The problem
Manufacturers lose jobs because quoting takes days of manual estimating, emails and ERP entry
What they do
AI inside-sales agent that turns manufacturers' RFQs into priced, approved quotes
Traction Over $1M ARR within 6 months of Frank's launch (company); hundreds of weekly users
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 12
- Ops roles
- 3
- Headcount
- ~8-10
~3 staff early 2026 (Built In) → ~8 now (a16z speedrun); 12 open roles, all NYC
Hiring in
- New York
Funding
- Last round
- $9.8M
- Stage
- Seed
- Date
- Oct 2026
Led by Primary Venture Partners, a16z speedrun
- Hiring+1.512 open roles on the live job board (10–29 roles = +1.5)
- Funding recency+1.5Seed · $9.8M, Oct 2026 (this month): 6 months or less = +1.5
- Traction+0.75Some growth: Over $1M ARR within 6 months of Frank's launch (company); hundreds of weekly users
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total3.751.5 + 1.5 + 0.75 − 0 = 3.75 → Warm-up
Seed rule: seed-stage without strong traction starts in Warm-up whatever the score (Tempo by score alone).
Distance (Unproven) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Unproven · edge: hard to leave
Too early to judge: a 2025 seed company past $1M ARR whose agent learns each shop's cost model and sits in its inbox, CRM and ERP (sticky once set up); rivals CloudNC (Quote Agent coming), Plato and Isembard are chasing the same quoting work.
Sources: Tech Funding News: Forgepoint $9.8M seed, competitors (Oct 2026) ↗ · Forbes: Forgepoint passes $1M ARR (Oct 2026) ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026