What world-class GTM looks like in 2026 | Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (Vercel, Stripe, Google)

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Jeanne DeWitt Grosser explains how Vercel replaced 9 of 10 inbound SDRs with a single AI agent built in 6 weeks by one GTM engineer.

  • Vercel collapsed 10 inbound SDRs to 1 human QA-ing an AI agent in 6 weeks, with lead-to-opportunity conversion rate held flat.
  • One GTM engineer spent 25-30% of his time to build the lead agent; the other 9 SDRs were redeployed to outbound.
  • Sellers spend only 30-40% of their time with customers today; agents targeting 70% by eliminating research and follow-up busywork.
  • 80% of buyers purchase to avoid pain or reduce risk, not gain upside — visionary pitches resonate with founders, not enterprises.
  • Stripe’s 2017 “Project Rosalind” attempted AI-driven Mad Libs outbound and failed; Vercel is now rebuilding it successfully with LLMs.
  • Vercel segments by size, Google CrUX traffic rank, and workload type — OpenAI (3,000 employees) gets treated as enterprise due to top-25 traffic.
  • Vercel’s August pricing change moved enterprise-tier features to self-serve, driving PLG growth after finding half of enterprise SKU buyers were startups.
  • Sales comp locks in priorities 12 months ahead — a structural problem when strategy pivots mid-year, as happened with Vercel’s AI cloud launch.

2025-11-30 · Watch on YouTube

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