Cohesive is an agentic CRM for blue-collar services. It automates sales and marketing outreach for trades businesses such as janitorial, pressure washing, landscaping, HVAC, and pest control companies. The company was founded by Kevin Zhang (CEO) and Nam Nguyen (CTO) and was part of Y Combinator's Spring 2025 batch.
Cohesive
ActiveThe agentic CRM for blue-collar services
Total raised
$500K
1 round
Stage
Seed
Jan 2025
Team
1-10
since 2025
Pricing
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Founded
2025
New York, United States
Agent-ready
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Agentic CRM tailored to blue-collar and trades businesses
Automated sales outreach to prospects and leads
Automated marketing outreach across channels
Workflows built for trades such as HVAC, janitorial, landscaping, and pest control
AI agents that handle repetitive customer acquisition tasks
Lead and contact management within the CRM
Automation of follow-ups to reduce manual sales effort
Purpose-built for service-business sales cycles
12/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
Jan 2025 Seed $500K ● Y Combinator
Capital network
$500K raised ·1 backer·10 network links
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- What is Cohesive?
- Cohesive is an agentic CRM that automates sales and marketing outreach for blue-collar service businesses such as HVAC, janitorial, landscaping, and pest control companies.
- Who is Cohesive built for?
- It is built for trades and blue-collar service businesses, including pressure washing, landscaping, HVAC, janitorial, and pest control companies.
- What does 'agentic CRM' mean here?
- It means the CRM uses AI agents to automatically carry out sales and marketing outreach tasks, rather than only storing contacts and requiring fully manual workflows.
- Who founded Cohesive?
- Cohesive was founded by Kevin Zhang (CEO) and Nam Nguyen (CTO) and was part of Y Combinator's Spring 2025 batch.
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