E38: How Role-Playing with AI Creates Super Sellers with Sriharsha Guduguntla
Description
In today's episode, we dive deep into the revolutionary world of AI-driven sales training with Sai, the co-founder and CEO of Hyperbound.ai, a virtual sales gym designed to elevate GTM functions, sales, customer success, pre-sales, and much more. Hyperbound.ai is turning heads in the tech world, and sales leaders are raving about its ability to deliver real-world simulations and role-playing training at scale.
Sriharsha Guduguntla, a graduate of Y Combinator's Summer Cohort 2023, takes us through the evolution of Hyperbound, from its beginnings as an email automation platform to its current iteration as an AI-powered sales training tool. With over 2,000 user interviews behind them, Sai shares how Hyperbound is helping sales teams upskill and improve their performance, not just with generic scenarios, but through personalized AI bots that simulate real sales calls with decision-makers.
Episode Highlights:
- When Practice Becomes Second Nature, Confidence Follows
- Making Role-Playing Feel Like Real-World Experience
- When Preparation Meets Performance: High-Stakes Calls Made Easy
- Tailoring Practice to Real-World Scenarios and Specific Clients
- Shorter Ramp Times Mean Reps Contribute Faster
- When Change Happens, Be the First to Adapt
- Building a Cohesive Team Beyond Just Sales
- Overcoming the “Training Budget” Mentality: The Wine Incident
- AI Won’t Replace Sales Reps—It’ll Empower Them
- Continuous Improvement with Every Call
Connect with Sai:
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sguduguntla/
Connect with The High Performance Sales Leader Host:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/preesarkar/
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