Monaco, an AI-powered sales platform, has raised $50 million in Series B funding from investors including Benchmark, Founders Fund, Human Capital, Alt Cap, Mantis and Saga VC. Garry Tan, Neil Mehta, and Stripe co-founders John and Patrick Collison also participated. The company combines end-to-end support with AI-enabled automations and a proven sales methodology to accelerate revenue growth for startups. Founded by Sam Blond, Monaco helps automate routine sales tasks whilst enabling sales teams to focus on high-value interactions that close deals. Monaco is currently in public beta, with general availability launching soon. The platform has seen strong demand since emerging from stealth, with customers seeing results including meeting generation and pipeline creation within days of onboarding.

Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond has launched Monaco, an AI sales startup, raising $35 million across a $10 million seed round and $25 million Series A, both led by Founders Fund. The company emerged from stealth on Wednesday with a public beta of its AI sales platform. Co-founded with his brother Brian Blond, a partner at Human Capital, Monaco targets early-stage startups with an AI-native CRM and prospect database. The platform automates sales workflows including email outreach and meeting scheduling, but uniquely employs human salespeople to monitor and guide the AI rather than replacing them entirely. The startup faces fierce competition from incumbents like Salesforce and HubSpot, plus numerous AI-focused startups. Blond positions Monaco as the next-generation platform leader, calling it the "'Cursor for sales'".