Backstory (formerly People.ai)

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People.ai rebranded to Backstory in April 2026, shifting from activity capture to a 'Revenue Answers Platform' with conversational AI. Backstory connects signals across email, meetings, calls, and CRM records to answer revenue questions (deal status, risk, next steps) via natural language queries. Backed by ICONIQ, a16z, Lightspeed with enterprise customers including Red Hat, Five9, Palo Alto Networks.

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