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AI · January 29, 2013

Close.io by Elastic (YC W11)

Close is the CRM with a built-in AI teammate that works with your team to call leads, qualify prospects, book meetings, and keep your CRM up to date automatically, so you can focus on selling.

Close.io by Elastic (YC W11) launched on January 29, 2013 with 31 votes, #68 of 526 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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In plain words

Close is a sales CRM platform that integrates calling, email, SMS, and pipeline management alongside an AI sales agent called Chloe. The AI teammate automatically calls leads, qualifies prospects through conversations, and books meetings while updating the CRM. Close is designed for sales teams seeking to streamline their workflow and act on sales data more efficiently. Chloe generates summaries from calls, emails, and meetings, providing transcripts and action items automatically.

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Close is a sales CRM built for teams that sell. It combines calling, email, SMS, pipeline management, reporting, and an AI sales agent named Chloe into a single platform. Close helps teams act on their sales data. Chloe is an AI sales agent built into Close CRM that calls leads, qualifies prospects through real conversations, and can book meetings while updating your CRM automatically. She is part of the CRM — not a separate tool or integration. Chloe generates a complete AI summary of every lead — pulling from calls, emails, and meetings. Full transcripts, action items, and key moments are all logged to the CRM automatically Chloe prepares follow-ups based on call transcripts and sends…from close.io

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