The truth about RFPs? For years I thought they were broken. Like so many in the industry, I was told they were rigged, unwinnable, a drain on resources. “Don’t bother,” the advice went. But we were hungry to grow. We knew that at a certain point, ignoring RFPs wasn’t an option. It was adapt or stagnate.
Landing my first million-dollar RFP at just 19 years old was a pivotal moment. It proved I could compete at a higher level. But as the years went on, the volume of RFPs became overwhelming. What started as exciting growth turned into a weekly grind of tedious, repetitive work. Weekends vanished, swallowed by the same mundane questions, subtly reworded, ad nauseam.
I invested heavily in the supposed ‘solutions’: expensive RFP software promising ‘magic’, SOC 2 certification in an attempt to skip security questionnaires, even trying to strategically avoid RFPs altogether. But the core truth remained: if you want significant growth, RFPs are unavoidable.
By 2022, my team reached our breaking point. Then, a spark of inspiration. Before ChatGPT became a household name, we glimpsed the potential of Large Language Models. We built a small script, AutoRFP, to experiment. It drafted a response unlike anything we’d seen before. The result was a win, with glowing feedback that showed its potential. The answer was better.
That moment ignited AutoRFP.ai. Today, teams in 44+ countries run their RFPs on AutoRFP.ai. We are fiercely customer-focused, driven by results, not by fleeting VC trends or AI hype cycles. Our entire energy goes into your responses: answers your team trusts, written from your own approved content, that help you outpace competitors on the deals that matter.
Are you ready to turn RFPs from a burden into a competitive advantage? If you are among the ambitious and the curious in your industry, we are here for you.
