Gong.io

Gong.io

AI-driven revenue intelligence from conversations

Overview

Gong provides a revenue intelligence platform that uses AI to analyze every customer interaction for sales teams. It records, transcribes, and analyzes conversations across calls, video meetings, emails, and chats to surface data-driven insights about deals, sales tactics, and buyer and competitor trends. The platform offers Deal Intelligence, People Intelligence, and Market Intelligence, and it integrates with CRM systems and collaboration tools to highlight deal risks and coaching opportunities and suggest next steps. Its goal is to help revenue teams win more deals by turning conversations into actionable, data-driven strategies.

About Gong.io

Simplify's Rating
Why Gong.io is rated
B+
Rated A on Competitive Edge
Rated A on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$586M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2015

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What believers are saying

  • Gong reached $500M ARR with 55% YoY growth, saving sales reps 10 hours weekly by addressing wasted seller time.
  • Accord + Gong integration closes execution gap by pushing conversational insights into mutual action plans and stakeholder maps.
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot accesses Gong's revenue AI via Model Context Protocol, delivering contextualized recommendations in Teams and Outlook.

What critics are saying

  • Outreach's Kaia AI competes by embedding conversation intelligence in workflows, reducing separate platform need; high impact in 12–18 months.
  • Gong's AI features criticized as basic despite claims; high costs and fees drive enterprises to cheaper alternatives within 6–12 months.
  • If Revenue Harness fails to operationalize AI for revenue outcomes, enterprises may abandon it for CRM-native tools, risking knock-out scenario.

What makes Gong.io unique

  • Mission Big Dipper introduces Custom Agents for RevOps leaders to build governed AI agents without engineering support.
  • Gong Revenue Harness unifies data, teams, and strategy across the GTM motion as a missing execution layer for AI agents.
  • Gong Enable's Dry Run feature enables realistic role-play rehearsals using real account history before upcoming meetings.

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Funding

Total Funding

$586M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

8 Rounds

Series E funding typically includes additional rounds after Series D if the company needs more capital. The business is usually stable, and these rounds are typically used for further expansion or to address market challenges.
Series E Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

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Benefits

Mental health support resources

Weekly wellness events

Work from home stipend

Generous vacation days

Quarterly recharge company shutdowns

Parental leave

Employee equity

Retirement savings & financial coaches

Commuter & parking benefits

Training & learning programs

Monthly lunch & learns

Mentor & buddy programs

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

1%
Accord
Jun 8th, 2026
6 questions answered: what the Accord + Gong integration means for your revenue team.

6 questions answered: what the Accord + Gong integration means for your revenue team. InAccord sat down with Ross (CEO, Accord) and Patrick Burke (GTM Tech Partnerships, Gong) to dig into the details of the new integration, and why it changes how deals get done. Head of Marketing June 8, 2026 InAccord sat down with Ross (CEO, Accord) and Patrick Burke (GTM Tech Partnerships, Gong) to dig into the details of the new integration, and why it changes how deals get done. Sellers have long faced an execution gap. Conversational intelligence sitting in one tool, and the buyer-facing artifacts (mutual action plans, business cases, stakeholder maps etc.) living somewhere else. Usually a spreadsheet or slide deck that nobody updates. The new Accord + Gong integration is built to close that gap. InAccord asked Ross and Patrick 6 questions about the partnership and integration. Here's what they said. Most people know Gong as a call recorder. How has that evolved, and what does Gong bring to this partnership? Patrick: Gong has really evolved well beyond conversational intelligence. Today InAccord is pulling in context from forecasting, emails, soon text messages, LinkedIn messages all in one repository so you can truly understand everything happening with a customer. And now, with this integration, InAccord can push all that context directly into Accord to power the artifacts sellers actually share with buyers. What's the biggest pain point this integration solves for sellers day to day? Ross: The manual work of creating and maintaining things like mutual action plans, business cases, and stakeholder maps. For most organizations these live in a sheet, doc, or deck, so they're painful to build and almost never get updated. Now InAccord can take all the intelligence from Gong, and the CRM, and actually create and update content automatically. The carrot for sellers becomes: way more context, and way less busywork. Can you give a concrete example of what the integration looks like in a real deal? Ross: Think about a discovery call. Your champion mentions two key stakeholders you've never talked to. Are you going to remember them? Are you going to go back and listen to minute 23? With the integration, that insight gets pushed automatically back to both the CRM and your stakeholder map, with accountability to actually engage those people. Multiply that across every insight from every call, and the compounding effect on deal quality is huge. How does content and resource recommendations work with the integration? Ross: Marketing or partnerships might arm the team with great content, but the seller has to remember to use it at the right moment. Now, when conversational intelligence detects that a prospect mentioned a specific platform or use case, the integration can surface the right two pieces of content to include in your next steps and follow-up email. It's the thing you should already be doing, but it's impossible to do manually across every single deal with the right level of detail. Patrick: With Gong's push into enablement (AI coaching, call scoring, content generation), this makes it so much easier for Accord to suggest the right content at the right time for that specific individual, not just based on persona or ICP. How does the Accord x Gong Integration connect to forecast accuracy? Ross: A lot of joint customers are tying customer-validated actions back to their forecast score. You're picking up signals on the call, those drive actions for the seller, but has the customer actually engaged? Have you gotten the right stakeholders to sign off? Have you shared the business case and had them come back? Using that real two-way engagement to power a forecast score is something people are really excited about. Patrick: Third-party signals pushing into the forecast score are massively underutilized. And there's a very strong buyer signal when someone is actively working through a mutual action plan. That's a real signal, not noise. Where do you see customer-validated actions heading more broadly? Ross: They're going to become more and more prevalent, whether through Accord, Gong, or other products like CPQ tools. Understanding who's actually opening an order form, engaging with a business case, completing a step in a mutual action plan, that's the next true layer of signals everyone will care about. It goes beyond "the rep said they did the thing." It answers: did the customer actually engage. Closing. The Accord + Gong integration represents a meaningful shift in how revenue teams can operate, turning unstructured conversational data into structured, buyer-facing accountability. For teams already using Gong, it's a way to put all that intelligence to work where it matters most: in the deal, with your prospects and customers.

The Global Legal Post
Mar 20th, 2026
AI business Gong hires ex-lacework legal head as CLO.

AI business Gong hires ex-lacework legal head as CLO. 20 March 2026 Joe FitzGerald replaces John Slavitt, who left the company in February Joe FitzGerald US artificial intelligence company Gong has hired Joe FitzGerald as chief legal officer, replacing John Slavitt who left the company last month. FitGerald was most recently CLO at cloud security platform Lacework. He brings more than 25 years of experience across compliance, corporate development and transactional work. In his new role he will oversee all global legal affairs, including corporate governance, IP, data privacy and regulatory matters. San Francisco-based Gong provides an AI-powered revenue intelligence platform for businesses to manage their revenue-generation life cycle. Advertisement Amit Bendov, CEO and co-founder of Gong, said: "Joe's deep expertise in scaling compliance for multi-billion dollar tech companies uniquely positions him as the right leader to support our next phase of growth." FitzGerald spent three and a half years at Lacework until leaving in 2024 following its acquisition by cybersecurity business Fortinet. Prior to that he spent just under eight years at data storage business Pure Storage, the majority of them as CLO. He also had in-house spells at symantec and its predecessor business VERITAS Software across a number of legal roles, including senior vice president for legal and public affairs and VP for IP. He also spent three years as director for legal at sun microsystems, having started his career in private practice at legacy firm graham & james. LAW OVER BORDERS COMPARATIVE GUIDES mediation this first edition of the law over borders comparative guide to mediation considers the development of mediation and its role in the international disputes market, with contributions and insights from leading private practice dispute resolution lawyers and general counsel... | 10mos. He said: "Gong is at an incredible inflection point, transforming how the world's most sophisticated revenue teams operate through AI. I am thrilled to join a team that is not only innovating at a rapid pace but is also deeply committed to building a trusted, enterprise-grade platform. "I look forward to working with Gong to navigate the legal and regulatory landscape while supporting its mission to help revenue teams unlock their full potential." Slavitt, meanwhile, departed in February after four and a half years as CLO at Gong. He previously spent more than 22 years at Check Point Software Technologies, where he was general counsel. In other recent AI-related in-house moves, back in January business workflow AI platform ServiceNow hired former Microsoft legal chief Hossein Nowbar as CLO, replacing Russ Elmer. And last June, AI-powered customer experience platform Genesys hired Allen Chiu as CLO, replacing Jim René.

PR Newswire
Mar 17th, 2026
Gong appoints Joe FitzGerald as chief legal officer to navigate AI growth

Gong, a Revenue AI company, has appointed Joe FitzGerald as Chief Legal Officer, effective 16 March 2026. FitzGerald will oversee global legal affairs, including corporate governance, intellectual property, data privacy and regulatory compliance. FitzGerald brings over 25 years of experience in compliance and corporate development. He previously served as Chief Legal Officer at Lacework, guiding the company through rapid expansion and its acquisition by Fortinet. Before that, he spent eight years at Pure Storage, scaling the legal function from startup through IPO to a multibillion-dollar public enterprise. The appointment comes as Gong, which serves over 5,000 companies globally, continues expanding its AI-native platform for revenue teams. FitzGerald is based in Austin, Texas.

Enterprise Times
Mar 6th, 2026
Gong fires up Customer Office with Simon Frey as CCO

Gong fires up Customer Office with Simon Frey as CCO. March 6, 2026 Gong has announced the promotion of Simon Frey to the role of Chief Customer Officer. Frey joined Gong in January 2024 as SVP Customer Outcomes. The promotion will see him partnering with over 5,000 Gong customers to help achieve Revenue AIK transformations by embedding Gong's AI OS into their go-to-market operations. He is appointed as demand increases, as firms turn to AI to improve revenue performance, unify customer data, and drive more consistent execution without increasing headcount across their sales teams. Frey will be responsible for the global customer strategy. Cloud software should not be sold and forgotten; instead, vendors or their partners need to ensure that customers not only adopt the solution but also leverage the latest updates to maximise the value of their subscription. Shane Evans, Chief Revenue Architect at Gong, commented, "Simon has spent years partnering closely with our customers. Helping them unlock meaningful growth across their revenue organisations. What we have realised is that simply layering AI on top of old workflows isn't enough. "Organisations are looking for a foundational system that improves productivity and drives sustainable growth at scale. With Simon at the helm of our Customer Office and our new team of Revenue Architects, we are uniquely positioned to design and deliver measurable AI success outcomes for our customers." Who is Simon Frey. Frey began his career at Finalta in London before joining McKinsey & Company when the consulting firm was acquired. He helped launch Finalta in the USA. Frey then co-founded a startup before joining Qualtrics, helping scale its in-house services and partner solutions ecosystem, and the company grew quickly before its acquisition by SAP. He then joined TaxBit as VP Customer Success. There, he was promoted to VP, Revenue and was responsible for RevOps, Sales, Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, and Partnerships. He has a BSc in Business Administration from Georgetown University. Simon Frey, Chief Customer Officer at Gong, commented, "I've had the privilege of working closely with Gong's customers for years, and I'm continually inspired by how they're embracing AI to go to market in ways that simply weren't possible before. "Right now, we're seeing an unprecedented level of innovation with agentic AI, but many teams are still struggling to turn early experimentation into real business impact. As Gong scales, our focus is on helping customers operationalise Gong and the Revenue AI OS to drive measurable outcomes." Gong creates a new Customer Office. In a strategic move, the firm is setting up a unified Customer Office. This creates an integrated unit comprising pre-sales and post-sales teams to foster a unified vision between sales and delivery. It will help align the vision sold to customers and the value they actually realise once they are using Gong. Moreover, it embeds customer success throughout the customer lifecycle and brings a level of partnership needed in today's software market. The new team will provide a mix of advisory, activation, and advocacy. The intent is to help embed predictive intelligence into customers' daily operating rhythms. To support this, Gong is planning to quintuple its Services and Consulting ecosystem. It aims to recruit internally and leverage Global System Integrators to achieve this. It has also introduced a specialised Revenue Architects team to serve as strategic partners in AI transformation. To achieve this, Gong has introduced a 12-week Revenue Architect accreditation program. The course includes skills around AI workflow design, operational consulting, and change leadership. Enterprise times: what does this mean. These initiatives and the promotion of Frey are a strong indication that Gong is serious about supporting its customers in their AI Revenue operations revolution. Customers welcome the move: Pradeep Konduru, Vice President of GTM Strategy at Procore. "As part of Procore's growth trajectory, we are laser-focused on maximising sales productivity and accelerating outcomes across the board. Gong is a key partner in helping our teams drive revenue execution at scale, providing the AI-driven insights needed to win more effectively. "We're continuing to see a meaningful impact and look forward to continuing the partnership as Gong expands its support for customer success through the new Customer Office." The expansion is happening now, with nearly 100 job openings on the Gong careers page. Most of these are in the US. But some are in other parts of the world, including Israel, London, Berlin, Dublin, Sydney, and Singapore. February 26, 2026 February 24, 2026

All Post News
Mar 5th, 2026
Gong Appoints Simon Frey as Chief Customer Officer as Global Customer Base Surpasses 5,000

Gong appoints Simon Frey as Chief Customer Officer as global customer base surpasses 5,000. Mar 5, 2026 SAN FRANCISCO, CA - March 4, 2026 - Gong, the leading revenue AI company, today announced the appointment of Simon Frey as Chief Customer Officer as its global customer base surpassed 5,000 organizations - marking a significant milestone in the company's continued growth. Frey, who previously served as Senior Vice President of Customer Outcomes, will lead Gong's global customer strategy as the company scales its platform and services to meet strong demand. The company's continued growth underscores how enterprises are investing in AI to improve revenue performance, unify customer data, and drive more consistent execution across their go-to-market teams. "I've had the privilege of working closely with Gong's customers for years, and I'm continually inspired by how they're embracing AI to go to market in ways that simply weren't possible before," said Simon Frey, Chief Customer Officer at Gong. "Right now, we're seeing an unprecedented level of innovation with agentic AI, but many teams are still struggling to turn early experimentation into real business impact. As Gong scales, our focus is on helping customers operationalize Gong and the Revenue AI OS to drive measurable outcomes." "As part of Procore's growth trajectory, we are laser-focused on maximizing sales productivity and accelerating outcomes across the board," said Pradeep Konduru, Vice President of GTM Strategy at Procore. "Gong is a key partner in helping our teams drive revenue execution at scale, providing the AI-driven insights needed to win more effectively. We're continuing to see a meaningful impact and look forward to continuing the partnership as Gong expands its support for customer success through the new Customer Office." As part of this leadership expansion, Gong is launching a unified Customer Office - a strategic integration of its pre-sales and post-sales motions to ensure total alignment between the vision sold, and the value realized throughout the customer journey. This evolution addresses a critical market shift: enterprises no longer require just software tools, but rather a dedicated partner to provide the advisory, activation, and advocacy needed to embed predictive intelligence into their daily operating rhythms. To support this expansion, Gong has scaled its Services and Consulting ecosystem fivefold - leveraging both in-house experts and global systems integrators (GSIs), and introduced a specialized Revenue Architects team to serve as strategic partners in AI transformation. "Simon has spent years partnering closely with our customers, helping them unlock meaningful growth across their revenue organizations," said Shane Evans, Chief Revenue Architect at Gong. "What we have realized is that simply layering AI on top of old workflows isn't enough. Organizations are looking for a foundational system that improves productivity and drives sustainable growth at scale. With Simon at the helm of our Customer Office and our new team of Revenue Architects, we are uniquely positioned to design and deliver measurable AI success outcomes for our customers." Together, these milestones reinforce Gong's commitment to setting the standard for modern AI-driven revenue architecture - and redefine the customer experience, providing the blueprints and technical sophistication necessary for enterprises to win in an AI-first economy.

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