№01
Smartlead
Paid
The sender. Best-in-class deliverability across unlimited mailboxes — the workhorse for high-volume outbound.
Sales & Outreach · 6 tools · curated by humans
The Cold Email Stack
The exact tools we'd use to run high-volume cold outbound in 2026.
Cold email broke in 2024. Inbox providers got smarter, generic sequences got punished, and 'spray and pray' stopped working overnight. What's left works — but only if you stack the right tools. This is what we'd build with today.
№02
Clay
Freemium
The enricher. Turn flat lead lists into spear-pointed personalization data. The single biggest upgrade to reply rates.
№03
Apollo.io
Freemium
The list builder. Massive B2B contact database with usable filters. Pair with Findymail for verification.
№04
Findymail
Paid
The verifier. Cuts bounce rates to under 2% on Apollo-exported lists. Required if you care about sender reputation.
№05
Lavender
Freemium
The coach. Real-time copy grading and rewrite suggestions — fastest way to level up an SDR team.
№06
Hunter.io
Freemium
The single-target finder. Best for one-off prospecting and verifying VIP contacts off LinkedIn.
More collections
See all →The AI App Starter Pack
Ship a production AI feature this week — without standing up your own infra.
The Modern CRM Stack
What founders and small GTM teams actually use in 2026 — not the Salesforce stuff.
The Indie Founder Stack
The SaaS we'd give a first-time founder shipping a product solo.