The "Holy Sh*t" Demo:How Ori (Titl.co)Raised Millions by Automating Real Estate's Biggest Bottleneck
What happens when you combine 3,200 disconnected U.S. counties, archaic paper records, AI wizardry and a $2.5 million funding round? You get titl.co the startup finally dragging the real estate closing process into the 21st century.
After five years of "hand-to-hand combat" and a pivot from pure blockchain to AI agents, founder and CEO Ori Ohayon has cracked the code on titl searches. What typically takes a titl agent two weeks of manual digging now takes titl.co’s AI agents just four to ten minutes.
Tune in as we dive into:
The "Impossible" Demo: How Ori overcomes industry skepticism by running live titl searches that work in minutes, not days.
The AI Pivot: Why titl.co stopped being a "Blockchain company" and started being an "AI company" to solve deep data analysis problems that weren't possible 12 months ago.
The 100-Call Rule: The raw reality of fundraising Ori breaks down why it took over 100 investor relationships to close their $2.5M seed round.
Winning the "Ego" Lever: Andrew’s tactical breakdown on targeting companies with "Great Place to Work" awards to fast-track B2B sales.
The .CO vs .COM Debate: A heated (but friendly) argument on why your domain name might be killing your SEO and professional optics.
About the Show: Funded, Now What?! is the ultimate startup marketing podcast hosted by Andrew Lee Miller (@growthexpertz). We interview recently funded founders to uncover the "Secret Sauce" of their raise and give them the tactical marketing playbook to scale to the next level.
Learn more about titl: https://titl.co/
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00:00 Introduction to Ori Ohayon and titl.co
01:41 The archaic titl process and Ori's inspiration
02:16 How AI streamlines titl verification
02:57 Industry regulation and blockchain security
03:45 Customer base and early adopters
04:16 Industry skepticism and live demo success
05:06 Nationwide expansion and local rules
08:48 Marketing and outreach strategies
10:28 Fundraising journey and investor insights
11:41 Advice for raising capital and resilience
13:42 Pitching tech without overemphasizing AI
16:15 Growth hacking ideas for scaling
19:45 Targeting small vs. enterprise clients
23:56 Automating outreach and ground cover AI
27:38 Using public records and county data
28:43 PR and thought leadership in niche markets
29:49 Branding, domain strategy, and SEO
31:58 The importance of results over tech hype
33:19 Domain name suggestions and branding tips
35:41 Scaling sales and client onboarding with AI
39:54 The future of AI in real estate and entrepreneurship
41:59 Closing remarks and next steps
42:02 POD OUTRO.mp4
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