If AI is making SDRs obsolete, why are companies at the AI frontier hiring more of them?
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If AI is making SDRs obsolete, why are companies at the AI frontier hiring more of them? According to http://SDRLeader.com founder Sam Nelson, frontier labs, neo-clouds, and AI infrastructure companies have doubled their SDR counts over the past year and are adding SDRs faster than the rest of their go-to-market headcount. At a recent Madrona AMA hosted by Anna Baird and Eric Wong, Sam explained where automation is changing the work and where human contact still matters. On inbound, agents can deliver the immediate response buyers expect. On outbound, a polished, personalized email is incre
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