Othello raises $8M to put AI coaching inside live sales calls
Jared Zelman's startup says its models respond in under 500 milliseconds and counts Microsoft, Capital One and Lyft among its customers.
By Ryan Merket · Published · Updated
Primary source: X
Why it matters
Othello is betting that sales AI can earn a place in the live conversation, where advice has to arrive quickly enough to be useful. Its customer and performance figures remain company-reported, and the competitive field already includes vendors offering real-time coaching.
Othello raised an $8 million seed round on October 14th to develop AI models that coach sales representatives during live calls, turning a sales problem co-founder Jared Zelman encountered at an earlier startup into a product he is now selling to enterprise teams. The round was announced by Zelman on X and reported by Business Insider.