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Nov 2016
People.ai is the leading AI data platform for go-to-market teams, powering trillions in pipeline and revenue for the world’s top enterprises.
Started in 2016 by Oleg Rogynskyy to empower sales teams with the best tools, People.ai was built on one mission: give revenue leaders more than raw data—give them the answers they need to take action.
Today, People.ai processes billions of signals from emails, meetings, and messages, then enriches that data to surface the most useful next steps. The result: activity becomes actions that move deals forward.
Companies like Verizon, IBM, Red Hat, Cisco, Zoom, and Palo Alto Networks rely on People.ai to automate account planning, deal reviews, enablement, and forecasting—so their teams can stay focused on winning.
People.ai in numbers:
→ Trillions of dollars in pipeline and revenue powered
→ Billions of sales signals processed
→ 70+ patents issued and 50+ more under review
Visit our Jobs section if you want to work for us!
Investor & Advisor
2015
PRISM Analytics provides simulation-based analysis and strategic insight to business decision makers across the spectrum of important competitive trade and investment landscapes. Leveraging 40+ yrs of combined experience, PRISM provides modeling and analysis expertise in:
- Commodity market analysis and global trade forecasts, for many merchant and specialty commodities;
- Next-investment decision analysis that supports scenario planning and risk management;
- Operational efficiency analysis at the plant and supply chain levels;
- Resilience analysis to support business continuity planning;
PRISM draws on decades of experience at the U.S. national laboratories, working on the forefront of scientific and engineering solutions to some of the world's most difficult economic and global supply and demand complexities. Insights from this work have significantly influenced U.S. policy in the areas of disaster recovery, risk and resilience analysis, business continuity, and supply chain management. This work has resulted in next-generation PRISM simulation algorithms that generate innovative new insights and dynamic trends at the enterprise, supply chain, and international market scale.
PRISM's does this by using its flexible library of simulation components and advanced algorithms that model each of the following:
ENTERPRISE MODELING: How firms operate using capital, resources, and processes;
SINGLE-FIRM SUPPLY CHAINS: How firms use their supplier and buyer markets to efficiently and tactically manage operational and strategic changes in their operations;
MULI-FIRM SUPPLY CHAINS: How collections of vertically and horizontally integrated firms operate and compete;
INFRASTRUCTURE MODELS (e.g. Transportation): How different modes/conditions for infrastructure impact the market competitiveness and profitability of firms; and
GLOBAL COMMODITY MARKET MODELS: How global conditions affect firms' competitiveness, profitability, and resilience.
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2024
Executive Partner
Sep 2024
We deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights. Our expert guidance and tools enable faster, smarter decisions and stronger performance on an organization’s mission-critical priorities.
Our unrivaled combination of business and technology insights steers clients toward the right decisions on the issues that matter most. As a $6.5 billion company, with over 20,000 associates, and a member of the S&P 500, we are an objective partner with 13,000+ client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories — across every major function, geography, industry and market sector — and boast 45+ years of experience providing insights and expert guidance to client enterprises worldwide.
To learn more about how we guide the leaders who shape the world, visit gartner.com.
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT)
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2016
Investor
Nov 2016
People.ai is the leading AI data platform for go-to-market teams, powering trillions in pipeline and revenue for the world’s top enterprises.
Started in 2016 by Oleg Rogynskyy to empower sales teams with the best tools, People.ai was built on one mission: give revenue leaders more than raw data—give them the answers they need to take action.
Today, People.ai processes billions of signals from emails, meetings, and messages, then enriches that data to surface the most useful next steps. The result: activity becomes actions that move deals forward.
Companies like Verizon, IBM, Red Hat, Cisco, Zoom, and Palo Alto Networks rely on People.ai to automate account planning, deal reviews, enablement, and forecasting—so their teams can stay focused on winning.
People.ai in numbers:
→ Trillions of dollars in pipeline and revenue powered
→ Billions of sales signals processed
→ 70+ patents issued and 50+ more under review
Visit our Jobs section if you want to work for us!
Founder
Nov 2016
Zephyr Holdings is a boutique firm, focused on helping small to medium-sized businesses succeed. We are different. We invest in your business- and we build our fees are around your success.
2015
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Zephyr Holdings
Founder
Jan 2015
Investor & Advisor
2015
PRISM Analytics provides simulation-based analysis and strategic insight to business decision makers across the spectrum of important competitive trade and investment landscapes. Leveraging 40+ yrs of combined experience, PRISM provides modeling and analysis expertise in:
- Commodity market analysis and global trade forecasts, for many merchant and specialty commodities;
- Next-investment decision analysis that supports scenario planning and risk management;
- Operational efficiency analysis at the plant and supply chain levels;
- Resilience analysis to support business continuity planning;
PRISM draws on decades of experience at the U.S. national laboratories, working on the forefront of scientific and engineering solutions to some of the world's most difficult economic and global supply and demand complexities. Insights from this work have significantly influenced U.S. policy in the areas of disaster recovery, risk and resilience analysis, business continuity, and supply chain management. This work has resulted in next-generation PRISM simulation algorithms that generate innovative new insights and dynamic trends at the enterprise, supply chain, and international market scale.
PRISM's does this by using its flexible library of simulation components and advanced algorithms that model each of the following:
ENTERPRISE MODELING: How firms operate using capital, resources, and processes;
SINGLE-FIRM SUPPLY CHAINS: How firms use their supplier and buyer markets to efficiently and tactically manage operational and strategic changes in their operations;
MULI-FIRM SUPPLY CHAINS: How collections of vertically and horizontally integrated firms operate and compete;
INFRASTRUCTURE MODELS (e.g. Transportation): How different modes/conditions for infrastructure impact the market competitiveness and profitability of firms; and
GLOBAL COMMODITY MARKET MODELS: How global conditions affect firms' competitiveness, profitability, and resilience.
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