About Backstory
Backstory (formerly People.ai) is an AI-powered Revenue Answers Platform for enterprise sales teams. It automatically captures and unifies go-to-market activity data from emails, calls, meetings, and CRM records to deliver actionable answers about deal status, pipeline risk, and next steps. The platform integrates via open APIs and MCP with tools like Salesforce, Slack, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude, serving customers such as Red Hat, Palo Alto Networks, and Five9.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$200M
Last stage
Growth
Investors
Founders
Oleg Rogynskyy
Founded People.ai (now Backstory) in 2016. Previously co-founded Semantria, a sentiment analysis company acquired by Lexalytics. Background in NLP and machine learning from Nstein Technologies. Stepped down as CEO in October 2025 and moved to the board.
LinkedInJason Ambrose
Appointed CEO of People.ai (now Backstory) on October 30, 2025 under a planned succession from founder Oleg Rogynskyy. Previously SVP of Marketing and Strategy at People.ai, with prior roles at McKinsey, Appirio, and Motive Partners.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.