The problem
Legacy CRMs need manual data entry and give agents incomplete, badly structured customer data
What they do
AI-native CRM that builds itself from emails, calls and meetings for agents to work from
Traction 5,000+ companies signed up since Nov 2025 launch; 400% NDR (company claim); ARR undisclosed
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 26
- Ops roles
- 4
- Headcount
- ~40-45
Headcount ~20 (Sep 2025) → ~40-45 (Sep-Oct 2026), about 2x YoY; 22 open roles, almost all posted in 2026
Hiring in
- San Francisco
- Cambridge
Glassdoor
4.5 ★ 2 reviews ↗Funding
- Last round
- $47M
- Stage
- Series A
- Date
- Sep 2026
Led by Andreessen Horowitz
- Hiring+1.526 open roles on the live job board (10–29 roles = +1.5)
- Funding recency+1.5Series A · $47M, Sep 2026 (1 month ago): 6 months or less = +1.5
- Traction+0.75Some growth: 5,000+ companies signed up since Nov 2025 launch; 400% NDR (company claim); ARR undisclosed
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total3.751.5 + 1.5 + 0.75 − 0 = 3.75 → Tempo (3.5–4.24)
Distance (10K) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
10K · edge: hard to leave
Fast early adoption (5,000+ signups, whole Salesforce migrations, claimed 400% NDR) and a system-of-record lock-in, but a newcomer in crowded CRM behind Salesforce and HubSpot, with Attio, Day AI, Reevo and Monaco chasing the same buyers.
Sources: Upstarts Media: Lightfield raises $47M; 5,000 customers, 400% NDR, rivals (Sep 2026) ↗ · a16z: Investing in Lightfield (Sep 2026) ↗ · VentureBeat: Tome's founders launch AI-native CRM Lightfield (Nov 2025) ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026