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Cold email template for AI / ML companies buyers
Selling to AI companies is hard because they can spot AI-written copy in 2 seconds. The cold email that lands is one that demonstrates the prompt was good, not just that AI was used.
What AI / ML companies buyers are dealing with
- Hiring against ML talent shortage
- Burning runway on infra cost
- Differentiating against the foundation model arms race
Common buyer roles in AI / ML companies
- Founder
- CTO
- Head of Growth
Sample cold email to a AI / ML companies buyer
Subject: your blog last week on the eval-driven
Hey Marco, your blog last week on the eval-driven dev loop for production agents was the most useful read I have had on the topic.
Most AI companies find that selling outbound is harder than selling inbound, because their buyers screen AI-written copy on instinct.
We are a writing tool that survives the AI-detection screen because the prompt itself is purpose-built for human-feeling output, not a wrap on top of GPT.
Worth 12 minutes Thursday to walk through what 3 AI-stage companies did?
Frequently asked
Will my AI-savvy buyers spot the email as AI-written?
Less often than they would with raw ChatGPT output. The IntelSDR prompt is two years of rewrites specifically to clear human-eye AI-detection. Some still spot it, but not at the rate they spot a generic 'leverage AI to drive revenue' opener.