AI sales reps failed on data, not execution, says outreach operator
Capable_Document3744 · reddit · 2026-09-03
A LinkedIn outreach operator argues AI SDR products fail because demos rely on clean ICP data while real customer data is messy, forcing agents back to the same scraped public info everyone uses. He points to Artisan's pivot from 'stop hiring humans' to 'humans AND AI', and says the fix is a foundation of licensed operator knowledge — the thesis behind his new SaaS, Kuron.
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