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Cedar

Execute the best sales playbook in industry

Y CombinatorWinter 2025ActiveB2BEngineering, Product and DesignSalesSales EnablementCRMEmail

What they do

Problem

Fast-growing sales teams struggle to ramp new reps quickly and consistently apply top-performer playbooks while wasting time on CRM admin and follow-ups.

Solution

Cedar is a sales enablement and automation tool that captures and distributes best-rep playbooks and automates CRM updates, follow-ups, and deal strategy workflows.

Who it's for

Go-to-market teams and account executives at fast-growing companies.

Founders

Jesse Li
Founder

Co-founder & CEO at Cedar. B.S. in Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Isabelle Ilyia
Founder

CTO @ Cedar (YC W25). Previous software engineer @ Figma, Notion, and LinkedIn. Studied Computer Science @ Georgia Tech.

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