Vayo

Vayo was an Israeli startup established in 2018 by co-founders Avshi Avital and Yarin Benado. The company operated in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) and artificial intelligence sectors, focusing on data analytics for customer success and sales teams.

The core of Vayo's business was a platform designed to unify and analyze customer data from multiple sources. It utilized AI and machine learning to process these complex, cross-platform datasets, identifying key themes and insights from customer interactions. The technology was created to provide analytic capabilities that were previously accessible only to data scientists, enabling customer-facing teams to proactively manage their clients, automate playbooks, and gain actionable insights. The platform would connect to a user's various applications, automatically read the data in any format, and build continuously updated profiles that highlighted the most important information, such as key tasks and customer relationships.

In September 2019, Vayo secured early-stage VC funding from investors including F2 Venture Capital and SAP.iO, raising a total of $1.7 million. This funding supported the company's growth toward generating revenue. The company's trajectory culminated in its acquisition by Gong in September 2020. The acquisition was a strategic move by Gong to enhance its own revenue intelligence platform by integrating Vayo's data analytics technology and incorporating its entire team. The deal aimed to accelerate Gong's product roadmap, particularly its Deal Intelligence capability, which helps sales organizations identify and manage at-risk deals in their pipelines.

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