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Firestarter.ai

AI-powered commercial team achieving business growth targets.

Founded 2026Amsterdam, NetherlandsPre-funding MarketingEnterprise SoftwareArtificial Intelligence

The founders

Juriaan MatthijssenJM
Ex-StartReady, LiveWords, Red Bull · Hanze University Groningen · founded Green Whale Smart Capital, Vinted Go

The company

What they're building

Firestarter.ai sells a subscription AI commercial team: four named AI colleagues — Milan as commercial lead, Vera on sales, Noor on content, Felix on paid ads — that plug into a company's CRM, inbox and ad accounts. Milan reviews the commercial operation, flags deviations from plan and sets weekly targets with the user; the other three are then assigned tasks, with every proposed action submitted for approval before anything runs. The listed price is €997 for the full four-colleague team.

Why now

Small commercial teams now have the integrations and model quality to let software draft pipeline outreach, content and ad campaigns — but little appetite to let it send or spend unsupervised. Firestarter.ai's answer is an explicit approval step on every action.

The backstory

The company is Amsterdam-based and founded in 2026; beyond the product description, little has been published about how it came together. It is pre-funding, with no raise disclosed.

Why this team

Founder Juriaan Matthijssen has previously founded Green Whale Smart Capital and Vinted Go, and has worked at StartReady, LiveWords and Red Bull. Matthijssen studied at Hanze University Groningen.

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