We've been analyzing demo funnels across B2B SaaS companies, and the pattern is consistent: the "Book a demo" button creates a 5 9 day gap between peak buyer intent and first product contact.
By the time the call happens, half the excitement is gone. No-show rates climb. Reps spend the first 15 minutes on basics the prospect would've preferred to explore alone.
The fix isn't a better calendar tool. It's removing the wait entirely.
We built Naoma to replace that gap with an instant AI demo live, conversational, running in the browser 24/7. The prospect gets a real product walkthrough the moment they click. We route qualified leads straight to sales.
In early pilots, we're seeing 6 20% visitor-to-demo conversion, which for most inbound funnels is a meaningful jump from the default.
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We applied for the YC S26 batch a while back — and seeing @aaronoleary thread made us even more excited about the opportunity.
Naoma is an AI video agent that replaces the "Book a Demo" wait with an instant, live product demo on your website. Buyer hits peak intent, gets a real walkthrough on the spot, gets qualified and routed — no scheduling, no rep required.
Pre-seed backed by Ultra VC, Sparkle Ventures and angels. Early pilots with UXPressia, Yesim, Mellow and others. Seeing 10–20% visitor-to-demo conversion, with up to 30% moving to next steps.
Would be an incredible opportunity for us at this stage. Fingers crossed.
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@aaronoleary @dmitry_zakharov_ai Congrats on the launch! This looks really cool. Curious how accurate the lead qualification is in practice
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@olia_nemirovski thank you!
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@olia_nemirovski Thank you!
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@dmitry_zakharov_ai congrats on a new great launch!
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@nastassia_k thank you for your support!
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@dmitry_zakharov_ai @nastassia_k thank you!
@dmitry_zakharov_ai @nastassia_k congrats!
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@dmitry_zakharov_ai LFG
@dmitry_zakharov_ai good luck guys!
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@eugene_lipski thank you!
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@eugene_lipski Thank you!
@dmitry_zakharov_aigreat launch! glad to see that you actually listen to customers. demo bottleneck is real, especially for PLG teams trying to scale without adding AEs. how the qualification accuracy compares to human reps after a few hundred sessions.
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@andrew_white_13 thank you!
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@andrew_white_13 thanks for supporting us!
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@andrew_white_13 Many thanks!
I am following Naoma's journey since their first launch, and implemented their demo-agent on one of my projects. I think that they made a wise pivot from yet another analytics to solution that covers extremely important and time sensitive part of the sales funnel. Congrats on the new launch!
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@michael_vavilov Many thanks!
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@michael_vavilov Thank you!
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@michael_vavilov thank you for your trust and support!
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@michael_vavilov thanks for the feedback!
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@ponikarovskii hi Anton!
And thank you for the great question.
So the answer is probably yes - depends on the product. We can discuss it and share our experience
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@ponikarovskii Thank you!
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@ponikarovskii it might be, but we are focusing more on b2b products right now
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@ponikarovskii thanks! We are more focused on B2B SaaS use cases now, but I believe it can be extended to other verticals in the future.
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Looks very nice. Good luck with the launch! Curious to what average check is that tailored
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@islam_midov hi Islam and thank you for your question. Get demo now and if U'd like - book a demo with our sales team. We'll show you our pricing.
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@islam_midov Thank you!
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@islam_midov thanks for the support - to be honest, we are still trying to figure it out. But the target price is $10 per demo from 3+ minutes
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@islam_midov Many thanks!
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The scheduling step kills momentum at exactly the wrong moment, when a prospect is most curious and most ready to engage.
The 10-20% visitor-to-demo conversion stat is quite impressive - what was your sample? Most SaaS websites convert visitors to signups at 1-5%, so getting someone into an actual product walkthrough at that rate would be a meaningful shift in how the top of funnel works.
The trust question you're asking is the right one. For me it comes down to two things: how well the agent handles the moment it doesn't know the answer, and whether it can detect when a prospect is genuinely evaluating vs. just poking around. A graceful "let me connect you with someone who can answer that" beats a hallucinated response every time.
Curious whether Naoma is designed for established SaaS with complex flows or also works for early stage products where the demo itself is still evolving, and how would it work when new features are added into the workflow. Congrats on the launch!
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@joao_seabra Thank you, and great questions, these go straight to the core of what we've been working through.
On the sample: the 10-20% is from early pilots across a handful of B2B SaaS companies - small sample, so we're careful not to overgeneralize. But the directional signal is consistent: when you remove the scheduling friction and replace it with an instant conversation, a meaningful share of visitors who would have bounced actually engage.
On handling unknowns I fully agree. A confident hallucination is worse than an honest handoff. Naoma is designed to recognize the boundary and route gracefully to a human when it hits it. That moment, done well, actually builds trust rather than breaking it.
On early-stage products: Naoma works best when there's enough product to show, but it doesn't require a polished, static flow. When features change, you update the agent. It's closer to briefing a new rep than rebuilding a product tour.
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@joao_seabra Thank you!
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@joao_seabra Joao, thank you for your support!
The pivot from analytics to this makes a lot of sense honestly. Every B2B SaaS I've worked on has the same bottleneck where sales can't keep up with demo requests, and by the time someone gets scheduled half of them have already gone with a competitor.
10-20% visitor-to-demo conversion is wild if that holds up at scale. How are you handling product updates? Like when the SaaS pushes a new UI, does Naoma automatically learn the new flows or does someone need to retrain it?
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@mihir_kanzariya It can handle small changes automatically, big redesigns will require human intervention right now. But we are working on solving this problem automatically with the help of additional exploration agent that can map out the product features.
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@mihir_kanzariya thank you for your great question, out CTO David will answer it.
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@mihir_kanzariya thanks for the support! And I see that David has already answered the question
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@mihir_kanzariya Thanks so much for the feedback
From a SaaS founder’s perspective, this is something I’d actually use. “Book a demo” has been a huge drop-off point for us – people are interested, but they don’t want to wait days just to see the product.
What I like about Naoma is that it:
lets visitors get a real, interactive demo instantly
can walk through actual product flows, not just a marketing video
helps qualify visitors and route serious buyers to our sales team or checkout
If this works as promised, it basically turns our demo from a scheduling problem into an on-demand product experience. Curious to see:
how well it handles more complex questions
and whether it can actually increase qualified demos without overwhelming our reps.
Overall, this feels like a very natural upgrade to the traditional “book a demo” funnel.
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@yu_zhou8
This is exactly the problem we set out to solve — and you've described the value prop better than most of our own copy. 😄
On your two questions:
Complex questions — this is where we've invested heavily. The demo adapts based on role, use case, and what the prospect actually asks mid-session. It won't handle every edge case perfectly today, but the bar is already higher than most teams expect going in. We're transparent with prospects when something needs a human.
Qualified demos without overwhelming reps — the qualification layer is what makes this work. Naoma filters intent before routing, so reps are only seeing prospects who've already seen the product and have specific questions. In early pilots we're seeing up to 30% of demo starters move to next steps — without rep involvement at that stage.
Would love to show you what it looks like on a real funnel. Happy to set something up. 🙏
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@yu_zhou8 Thanks so much for the feedback!
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@yu_zhou8 Thank you for your support!
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@yu_zhou8 thanks for the feedback!
On your questions: complex questions are handled through a combination of product knowledge and graceful handoff when it hits the boundary. We’ve found that a confident “let me connect you with someone on that” builds more trust than a stretched answer.
On qualifying without overwhelming reps: that’s the core promise. Naoma filters at the top so your team only steps in when there’s a real reason to.
Would love to have you try it 😉