Sam Blond is Co-Founder and CEO of Monaco, an AI-native sales platform purpose-built to help early-stage startups automate and scale revenue generation.

Sam earned a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Missouri and built a storied career in sales leadership, serving as VP of Sales at Zenefits and Chief Revenue Officer at Brex before a brief stint as Partner at Founders Fund.

A self-described non-technical founder, Sam recognized that his decades of hands-on sales expertise uniquely positioned him to build the next generation of sales technology, famously stating there is only one type of tech company he is qualified to found.

At Zenefits, Sam scaled revenue from under $1M to $70M ARR in two years; at Brex, he grew annualized revenue from under $1M to hundreds of millions, helping the company reach a $12.5B valuation.

Monaco has raised $85M across Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds backed by Founders Fund, Benchmark, Stripe founders Patrick and John Collison, and Y Combinator chief Garry Tan, and has grown to approximately 40 employees since launching from stealth in February 2026.