Jesse is an AI-powered lead generation tool that searches the live internet to find buyers ready to purchase right now. It is built for B2B sales teams, founders, and revenue leaders who are tired of stale databases like Apollo and Clay. The core value is delivering fresh, contextual leads with verified contacts, enabling immediate outreach to in-market prospects. Jesse scrapes public sources including permit filings, conference pages, news articles, job boards, and LinkedIn posts to discover leads that no static database can capture. Using natural language prompts instead of complex filters, users describe their ideal customer profile and get instant results. The setup takes minutes, and a free tier provides 50 daily company searches and 50 enrichments with no credit card required.
The concrete problem Jesse solves is the reliance on static, middleware databases where data is often months old and missing significant opportunities. Traditional tools like Apollo, ZoomInfo, and Clay store records that may have been scraped years ago, ignoring real-world buying signals like funding rounds, hiring sprees, or construction permits. This leads sales teams to waste time on outdated contacts or miss prospects who are actively in-market. Jesse crawls the live internet in real-time to find accounts that are signaling intent today, such as a brand launching a new product line, a company hiring a video editor, or a facility filing a construction permit. For sales teams, this matters because timing every conversation around a buyer's current need dramatically improves reply rates and conversion. Without contextual signals, outreach becomes generic and ignored; with Jesse, every lead comes with a reason to engage.
Company Search is a first major feature group that allows users to find target companies from the live web using AI. Instead of applying complex filters, users enter their ICP in natural language, such as 'B2B SaaS founders with $1M-$10M ARR in North America.' Jesse then scans public sources to surface companies that match, including those not found in any database. The feature works by searching permit filings, local news, construction feeds, conference pages, and hundreds of other live sources. This is useful because it uncovers hidden opportunities like pre-construction facilities or startups that recently raised funding. Users can refine results over time, but the initial list is generated in minutes without manual research. The benefit is a constant flow of fresh companies that competitors miss, giving sales teams a distinct edge in outreach.
People Search and Enrichment form the second major feature group. After finding companies, users can identify the right decision-makers with AI-suggested roles tailored to the ICP. For each company, users pick roles like VP of Sales, Head of Marketing, or CTO, and choose how many contacts per company (1-3). For smaller companies where senior titles don't exist, Jesse automatically finds founders and leadership instead. Once contacts are identified, each lead is enriched with 50+ data points including verified emails, LinkedIn profiles, company intelligence, and AI-generated outreach angles. Multi-step SMTP verification ensures a 95%+ deliverability rate for emails. This is useful because it eliminates the guesswork in contacting the right person and provides the context needed for personalized outreach. Verified data means no bounced emails or wasted effort, while outreach angles give sales teams a head start on crafting relevant messages.
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Lookalike audiences and integrations are the third feature group. Lookalike search allows users to find more accounts similar to their best customers instantly. By extending a recent search, Jesse scans the live web for companies with similar profiles or signals. This is useful for scaling outbound efforts without manually repeating research. Integrations are coming soon, including native connections with Zapier, HubSpot, Salesforce, and Google Sheets. Currently, users can export any saved list as CSV with one click. This feature enables teams to incorporate Jesse's leads into their existing workflows, whether for CRM updates, email campaigns, or further enrichment. The road ahead includes refinement filters like 'raised funding recently' or 'hiring aggressively' to narrow ICP before searching, and richer company profiles with revenue, tech stack, and funding rounds visible at a glance.
Jesse works through a simple workflow: describe your ICP using natural language, hit search, and receive a list of fresh leads with verified contacts within 15 minutes. The AI suggests the best roles to target based on your ICP, and you can add or remove roles easily. Once the list is generated, you choose which contacts to enrich or enrich all at once. The entire process requires no onboarding calls or setup fees. The comparison table on the site shows that compared to Apollo and Clay, Jesse has the lowest learning curve and setup time (minutes vs. hours or days) and uses prompt-based searching rather than filter-based or workflow-based methods. Data is sourced from the live internet searched now, not a stored database, ensuring lead freshness. This intuitive approach empowers even non-technical users to generate high-quality leads immediately.
Concrete use cases from case studies show Jesse's power in real scenarios. For Soccer Facilities, traditional tools returned zero results because these leads didn't exist in databases. Jesse scraped permit filings, local news, and construction announcements to find pre-construction facilities with decision-maker contacts, resulting in 12 meetings booked from a single list. For the SXSW Conference, traditional tools couldn't filter by conference attendance. Jesse scraped conference pages, LinkedIn posts mentioning SXSW, speaker announcements, and sponsorship lists to find 320 verified leads, leading to 15 sales conversations. In testimonials, Ritwika from Unscript.ai shares how Jesse found video production buyers scattered across e-commerce and D2C brands that were actively signaling intent—brands launching products or hiring video editors—leading to improved reply rates. Aastha from getayna.com uses Jesse to find fashion brands scaling their catalog or launching new collections, giving her team an edge over competitors using Apollo. Outcomes include more relevant lists, higher response rates, and deals closed faster.
Jesse targets B2B founders, VPs of Sales, Heads of Growth, Directors of Demand Generation, and SDRs at mid-market to enterprise companies. It is particularly useful for teams frustrated with low cold email reply rates and the manual work of building lists. Pricing starts with a free plan offering 50 company searches daily and 50 enrichments, and a Pro plan at $5 per month. No credit card is required to start. The tech stack includes AI-powered search from live web sources, multi-step email verification, and CSV export. Integrations with CRM and outreach tools are in development. Jesse is already trusted by over 200 sales teams and 2,500+ businesses. The takeaway is clear: Jesse replaces static, middlemanned databases with a direct line to buyers actively signaling need, making lead generation faster, more relevant, and more effective for any sales organization.
Jesse is built for B2B founders, VPs of Sales, Heads of Growth, Directors of Demand Generation, and SDRs at startups and mid-market companies (especially with $1M-$50M ARR in North America). It serves teams frustrated with low cold email reply rates, those scaling outbound with new SDRs, and organizations pivoting from paid ads to intent data. The tool is ideal for any B2B sales team that wants to find buyers who are actively signaling need through real-world events like funding, hiring, or construction permits, rather than relying on stale databases.
Updated 2026-06-19