Founded in 2013 by Steli Efti and Nick Persico and backed by Y Combinator, Close is a sales-first CRM engineered exclusively for SMBs and high-velocity teams who treat pipeline velocity as a competitive advantage, consolidating Power Dialer, Predictive Dialer, two-way email with open tracking, SMS sequencing, Smart Views, AI-generated call summaries, AI Drafts, Notetaker, workflow automation, and lead enrichment into a single environment that runs 50 percent faster than Salesforce, HubSpot, or Pipedrive. Teams evaluating subscription plans can apply current Close promo codes found on CouponZania before starting their trial.