{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Good Tech Companies ","title":"Forgepoint Raises $9.8M From Primary and a16z Speedrun to Give Factories an AI Sales Team","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":565,"description":"\n This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/forgepoint-raises-$98m-from-primary-and-a16z-speedrun-to-give-factories-an-ai-sales-team.\nForgepoint raised a $9.8M seed led by Primary and a16z speedrun for Frank, an AI sales rep that helps US manufacturers quote faster and win more work.\nCheck more stories related to undefined at: https://hackernoon.com/c/undefined.\n You can also check exclusive content about #forgepoint, #a16z, #a16z-speedrun, #primary-venture-partners, #software-engineering, #technology, #good-company, #ai-and-ml, and more.\nThis story was written by: @ishanpandey. Learn more about this writer by checking @ishanpandey's about page,\n and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.\nForgepoint has raised a $9.8 million seed round led by Primary Venture Partners and a16z speedrun, with angel investors from OpenAI, Brex, Vercel and SoFi.\n\nIts AI Inside Sales Rep, Frank, runs the request-for-quote to purchase-order process for manufacturers using each shop's own pricing rules and approvals.\n\nForgepoint reached seven-figure annual recurring revenue within six months of launching Frank, with hundreds of engineers, estimators and sales reps using it every week.\n\nCustomers send 30% more quotes a month on average and cut their time to quote by more than 55%.\n\nConstruction spending on US factories was still running at $171 billion a year in August 2026, more than double its 2021 pace.\n\nNearly half of manufacturers now expect a vendor to respond within 24 hours, according to a 2025 Gardner Intelligence study.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HZ9CRzf5js9DK86xzUVMWBRbXYwg4dA8xVXJGVzpL6Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMTNl/MjgwMmI0ZmEzNThj/YmJiOWNiN2UyZmRm/MzY3My5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}