Clay’s report

Cardinal

Domain
trycardinal.com
Scanned
Oct 5, 2026
Stage
Not disclosed
Raised
Not disclosed
Funding date
Not disclosed
Axes
Agentic, Early stage, Noncustomer buyer

This page reads Cardinal, part of Clay’s long tail: a smaller player serving buyers Clay does not target. It is not compared factor by factor, because it is not competing for the same buyer yet.

What Cardinal is

Two founders, 50+ YC customers, first account executive still an opening

Jobs Cardinal serves

  1. Product signups roll in, and the buyer wants the VP of eng at that account emailed.

What stands out about Cardinal

Playbooks read like a founder’s own notes — one Leafpress flow “Booked 30 meetings from about an hour of setup work.”

Cardinal’s facts: three, each with its source.

Scroll to step through all 3; tap one for its full text and its source. A fact nobody states says why.

  1. Pricing, 1 of 3Unknown: not stated

    Unknown: not stated

    Source Oct 5, 2026 Confidence low.

  2. Funding, 2 of 3Unknown: not stated

    Unknown: not stated

    Source Oct 6, 2026 Confidence medium.

  3. Launch, 3 of 3Unknown: Quote ‘launched Cardinal as an AI revenue platform on Thursday’ is present, but no article date (2026-07-30) and no YC Winter 2026 batch appear in the text

    Unknown: Quote ‘launched Cardinal as an AI revenue platform on Thursday’ is present, but no article date (2026-07-30) and no YC Winter 2026 batch appear in the text.

    Source Jul 30, 2026 Confidence low.

Cardinal’s status: independent

Cardinal’s confidence: medium evidence.

Citations: 4 sources

  • Oct 5, 2026 entailed

    Own site headline “Design how you sell.” sells agents that run outreach, research and CRM sync, with founder-led selling emphasized; testimonials are founders, e.g. “Michael Silver, Founder + CEO, Kaizen”.

  • Jul 30, 2026 entailed

    Independent report: “more than $5 million from Y Combinator, Audacious”, two founders hiring their first AE, and more than 50 YC companies as customers — small teams with no SDR bench. Under the $10M bar.

  • Oct 5, 2026 unverified this run

    Clears the filter: Winter 2026 batch, two founders listed, San Francisco, “Revenue Agents for GTM teams”. No Wikipedia page.

  • Oct 5, 2026 unverified this run

    HTTP 404 this run — no pricing page exists, so no price string is quotable.