Chert Technologies Inc.
Chert provides the infrastructure for businesses to automate conversations over iMessage, offering a high-trust channel for outbound sales and customer engagement.
At a Glance
- B2B Sales
- Marketing & Adtech
- SaaS Companies
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Products & Services
Infrastructure for teams to send, receive, and automate conversations over iMessage using APIs.
Platform for autonomous, personalized, and conversational lead outreach and conversion through iMessage at scale.
Market Position
Positioned as a high-trust alternative to email and LinkedIn for outbound sales by utilizing iMessage infrastructure.
Leadership
Founders
Ian Fong
Co-Founder @ Chert (YC P26). Studied Math & Econ at NYU. Previously worked at J.P. Morgan. Z Fellow.
Gary Gao
Co-Founder @ Chert (YC P26). Studied CS & Wharton at UPenn. Z-Fellow. Previously co-founded Flux (reached #1 on Product Hunt).
Executive Team
Ian Fong
Co-Founder
NYU Math & Econ, J.P. Morgan, Z Fellow.
Gary Gao
Co-Founder
UPenn CS & Wharton, Z Fellow, Flux Founder.
Founding Story
Chert was started with the thesis that email is oversaturated and LinkedIn is noise. The founders aim to fix outbound sales by leveraging iMessage as the highest-trust communication channel.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription SaaS
Pricing Tiers
Pricing details not publicly disclosed but reported as subscription-based.
Target Markets
- B2B Sales
- Marketing & Adtech
- SaaS Companies
- Outbound sales
- Customer acquisition
- Lead conversion
- Business automation via iMessage