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MarkdownSummary
AI-powered sales intelligence platform that monitors SEC filings, earnings calls, and job postings to deliver verifiable, custom buying signals with linked sources to B2B sales teams.
Funding
0
Founded
2024
Team
10
Critical Notes
- Rejects black-box probabilistic intent scores; every signal includes source link and direct quotes - Reps can cite specific facts (CEO AI mention on earnings call, specific job posting) in outreach - Clay webhooks and Claude MCP integration for natural language pipeline queries
Key Features
- Custom buying signals written in plain English - Verifiable events with linked and quoted sources - Daily monitoring of SEC filings, earnings calls, ATS job postings, and news - Narrative mapping that combines multiple signals per account - Integration with HubSpot, Salesforce, Slack, Teams, and Clay - Claude MCP integration for natural language data interaction - Automated account ranking and discovery backtested against closed-won data
Details
Rebranded from BirdDog to WhiteWhale; founded July 2024 by Noah Jacobs and Jack Porter. Bootstrapped, profitable, about 7 employees, 700+ users, est. $1-2M ARR. Plans start at $200/month, month-to-month, unlimited users. Shifting from sales-led to product-led growth with a Head of PLG hire and free signal preview during onboarding. Industry: Sales Intelligence Software (B2B SaaS). Operates getbirddog.ai and getwhitewhale.com.
Signalscompared to Common Room
1st Party
- Included: Slack and Teams alerts with One-Click Actions to CRM record, HubSpot and Salesforce sync, Google Calendar
- Missing: No website visitor tracking, product usage or data warehouse, marketing automation, ads, chat/support, customer success, or sales engagement platforms; CRM sync appears push-only
2nd Party
- Included: Daily scan of target accounts' own websites and corporate social posts, feeding Why Now summaries
- Missing: Account-level only; no open source, community forums, review sites, events, commerce, or person-level social engagement
3rd Party
- Included: Daily monitoring of SEC filings, earnings call transcripts, ATS job postings (Greenhouse, Workday), press releases, 8,000+ news feeds; exact quotes and source links; up to 35 plain-English signals; auto Why Now summary
- Missing: No technographics, individual job-change tracking, or third-party intent providers (6sense, Bombora, G2); SEC and earnings data only for public companies
Custom
- Included: REST API, webhooks, Clay integration, CSV import/export, Claude MCP connector
- Missing: No native Google Sheets or Zapier listed
1st Party: HubSpot, Salesforce, Slack, Teams, Google Calendar; Slack alerts with One-Click Actions to CRM records. 2nd Party: Daily monitoring of target company websites and social posts for Why Now summaries. 3rd Party: SEC filings, earnings calls, ATS job postings, press releases, news; exact quotes and source links; auto Why Now summary. Custom: API, webhooks, Clay, Claude MCP, CSV import/export.
Identitycompared to Common Room
Enrichment
- Included: none
- Missing: No native enrichment or contact database; relies on webhooks to Clay, Apollo, or ZoomInfo
AI Powered
- Included: none
- Missing: No AI identity capabilities; AI limited to signal definition NLP and account ranking
Identity
- Included: none
- Missing: No identity resolution, person records, merging, or visitor de-anonymization; account-level only
None. Account-level only; no identity resolution, visitor tracking, or contact data. No native enrichment; pushes signal payloads via webhook to Clay, Apollo, or ZoomInfo for waterfall enrichment. AI limited to signal definition NLP and account ranking.
Automationcompared to Common Room
Combine
- Included: Signal Stacking / narrative mapping combines multiple custom signals per account; promoted higher win rate
- Missing: Limited to own public-source signals; cannot combine with first-party or person data; 35-signal cap
Score
- Included: Automated account ranking backtested against closed-won data
- Missing: No custom scoring, person-level scores, or user-tunable weighting; rejects intent scoring
AI Message
- Included: none
- Missing: No AI-generated outreach; provides quote and Why Now summary only
AI Research
- Included: Up to 35 plain-English custom signals; daily monitoring of SEC filings, earnings calls, ATS jobs, 8,000+ news feeds; quotes and source links; signal templates; Claude MCP for natural language queries
- Missing: Public sources only; no first-party, community, usage, or person data; ad-hoc questions need external Claude seat
Workbench: none. Workflow: none. Alerts: real-time to Slack, Teams, HubSpot, Salesforce with quotes and source links. Combine: Signal Stacking per account. Score: none; rejects black-box intent scores. AI Message: none. AI Research: up to 35 plain-English signals monitored daily across SEC filings, earnings calls, ATS jobs, 8,000+ news feeds; Claude MCP integration.
Supportcompared to Common Room
Systems
- Included: Email (hello@getwhitewhale.com) with response in a few hours, bookable founder calls, Mintlify-hosted docs
- Missing: Business hours only; no 24/7, chatbot, in-app support, or SLA
Content
- Included: Role-based quick starts (Admin, Rep), API/webhook/integration docs, demo videos on site and YouTube, interactive free signal preview, blog, case studies, how-to section
- Missing: No training program, certification, or academy
Community
- Included: Built-in signal templates (M&A, hiring roles); agency partner directory
- Missing: No user forum, peer support, or user profiles
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