AI SDR
Software marketed as a replacement for a human sales development rep — autonomous prospecting, writing, and sending. The 2025 generation's flagship vendors became the category's cautionary tale.
The promise was headcount replacement; the delivery was mostly volume without judgment. Reported churn at the best-known vendors ran 70–80%, one was banned from LinkedIn for about two weeks, and buyers learned the pattern: autonomy plus weak context equals expensive spam. The lesson wasn't 'AI can't sell' — it was that the human belongs at the trigger, not in the loop's basement.
LinkedBoost is the LinkedIn MCP for Claude — agent-run outreach with enforced limits and a human trigger on every send. See how it works →