AI Sales Development Rep — Autonomous SDR
Strides is the AI Sales Development Rep that handles the full SDR function: prospecting, outreach, calling, and meeting booking — without headcount.
A human SDR handles research, outreach, follow-up, and meeting booking — but only 8 hours a day, for 1 campaign at a time. Strides' AI SDR handles all of it, 24/7, across unlimited campaigns simultaneously.
By the Numbers
- 24/7 — AI SDR works without breaks
- ∞ — Campaigns run simultaneously
- 0 — SDR headcount required
- 22% — Cold-to-meeting conversion
The AI Sales Development Rep That Replaces the Function.
Research, outreach, calling, and booking — every SDR task automated with AI.
Prospect Research
Finds, scores, and qualifies your ideal customers from 6 live data sources — hiring signals, funding rounds, intent data, and more.
Personalized Outreach
Writes and sends emails that reference the prospect's specific context. Not templates with merge fields — genuinely unique messages for every person.
AI Phone Calls
Real phone conversations with real objection handling. The AI books meetings on the call, detects voicemail in 2 seconds, and leaves a perfect message every time.
Inbound Handling
Responds to every inbound inquiry in under 60 seconds, qualifies them against your ICP, and books a meeting before your team even opens their laptop.
Autonomous Pipeline
Stranger to booked meeting without a single human touchpoint. The full outbound motion runs on its own, 24/7, across every timezone.
CRM Sync & Reporting
Every interaction logged to your CRM automatically. Calls transcribed, scored, and summarized. Full pipeline visibility without any manual data entry.
An AI SDR Does Everything a Human SDR Does — and Nothing Else
A Sales Development Rep has a very specific job: identify qualified prospects, reach out with personalized messages, follow up consistently, handle early-stage objections, and book meetings for Account Executives. This job is well-defined, repeatable, and data-intensive — which makes it ideal for AI automation.
Strides' AI SDR performs every function in the SDR job description: ICP-matching prospect identification, signal-based trigger research, personalized email and call outreach, multi-touch follow-up sequences, reply handling, objection responses, and calendar-direct meeting booking. The full job, not a subset of it.
The economic case for an AI SDR is straightforward: a human SDR costs $60–90K per year (plus benefits and management), ramps over 3–6 months, books 15–25 meetings per month at peak, and leaves within 18 months on average. Strides costs a fraction of that, deploys in 48 hours, operates at 10x the volume, and has no turnover.
What Customers Say
We were spending 3 hours a day on list building. Strides does it overnight while we sleep. We wake up to 200 verified, signal-qualified leads every morning.
Daniel Frey, Head of Sales at Paigo — 200 signal-qualified leads delivered every morning
Our previous tool sent the same email with the name swapped. Strides writes something different for every single person. Prospects actually respond saying they were impressed.
Jordan Lee, Director of Sales at Resend — Reply rate up 3.7× in the first 30 days
Frequently Asked Questions
Can an AI SDR really replace a human SDR?
For the outbound prospecting function (finding prospects, writing outreach, calling, booking meetings), yes. Strides performs all of these tasks autonomously and at higher volume than a human SDR. Human AEs are still needed for discovery, demos, and closing.
Does the AI SDR work differently across different industries?
Yes. Strides configures separate AI SDR personas for different verticals, each with industry-specific signal monitoring, messaging norms, and persona targeting. An AI SDR for healthcare companies operates very differently from one for devtools companies.
How does an AI SDR handle sensitive or complex objections?
Strides handles common sales objections (timing, budget, not the right contact, already using a competitor) with pre-configured, customizable response frameworks. Complex or unusual objections can route to human review rather than automated response.
What is the ramp time for an AI SDR vs. a human SDR?
Strides is live and producing meetings within 48–72 hours of kickoff. Human SDRs typically take 3–6 months to reach full productivity.
Can an AI SDR work alongside existing human SDRs?
Yes. Many companies use Strides to augment their existing SDR team — the AI handles high-volume tier-2 and tier-3 prospect outreach while humans focus on strategic accounts that warrant a more personalized, high-touch approach.