Monaco is building an AI-native alternative to the legacy sales stack. Its product suite includes an AI-native CRM, a ZoomInfo-style prospect database built from scratch, and AI agents that create and execute email outreach campaigns, draft follow-ups and take meeting notes.
A key differentiator is its human-in-the-loop model: Monaco supplies experienced human salespeople who monitor and guide the AI agents' work, rather than relying on fully autonomous automation. It targets young seed- and Series A-stage startups that need to build a revenue engine quickly.
Monaco was co-founded by Sam Blond (former Founders Fund VC and ex-CRO at Brex), his brother Brian Blond (partner at Human Capital), Abishek Viswanathan (ex-CPO at Apollo and Qualtrics) and Malay Desai (ex-SVP engineering at Clari). It emerged from stealth in February 2026.
The company raised a $10M seed and $25M Series A (both led by Founders Fund with Human Capital participating), then a $50M Series B led by Benchmark in May 2026, bringing total funding to $85M.
Monaco competes broadly with Salesforce, ZoomInfo and the AI SDR/CRM category, positioning as a unified AI-native revenue engine.