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Pod - The AI sales copilot to win more deals

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Pod is the ultimate AI workspace for sellers! Pod recommends sales plays, summarizes relevant knowledge about your deals, generates personalized emails, and automates data entry. Manage your pipeline more easily than ever before. Close more deals, faster!

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Patrick Monnot
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Hey Product Hunt 👋 @patrick_monnot here, founder of Pod. Today, I’m beyond excited to introduce Pod’s AI copilot - a smarter way for sellers to close more deals, faster! Over the past few years, I’ve had the chance to work with world-class go-to-market teams and there’s one thing that will always remain true: sales reps want less admin work. Salespeople want to spend more time selling. They want results - admin tasks don't get results, selling does. 🤔 The problem we’re solving: Sellers have too little guidance on how to close deals. Today, 72% of their time is wasted dealing with menial admin tasks. Efforts to make sellers more efficient are overshadowed by too many tools, an overwhelming amount of information, and complicated processes getting in the way of selling. 54% of sellers didn’t hit their quota last year, and as selling gets more complex this will only get worse. 🚀 Meet Pod We’re thrilled to launch an AI copilot built for sellers who want to work smarter, not harder. Pod makes it crazy easy to manage their pipeline, using generative AI and automation to guide sellers. We believe that the top sellers will be the ones using AI to supercharge their workflows. Sellers use Pod to: 🧠 Apply the best sales plays - Stuck with stagnant deals? Pod analyzes winning pipeline trends to recommend who, when, and how to best engage stakeholders. Let Pod call the plays. ✍️ Generate personalized emails - Stop spending hours writing routine emails. Pod generates personalized email copy based on the context, your product, and the stakeholder. 📚 Summarize relevant deal knowledge - Spending time researching a company or contact? Pod synthesizes compelling events on your deals and provides actionable recommendations. ⚙️ Automate data entry effortlessly - Don't get us started on updating your CRM. Pod learns from your pipeline and meetings to keep your CRM up-to-date. 📊 Organize workflows intuitively - But that's not all... Pod is built on an intuitive workspace, helping reps easily update data and manage notes, tasks, and account plans. We've built Pod to help sellers be more productive and hit their quota every time. ✅ Save 10+ hours every week on admin tasks ✅ Improve sales velocity and win rate across their pipeline ✅ Prioritize their time more effectively ✅ Improve data hygiene and sales We’ve already been supporting some of the fastest-growing companies in the world. As a special promo, the Product Hunt community will get free access for the first 6 months 🙏 You can sign up for free and get set up in less than a minute. We're so excited for you all to try it out and we can't wait to hear your feedback and suggestions! A special thank you to @chrismessina for hunting us 🤩 - From the Pod family with 💜
Gonçalo Reis
Congrats on the launch @patrick_monnot. Exciting news for the BizDev, Sales, SalesOps community. Quick couple of questions/clarifications: 1) what you guys are trying to do is basically orchestrate the sales workflows. Would this be a good way to think about it? 2) Is it built for Enterprise and/or Mid-Market GMT? Again... looks amazing and the pain you're addressing is real! Good luck!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@goncalo_reis Thank you for your kind feedback and super relevant questions :) 1) Absolutely! Pod is an AI-powered workspace where sellers can manage their workflows in a single environment (i.e., update Salesforce, manage notes, tasks, account plans), all while leveraging the power of AI to get guidance on their pipeline! 2) It can be used by both Enterprise and Mid-Market go-to-market organizations. Enterprise sellers love Pod because it helps them to better understand how to navigate their deals and how to push them forward. Mid-market sellers love them because it helps them to reduce admin work to the minimum and be much more productive! I hope this answers your questions!
Vince Jeong
Congrats on the launch — looks exciting! Can you share more about how this would fit into a team's sales tech stack? Would you use it alongside outbound/prospecting tools like Apollo or Pipedrive — but replace CRM tools like Pipedrive?
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@vince_jeong thank you for the support and for your great questions! Pod doesn't replace any CRM nor does it replace any prospecting tools like Apollo, Outreach, or Salesloft. It works in pair with these tools and helps salespeople more easily manage their pipeline of open opportunities (after lead qualification)! Account executives are the ones who will benefit the most from a tool like Pod. I hope that this clarifies :)
Loïc Souetre
Congrats on the launch! As someone who's been working on the BD side, this could save sales teams TONs of time wasted on admin and manual entries. Very challenging to find a platform that empowers BD folks to focus on what matters (and what they love) - this might be it!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@loicsou I LOVE your point about focusing on what matters! There is so much noise and it's difficult for BD folks to cut through the noise!
Philippe Gauvin
Hi Patrick, Congrats on the progress and the launch here! As you know there are many tools out there with somewhat similar high-level value proposition. Could you give us a better understanding of what the following entails? "Apply the best sales plays - Stuck with stagnant deals? Pod analyzes winning pipeline trends to recommend who, when, and how to best engage stakeholders. Let Pod call the plays." Oh and give me the Hubspot version ;-) cheers
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@philgo20 Thank you for your support and thoughtful question! To your question about how we differentiate in the market: Our focus is on building a tool for individual contributors (not managers or RevOps). By integrating with other tools in their stack (CRM, conversational intelligence, Email, etc.), we simplify and streamline their workflows. To address your question about "applying sales plays": This is where our AI copilot comes into play. By leveraging pipeline data (i.e., CRM data, activity data, notes, etc.), we can identify similar deals across the pipeline and recommend what is the best sales play As an example, we aim to be able to: (A) Identify when a deal is trailing behind (or stuck) based on historical data (B) Propose the right stakeholder profile to engage based on the progress in the sales cycle (C) Recommend who would be the best contact to follow up/connect/involve (D) Create a personalized message based on the contact's profile, compelling event in their company, and your product. The recommendations and generated content are ultimately embedded in AEs' workflows, rather than live in different systems (out of sight, out of mind!) Let me know if this helps and if you have any follow-up questions :) P.S. Hubspot integration is on its way!!!
Sneha Nair
congratulations on the launch! This looks super cool.
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@sneha_nair95 Thank you so much for your support! It's appreciated :)
Philippe Monnot
Congratulations on the launch of a very cool product @patrick_monnot ! It's exciting to see innovative use of AI.
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@philippe_monnot Thank you - We're super excited about bringing AI into salespeople day-to-day workflows! There are so many cool opportunities to help them!
Josue Montero
Congrats on the launch! Quick question, is it available in Spanish or other languages?
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@josuemontero thank you for your question :) We are working on 100% localization in the coming quarter. However, your data, labels, and records are available in the same language as your CRM. I hope this helps - Let me know if you have any other questions & comments in the meantime. Excited to hear your feedback!
Josh Gleason
Hey @patrick_monnot - congrats on the launch here - you and the team have built what looks like a great product, with a lot of useful features! I'm curious about the onboarding process. In my experience it's easy to get sales people to try something out, but harder to make it stick. Can you highlight some of the ideas you have to maximize the onboarding --> stickiness journey? Keep up the great work!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@josh_gleason - thank you so much for your kind remark! I absolutely love your question - it is at the core of the product-led adoption of any software. As it pertains to onboarding, our approach is to create an onboarding flow that is as frictionless and autonomous as possible. + One-click integration (no implementation needed); you're up and running in less than a minute. + Mock data in the app from the start, to find your way around more easily. + A step-by-step product tour when you sign up - guiding users toward the Aha moment + Pro tips sent via email for the first 2 weeks, exploring different parts of the product We believe that 'making it stick' will be driven by a few factors: + Network effect: the more team members there are on the platform, the more value sellers (and management) will get + Positive feedback loop: Sellers will experience the benefits of our AI copilot if they work out of our workspace. + Gamification: Weekly report to help sellers understand where they stand against their goals and how to improve. I hope this helps - Happy to answer any additional questions you might have. Best,
Kwaku Amprako
This is awesome. Very straight forward and informative video. Well done to the team at pod!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@kwaku_amprako It's appreciated the support and candid feedback :) Especially coming form a design aficionado like yourself!
jayaditt basani
Looks great excited to see how we can use this to reach more a wider audience for our video games.
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@jayaditt_basani Than you for your support! I'd love to see how we can support you too :) The video games industry is a fast-growing space, so we can certainly help!
Julian Chu
Congrats on the launch! Exciting stuff to use AI to get rid of the menial tasks and save time
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@julianchu Glad that you like it! There is so much potential with AI - it's just a matter of being clear why / how it can help people!
Kareem Rahaman
Congrats on the launch! I have a lot of friends who would benefit from something like this!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@kareem_rahaman1 Send them our way :P Thank you for your support!
Marissa Kyres
Congrats on the launch! Looks great!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@marissa_kyres thank you so much for your support :)
Felipe Dominguez
Awesome product! HubSpot integration coming any time soon? Excited to test it out! Congrats guys.
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@fdominguezc @ltropf Thank you both for your support and question! The answer is... yes! It's definitely on our roadmap. We know that there are a lot of great salespeople on other CRMs and we're excited about supporting them as well :) In the meantime, if you share your information on our website, we'll keep you posted on all the latest product updates & releases!
Chad Lortie
Amazing Pod's team! This technology is remarkable in that, at first glance, it may seem obvious, yet no one has developed software that is as intuitive and efficient. It has the potential to be useful to salespeople in any industry. I am enthusiastic about watching the product progress and improve! Keep up the great work!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@chad_lortie you are SPOT on! It's important for us to provide an intuitive and easy-to-use solution for sellers. They have better things to do than jumping between clunky tools!
Brad Smith
Congrats on the launch Pod team! The name of the game right now is optimizing for efficiency, and every second counts as a seller and support member of GTM teams. Giving reps the ability to quickly manage their pipeline and generate thoughtful email to their customers is a game-changer!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@brad_smith10 I could not have said it better to be honest! In the current market where everyone has to do more with less, priority #1 should be to help sellers to spend as much time as possible prospecting, taking to prospects, and closing deals!
Francis Bisson
Congrats on the big launch @patrick_monnot! Great to see AI used to help people rather than try and replace them 👏👏
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@francis_bisson - I LOVE your point! Assisted decision-making > pure automation. In sales particularly, there is a human aspect that AI can't replace. Reps need to spend more time on the sales magic, not on the menial admin work.
Romain Grard
great idea and time saving tool ! well done
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@romain_grard thank you for the feedback! Salespeople spend way to much time on tasks that don't matter
Monika Staponkute
Looks great! Congrats on the launch!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@monika_myzenteam I appreciate the support, Monika!