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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 💜
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!!!
AJ Alkasmi
@patrick_monnot congrats on the launch. THIS is exactly what we've been looking for. Super pumped to start our trial. The Knowledge Center is a huge gamechanger for us - literally saves hours per day trying to sift through news and linkedin posts to find those killer news snippets for effective "icebreakers". Amazing solution and beautifully intuitive design - congrats again!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@aj_alkasmi - glad to hear your feedback! You're exactly right on the Knowledge Center - staying on top of what's happening with your accounts/contacts is time-consuming :) Excited to have you try it out and share your feedback!
Stefan Despotovski
Congratulations on the launch @patrick_monnot, looks really good, I like the way you implement AI in your product, and saving sales reps time is always a plus in my book.
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@stefan_despotovski1 Thank you for your support! Salespeople waste a lot of their precious time on things that don't matter. Focus is key!
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,
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 :)
Christophe Brizard
Congrats Pod's team! These are the best technologies; when it looks obvious at first sight, but you realize nobody has created such intuitive and effective software. And any sales person could benefit from it, no matter the industry. Excited to see the product evolve! Keep it up!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@christophe_brizard You're spot on @christophe_brizard! It is our priority #1 to create an easy-to-use platform that sellers can leverage in their day-to-day workflows! Excited as well to bring more intuitive solutions to salespeople's pain :)
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!
Philippe Lavoie
Congratulations on the launch @patrick_monnot! Great to see AI applied specifically in sales. I'm sure it will optimize time use of a lot of sales people!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@philippe_lavoie2 Absolutely! Today, most sales reps spend 3/4 of their day on admin work. It's huge :) Thank you for the support!
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 :)
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!
Michelle Koh Potts
Congrats on the launch @patrick_monnot! Excited to see how your AI copilot will leverage AI To help salespeople!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@michelle_koh_potts Thank you for your support! It will always be as a decision-aid (vs. pure replacement).
Gideon Simons
Such a clever use of AI to solve real pain points! I love the clean and efficient UX and I have a feeling that a lot of sales reps will not look back after starting to use this as their main workhorse!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@gideon_simons Glad that you like the UX. Coming from design guru like yourself, it means a lot!
raj kommaraju
Congrats on the launch @patrick_monnot, looks really good. I like that it works together with existing tools and helps drive efficiency, instead of replacing them. Great work!
Kyle Stout
Extremely exciting Patrick - congrats! I see so many places that this could significantly help salespeople, but would love your thoughts on where you might prioritize something like a pilot first? SDR/AE/CSM, SMB vs ENT, US vs international . Also, have you thought about marketing and self serve use cases? Congrats again!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@kylestout Thank you, Kyle! Greatly appreciate the comment and question: From a prioritization perspective, we're mostly focused on supporting account executives today in North America (US and Canada)! We've had the opportunity to support account executives in both SMB and Enterprise organizations, but from a pilot perspective, we've done more work with organizations. I hope this helps - feel free to keep sharing your questions!
Matt Haun
Congrats guys, super sleek already. Excited to see where else you find uses for ai tools in the process. Lots of excitement to spend more time with customers and less time jimmying around in salesforce. +1 on the hubspot edition also (but tbh no where near as painful as my prior days in sfdc)
Patrick Monnot
Maker
@mdh498 I hear you loud and clear on the Hubspot integration! Although I also agree that SDFC is very painful! Thank you for your support, Matt!
Kitty Kwan
Congrats on the launch Pod team! Super clean UI and clear value props highlighted in the video. I lead a couple of operations teams, and several of the features that you mentioned are super helpful for any customer-facing team - excited to see Pod go deep into Sales and eventually expand to other functional areas. All the best!
Carl Jobin-Shaw
Hi Pat & the Pod team! Congrats on the launch!! Excited to watch this grow especially on the AI side of things. I can definitely see the time saved by leveraging AI for time consuming admin tasks Would POD be able to merge/work/interact with any CRM sales software (Pipedrive, Follow-Up-Boss, Zendesk...)? Will it also, in time, be able to suggest efficient sales cycle, timely follow-ups and SOPs? Great work, keep it going!!
Patrick Monnot
Maker
Great questions, @carl_jobin_shaw ! I love those :) + Today, we integrate with Salesforce as the main CRM, but have a roadmap of additional ones! The way Pod interacts with these CRMs is by helping salespeople to their data more easily and update it in seconds (vs. having to work out of a clunky CRM). + Regarding efficient sales cycles, YES! Absolutely, this is where our insights and predictive analytics will come into play. We will analyze similar deals in your pipeline and provide alerts and recommendations on the best course of action! I hope this helps - let me know if you have any additional questions :)
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!