People.ai Stock Price, Valuation & IPO
Private company — People.ai is privately held. Its shares are not listed on any public exchange and can only be accessed through private secondary transactions.
Status source: AXEVIL investment team
$8.00 per share (AXEVIL consensus estimate)
Source: AXEVIL consensus of recent secondary transactions · as of 27 October 2026
Last round valuation: $1.1B
Source: D, August 2021, post-money
Total raised: ~$200M
Data last updated: 27 October 2026
About People.ai
Revenue intelligence for sales teams: automatically captures activity from CRM, email, and calendar, updates the deal pipeline, and forecasts revenue. Clients are enterprise sales organizations.
People.ai captures salespeople's emails, meetings, and calls, puts them in order, and completes the CRM with that data. Founded in 2016 in San Francisco. Without such a layer of clean data, no AI sales assistant works at all, and the company spent ten years building it; in February 2026 access to the layer opened through the Model Context Protocol. Founder Oleg Rogynskyy handed over management to Jason Ambrose in a planned transition and remained on the board, and in April 2026 the company relaunched its positioning under the Backstory brand. Current valuation is $1.1B from an August 2021 round; roughly $200M raised over its history.
- Sector: AI / Enterprise
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Founded: 2016
Key highlights
- The wave of agents in sales has made the company's asset scarce. Every major platform announced assistants for sales teams in 2025-2026, but they all run into incomplete and dirty data in the CRM — and People.ai spent ten years building exactly the layer they lack.
- The niche is consolidating, and the buyers are now visible by name. ZoomInfo bought Chorus.ai for $575M, Vista took a majority stake in Salesloft at a $2.3B valuation, and in December 2025 Clari and Salesloft merged — the number of independent players with their own technology has fallen to a handful.
- The secondary market trades above the last round. Per PM Insights as of June 8, 2026, the premium to the 2021 round price was roughly 18% on $38.25M of bids and trades over 90 days — for a 2021-vintage company whose peers went to deep discounts, that is a notable demand signal.
- The change of CEO and name closed a period of uncertainty. Founder Oleg Rogynskyy handed over management to Jason Ambrose in a planned transition and remained on the board, and in April 2026 the company publicly relaunched its positioning under the Backstory brand.
Funding rounds
| Date | Round | Price / share | Post-money valuation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2021 | D | $34.88 | $1.1B |
| 21 May 2019 | C | $15.63 | $424M |
| 23 August 2018 | B | $5.69 | $105M |
| 30 May 2017 | A | $2.68 | $29M |
Frequently asked questions
How can I buy People.ai stock before the IPO?
Not on a public exchange — People.ai is privately held. Shares change hands only in private secondary transactions. AXEVIL structures those as dedicated US special purpose vehicles for accredited investors, subject to availability and to the rules of your jurisdiction.
What is the People.ai stock price?
A private company has no single official share price. AXEVIL's consensus estimate is $8.00 per share as of 27 October 2026. Its most recent round implied a post-money valuation of $1.1B (August 2021).
What is People.ai's valuation (net worth)?
People.ai's most recent funding round valued the company at $1.1B post-money (August 2021) — the latest primary-market measure of what the company is worth. Secondary trades can price its shares above or below that round.
When will People.ai IPO?
No listing has been announced. AXEVIL does not forecast IPO dates — this page states what has actually been filed or reported, with the date it was last checked.
Is People.ai publicly traded?
No. People.ai is a private company and its shares are not listed on any public exchange.
Does People.ai have a stock symbol?
No. People.ai has no ticker symbol because its shares are not listed on any exchange; a symbol is assigned only at an IPO or direct listing.
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Risk disclosure
Nothing on this page is an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security, and it is not investment advice. Valuations and share prices shown here are AXEVIL estimates built from primary sources — filings, announced rounds and completed secondary transactions — not quoted market prices, and they can be revised. Private-company shares are illiquid, may be impossible to sell, and the entire amount invested can be lost. Availability depends on your jurisdiction and on accredited-investor status.