1Mind Raises $30 Million to Expand AI Sales Agent Mindy

AI sales startup 1Mind announced a $30 million Series A round led by Battery Ventures, bringing its total funding to $40 million. Co‑founder Amanda Kahlow, formerly of 6Sense, said the company’s AI agent, named Mindy, focuses on inbound sales and can handle tasks from web‑site assistance to closing enterprise deals. Mindy, built on a mix of large‑language models including OpenAI and Google Gemini, uses deterministic AI to limit hallucinations and is designed to say when it does not know an answer. More than 30 companies, including HubSpot, LinkedIn and New Relic, are already using Mindy, and the startup plans to grow its team and product capabilities.

Funding Round and Investor Backing

1Mind announced a $30 million Series A financing round led by Battery Ventures. The new capital brings the company’s total raised amount to $40 million. In addition to Battery Ventures, the round featured participation from Primary Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Operator Collective, Harmonic Growth Partners, Success Venture Partners, and angels from firms such as Monday.com, ZoomInfo, Databricks, Box, Gong, Braze and Verkada.

Founder Background and Vision

Amanda Kahlow, the co‑founder of 1Mind, previously founded and served as CEO of 6Sense, a lead‑generation platform launched in 2013. Kahlow left 6Sense in 2020. She describes Mindy not as a traditional outbound cold‑call tool but as an inbound sales agent that can accompany a buyer through the entire buying journey, from initial website interaction to closing the deal.

Mindy’s Technical Design and Capabilities

Mindy is powered by a combination of large‑language models, including OpenAI and Google Gemini. To reduce hallucinations, the system relies on deterministic AI, which provides guardrails once corporate sales materials are ingested, ensuring the agent recites that information accurately. Mindy is also trained to acknowledge when it does not know an answer.

The agent can be customized with an extensive knowledge base covering a company’s products, technical details and competitive positioning. It is used to augment self‑service websites, act as a sales engineer on calls for large enterprise deals, and serve as an onboarding specialist for new customers.

Customer Adoption and Market Traction

After a year of operations, more than 30 companies are using Mindy, including high‑profile names such as HubSpot, LinkedIn and New Relic. These customers have annual contracts, with the average contract value described as six figures. 1Mind also employs the AI internally on its own sales calls.

Team Expansion and Future Outlook

1Mind currently employs 44 people and has 71 open job positions, including roles for account executives. Kahlow envisions a future where AI agents like Mindy take on more functions traditionally performed by human sales engineers, customer success staff, and eventually some account executive responsibilities. She acknowledges that trust remains a barrier for large enterprise buyers, but expects that as confidence in the technology grows, AI‑to‑AI transactions could become common.

Innovative Presentation Tools

During Battery Ventures’ due diligence, Kahlow demonstrated an avatar of herself, named “Amanda,” which could answer questions about 1Mind’s products and her perspectives on women in tech. The avatar is publicly accessible through her LinkedIn page, where users can interact with it.