{"id":1184,"date":"2022-10-19T11:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T18:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gong.io\/?page_id=1184"},"modified":"2025-01-15T15:58:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T23:58:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gong.io\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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WE ARE GONG<\/h1>\n

We\u2019re on a mission to empower companies to unlock their full revenue potential. We help everyone in revenue teams to improve productivity, increase predictability, and drive revenue growth by deeply understanding customers and business trends and taking impactful actions.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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See More. Understand More. Win More.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-section-header>\n\n\n
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\n\nYears ago, while CEO at another company, Amit Bendov had an idea. His teams were consistently losing deals and no one understood why. After reviewing sales calls and emails in search of a solution, Amit realized that revenue leaders and sellers were hearing only part of customer conversations. Lacking an efficient process for accessing and synthesizing customer communications, executives and their teams would spend hours compiling and reviewing CRM notes. Despite this laborious effort, most still resorted to guesswork and gut feelings when making crucial business decisions, rather than what customers were actually telling them. The results were inefficient seller workflows, low productivity, misaligned teams, failed strategic initiatives, and lost deals.\n<\/p>\n\n

\n\nA discussion with his engineer friend Eilon Reshef revealed that AI could help solve the problem. What ensued was an idea for an AI-powered platform that captured customer interactions and analyzed them at scale to deliver powerful insights, suggest next best actions, and orchestrate revenue workflows. The Gong Revenue AI Platform was born.\n<\/p>\n\n

\n\nGong empowers everyone on the modern revenue team to improve productivity, increase predictability, and drive revenue growth by deeply understanding customers and business trends and driving impactful decisions and actions. The Gong Revenue AI Platform captures and contextualizes customer interactions, surfaces insights and predictions, and powers actions and workflows that are essential for business success.\n<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-section-content>\n\n\n

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WE\u2019RE JUST GETTING STARTED<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-section-header>\n\n\n
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Founded, seed round, first customer and user on platform<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-timeline-item>\n\n\n\n
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First paying customers, first Gong Labs article<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-timeline-item>\n\n\n\n
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Series A funding, launched mobile app<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-timeline-item>\n\n\n\n
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45 employees, acquired Ondigo<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-timeline-item>\n\n\n\n
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500 customers, series B funding, series C funding<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-timeline-item>\n\n\n\n
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1,000 customers, 350+ employees, series D funding, acquired Vayo, Gong launches Deal Intelligence and Revenue Intelligence<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-timeline-item>\n\n\n\n
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Gong launches Forecast and Smart Trackers, Gong Collective surpasses 100 integrations, including Snowflake and LinkedIn Sales Navigator<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-timeline-item>\n\n\n\n
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Gong launches AI Methodology Playbooks and AI Scorecard Suggestions, Gong opens offices in New York City, Singapore and Lehi, Utah, to support growth.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-timeline-item>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-timeline>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-section-content>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-section>\n\n\n\n\n
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GONG’S DNA<\/h2>\n

Our 23&Me results came back. Here’s what they said we’re made of:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-section-header>\n\n\n

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GONG GONE GLOBAL<\/h2>\n

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\n\nOur homebase. City by the Bay. Sanctuary for diversity, inclusion, and great eats.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\nOur birthplace, where it all began. HQ for product development team. L’chaim!\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dublin<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/block-title>\n\n

\n\nOur first EMEA outpost, a fast growing team of marketers and sales professionals. Come visit and grab a pint.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\nOur Midwest Go-to-Market office that is growing faster than they make deep dish pizza\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\nNestled in Silicon Slopes, our Lehi office is a vibrant tech hub surrounded by stunning mountain vistas, fostering innovation and creativity.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\nOur latest hub. The city that never sleeps. A melting pot of ambition, creativity, and endless inspiration.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\nOur gateway to APAC. A global city where tradition meets modernity, surrounded by lush greenery and a bustling tropical skyline\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\nWherever you are, that’s where we want to be. Your home is our home. Zoom much?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amit brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in hyper-growth enterprise software startups. Before co-founding and leading the team at Gong.io, Amit was CEO of SiSense, and also held the role of CMO for Panaya.<\/div>\n
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Eilon is a seasoned entrepreneur, executive, and investor in the internet and software spaces. Previously, Eilon was one of the founders of Webcollage.<\/p>

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Eilon Reshef<\/p>\n

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Tim joins Gong from Pure Storage, where he led the company\u2019s global financial and accounting operations. He spent 10 years at Google where he oversaw the company\u2019s planning and budgeting.<\/div>\n
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Ohad has over 20 years of experience in managing large R&D teams. Previously, Ohad was VP engineering of the web security business unit at Akamai, where he grew the team to hundreds of engineers, building products used by thousands of customers.<\/div>\n
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