Artisan just raised a $25 million Series A led by Glade Brook Capital, 23-year-old CEO Jaspar Carmichael-Jack exclusively tells TechCrunch. Artisan is one of a bevy of fast-growing startups in the highly watched AI sales development representative (AI SDR) market. It’s probably best known for its “Stop Hiring Humans” marketing campaign that has generated many news articles, social media posts, comments, and a few death threats, says the company. On April 1, Carmichael-Jack even announced his “resignation” in response to the backlash, saying he was being replaced by an “AI CEO.” It was an April’s Fool joke and Carmichael-Jack is still very much CEO. More seriously, when asked if he truly believes that AI will replace people, Carmichael-Jack says, “No, which is ironic, because we did the billboards that said, ‘stop hiring humans’ but that was mostly just for attention.” Read more on Artisan at the link in the bio 👆 Article by Julie Bort Image Credits: Artisan #TechCrunch #technews #artificialintelligence #Artisan #AIstartup #startup #founder