Headquarters
San Francisco, CAFounded
2015CEO / Founder
Amit BendovEmployees
501-1000Funding
Series D+ — $584MProducts
1 product listedAvg. AI Score
7.7/10Website
www.gong.ioProfile updated
Gong provides revenue intelligence software that analyzes sales conversations and customer interactions using artificial intelligence. The company was founded in 2015 by Amit Bendov and Eilon Reshef and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Gong's platform captures and analyzes sales calls, emails, and web conferences to provide insights into deal progression, customer sentiment, and sales team performance. The software integrates with CRM systems and communication tools to automatically record and transcribe customer interactions. The company serves enterprise sales organizations across technology, financial services, and other industries.
Gong has raised approximately $584 million in funding across multiple rounds, including a $250 million Series E round in 2021 that valued the company at $7.25 billion. The company employs several hundred people and has expanded internationally with offices in Israel and other locations. In 2022, Gong acquired Typeface, a conversation analytics company, to enhance its AI capabilities.
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Who Gong competes with, and how they differ.
ZoomInfo bundles Chorus.ai conversation intelligence with its contact and intent data, competing most directly with Gong on call recording and deal analytics — but sells it as an add-on to ZoomInfo's go-to-market data suite rather than as a standalone revenue platform.
2 products reviewed on TopReviewedClari leads with CRM-centric revenue forecasting and pipeline inspection, layering in conversation intelligence (via its Wingman acquisition) as a secondary feature rather than Gong's core call-analysis depth.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedAvoma targets SMB and mid-market revenue teams with per-seat pricing well below Gong's enterprise contracts, trading Gong's deal-signal depth and AI agent suite for a lighter-weight meeting-assistant product.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedSalesloft is primarily a sales engagement and cadence platform that layered conversation intelligence on top of outbound workflow automation, competing with Gong on deal visibility more than on call-analytics depth.
Key milestones in Gong's history, with sources.
ARR surpasses $500M with 55% YoY growth
Gong reported ARR exceeding $500 million with 55% year-over-year growth, its tenth consecutive quarter of accelerating growth, serving 5,000+ customers including half of the Fortune 10.
gong.ioAcquired RightBound to add account and contact data
Gong acquired RightBound to strengthen its Revenue Graph data layer, adding account and contact data, financial signals, and buying-group intelligence aggregated from third-party sources.
gong.ioSeries E — $250M led by Franklin Templeton at $7.25B valuation
Gong raised a $250 million Series E led by Franklin Templeton, valuing the company at $7.25 billion — nearly 3x its prior valuation — with participation from Coatue, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia, Thrive Capital, and Tiger Global.
gong.ioAcquired Vayo, an Israeli sales-data startup
Weeks after closing its Series D, Gong acquired Vayo, a 5-person Israeli startup that analyzes structured sales data to flag churn risk and deal slowdowns.
techcrunch.comSeries D — $200M, valuation reaches $2.2B
Gong raised a $200 million Series D, more than doubling its valuation to $2.2 billion in just months.
techcrunch.comSeries C — $65M led by Sequoia Capital
Gong closed a $65 million Series C led by Sequoia Capital, bringing total funding to $134 million; Carl Eschenbach joined the board.
gong.ioAcquired ONDiGO to extend conversation intelligence platform
Gong acquired AI-powered sales intelligence startup ONDiGO, adding activity-analysis technology to its call recording and transcription platform; the deal coincided with a Cisco Investments extension of the Series A1 round.
prnewswire.comSeries A1 — $20M led by Norwest Venture Partners and Shlomo Kramer
Gong raised a $20 million Series A1 round led by Norwest Venture Partners and Shlomo Kramer, joined by Wing Venture Capital and NextWorld Capital.
prnewswire.comSeries A — $6M led by Norwest Venture Partners
Gong emerged from stealth with a $6 million Series A round led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from Check Point co-founder Shlomo Kramer.
prnewswire.comGong founded by Amit Bendov and Eilon Reshef
Gong was founded in 2015 by CEO Amit Bendov and Chief Product Officer Eilon Reshef to build AI-driven conversation intelligence for B2B sales teams.
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