Nooks’ founders, Dan Lee, Nikhil Cheerla, and Rohan Suri, were honored as Forbes ‘30 Under 30 AI’ recipients for their visionary work in creating an AI-driven sales assistant platform that automates the busywork in dialing, prospecting, and coaching so reps can focus on the human side of selling.
This week, Nooks’ founders, Dan Lee, Nikhil Cheerla, and Rohan Suri, were recognized as Forbes ‘30 Under 30 AI’ recipients. This prestigious award is a testament to the founders’ vision for AI – and their dedication to their customers, colleagues, and community.
While studying at Stanford, the three founders saw that AI was at an inflection point. Its capabilities were advancing at a blistering pace. But practical business uses were underdeveloped.
So, while still at college, they decided to build a smart “virtual office” that would help teams to collaborate more effectively.
Turning an AI Vision into a Business Application
They quickly found that sales people were the most engaged with the product. So, they wanted to learn how they could help these users in particular. As they dug deeper into how sellers worked, they had an epiphany:
Sales is fundamentally a human-to-human interaction – but reps struggle to free up time to focus on this relationship building.
The founders knew that AI could automate the manual, repetitive, and low-value work that gets in the way of building these relationships. They believed that by eliminating this busywork they could make sales more effective and more fulfilling.
AI could make sales more human.
A Platform Loved by Sellers Globally
Now, that vision has become a reality. Nooks’ AI Sales Assistant Platform (ASAP) is loved by tens of thousands of sales people globally. Our users spend more time in Nooks than any other product in their toolkit because it helps them exceed their goals and have more fun in the process.
This customer love continues to grow because of the founders’ leadership, the execution of the Nooks team, and our dedication to our users.
And that’s why this recognition by Forbes is so special. It not only highlights that AI can help people to focus on human relationships. It also proves that a radical focus on helping customers to succeed is always the right strategy.
Congratulations to our founders and thank you to our customers for sharing this journey with the Nooks team.
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