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# Clay Alternative for AI-Powered Email Outreach

Better email outreach than Clay.com. Skyp turns your enriched lists into personalized campaigns that get responses.

## Company Profile

- **Name**: Vertex Software  
- **VP of Sales**: Alex Chen  
- **Firm ICP**:  
  - **Industry**: B2B SaaS  
  - **Revenue**: $8M ARR  
  - **Tech stack**: HubSpot, Gong  
- **Person ICP**:  
  - **Title**: VP of Sales  
  - **Tenure**: 14 months  
  - **LinkedIn**: Posted 2d ago

## Live Signals

- **Funding**: Series A, 3mo ago  
- **Hiring**: 3 open SDR roles  
- **Press**: TechCrunch, last week  
- **CRM Data**: Closed lost, 8mo ago  
- **Last Touch**: Demo attended  
- **Intent**: Pricing page visit  
- **ICP Score**: 94

## Skyp vs Clay.com  
Compare features and capabilities

| Feature                         | Skyp | Clay.com |  
|---------------------------------|------|----------|  
| AI-Powered Email Writing        |      |          |  
| Lead Database (275M+)          |      |          |  
| Human-in-the-Loop Lead Sourcing |      |          |  
| Multi-Database Lead Sourcing    |      |          |  
| Data Enrichment & List Building  |      |          |  
| No-Code Data Workbench          |      |          |  
| Email Sending Infrastructure     |      |          |  
| Done-For-You Domain Setup       |      |          |  
| API Integrations                |      |          |  
| Unique Emails Per Contact       |      |          |  
| Human-in-the-Loop Control       |      |          |  
| 10-Minute Setup                 |      |          |  
| Deliverability Management        |      |          |

## AI Contact Intelligence  
Skyp scores every contact against your ICP before writing a single word. Firm fit, persona fit, live web signals, and first-party data combine into a single enrichment layer that informs every message.

## Import Contacts Your Way  
Upload a CSV, connect your CRM, paste a LinkedIn URL, or describe your ICP to Claude and let it build the list. Skyp deduplicates and enriches on import so your campaign starts clean.

- **Example**:  
  - **File**: q2-closed-lost.csv  
  - **Campaign Type**: Re-engagement campaign targeting fintech buyers

## Handwritten Emails, by AI  
Skyp's AI researches every contact before writing -- their role, recent news, tech stack, open positions. Each email is written from scratch for that person. No templates, no merge fields, no detectable patterns.

### Sample Email  
- **To**: Alex Chen  
- **From**: alex@skyp.ai  
- **Subject**: our webinar last week  
- **Body**:  
  Alex,
  
  Glad you could join last week. Appreciated your question about the competitive landscape.
  
  Let me know if you'd like to hop on a call: [my calendar is here](https://cal.com/shartsis).

## What Our Customers Say  
- **Ivan Smilianic** (Partner, Innovation Properties Group):  
  > "Setting up Skyp was easy. I got a reply in the first day—and was able to send 188 follow ups I would never have gotten to without it."
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- **Jason Webley** (CEO, Quote2Cash):  
  > "Skyp delivered. We started seeing meetings booked through campaigns from the beginning. It is key to our growth and fundraise."
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- **Jeremy Zuker** (CEO, Scoop Commute):  
  > "Skyp has been a reliable, insightful partner. Their expertise consistently guides our strategy and has fundamentally changed how we approach our campaigns."
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## Conclusion  
Experience how Skyp's AI-powered email outreach delivers better results than Clay.com. See it in action on a demo, or try it free and be live in minutes.