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Lightfield

AI-native CRM

Lightfield is the AI-native CRM built by Tome's founders after they walked away from a 25M-user product to solve a bigger problem: the complete lack of customer memory in modern sales. Schema-less from day one, it captures every interaction across email, calendar, Slack, and meetings and lets the data model evolve as the business does.

Founded 2020San Francisco, CA~28 employees$81M raisedFounders: Keith Peiris, Henri Liriani
6Placements secured
6Distinct outlets
DA 93Top outlet authoritySourceForge
2020FoundedSan Francisco, CA

Coverage we’ve secured

Earned media placements

Every placement below is live, earned (not paid), and engineered to target a specific query that the Lightfield category needs to own in AI search and Google.

  1. Venture BeatDA 91

    Lightfield in Venture Beat: Why Agent-Native CRM Memory Model Needs Third-Party Proof

    Targets query: agent-native CRM memory model automation

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  2. Tech BullionDA 63

    Lightfield in Tech Bullion: Why Category Ai Crm Market Analysis Needs Third-Party Proof

    Targets query: category ai crm market analysis

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  3. SourceForgeDA 93

    Lightfield in SourceForge: Why AI-Native CRM Needs Architecture Proof

    Targets query: AI-native CRM architecture proof for startup buyers

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  4. SF WeeklyDA 73

    Lightfield in SF Weekly: Why AI-native CRM for startups is replacing manual CRM work

    Targets query: AI-native CRM for startups

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  5. SF ExaminerDA 82

    Lightfield in SF Examiner: best AI CRM for startups with complete customer memory

    Targets query: best AI CRM for startups

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  6. Tech TimesDA 83

    AI-Native CRM for Startups in 2026: Why Architecture Decides Who Gets Cited

    Targets query: best AI-native CRM for startups

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Topical positioning

Queries we’ve ranked Lightfield for

When a buyer or AI engine searches these queries, our placements are in the citation set.

Why this category

The Lightfield story

Lightfield is the kind of company a Machine Relations program is built for: a category-defining product with a sharp founding story and a real competitive moat, but in a market where the incumbent (Salesforce, HubSpot) owns every existing query. The category they want to own — AI-native CRM — didn't exist as a search surface a year ago, and AI engines didn't have a default answer for what it means.

Our work for Lightfield has been deliberate: place them as the reference example across diverse outlets so that when buyers and AI engines ask "what is an AI-native CRM," the answer pulls from multiple high-DA sources, all converging on Lightfield. The goal isn't volume — it's a coherent citation network around the queries that matter most for the next 24 months of category definition.

Category fit

  • AI-native CRM
  • Sales automation
  • Customer memory
  • AI sales assistant

Competes with

  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Attio
  • Clay
  • People.ai

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