming Language).
BlastPoint staff are concentrated in Pennsylvania, United States (9), United States (7), Greater Pittsburgh Region (2).
BlastPoint has about 16 people in Engineering, up 45% over the past year, as of September 2026.
BlastPoint has about 12 people in Sales, up 100% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 53 current and 44 former BlastPoint profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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