Use Case
Agency Replaces an SDR Seat with an AI Employee
A 9-person agency ran an AI SDR with a job description, KPIs and weekly reviews.
1 min readupdated 2026-08-01
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An agency lost its only SDR and could not justify a new hire at €3.2k/month while pipeline was uneven. A 9-person agency ran an AI SDR with a job description, KPIs and weekly reviews.
A 9-person agency ran an AI SDR with a job description, KPIs and weekly reviews. An agency lost its only SDR and could not justify a new hire at €3.2k/month while pipeline was uneven. Outcome: The AI SDR handled enrichment, first-touch and follow-up. Month 3: 41 meetings booked vs the human baseline of 33, at €210/month in tools and model spend, with ~4h/week of human review. This use case node is part of the Onexial knowledge graph and links to related concepts, workflows and tools below.
Situation
An agency lost its only SDR and could not justify a new hire at €3.2k/month while pipeline was uneven.
Tools Used
Workflow Applied
Outcome
The AI SDR handled enrichment, first-touch and follow-up. Month 3: 41 meetings booked vs the human baseline of 33, at €210/month in tools and model spend, with ~4h/week of human review.
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What is the Agency Replaces an SDR Seat with an AI Employee use case?
An agency lost its only SDR and could not justify a new hire at €3.2k/month while pipeline was uneven.
What was the outcome?
The AI SDR handled enrichment, first-touch and follow-up. Month 3: 41 meetings booked vs the human baseline of 33, at €210/month in tools and model spend, with ~4h/week of human review.
Which tools were used?
ai-employee-stack, ai-sales-stack.
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