Beanstalk Consulting ร— Lightning AI
โ— Strategic Sales Partnership

20 Enterprise Meetings.
One Committed Partner.

A top-of-funnel sales partnership summary covering outreach performance, pipeline generated, logo quality, and the path forward. September 2025 to present.

Partnership StartSeptember 2025
Channels ActiveCold Email + Cold Calling
Meetings Booked20 Enterprise Meetings
Pivots Navigated3 (Rebrand, Merger, GTM Shift)

Campaign Results at a Glance

Measured by what matters: meetings booked, pipeline created, and logo quality.

20
Meetings Booked
14 from cold calling ยท 6 from email
8
Meetings in April 2026
Single-month peak, combined channels
3+
Active Opps/Mo
Exceeding client's 2 to 3 per month goal

๐Ÿ“ˆ April 2026 Momentum

  • 8 total meetings booked in a single month across cold email and cold calling, the highest single-month output of the partnership
  • 14.81% positive reply rate on email outreach, a campaign-best result driven by refined targeting and copy iteration
  • Evolution IQ converted from booked meeting to confirmed active sales opportunity within the same billing cycle
  • John Montelus explicitly requested a volume increase to capitalize on improving results, citing positive reply rate gains as the trigger
  • 5 meetings booked month to date in May 2026
๐Ÿ“Š What the Data Reflects
Incremental Value
Client confirmed that Beanstalk's process, including no-show recovery, warm call follow-ups, and inbox management, is materially different from what they can execute internally, and is currently outperforming their in-house BDR team on pipeline generated per month.
Relationship Depth
New internal stakeholders (Frances, Karan, Joseph) were onboarded directly into Beanstalk calls. The relationship expanded upward at Lightning AI.
Partnership Maturity
Client shifted from weekly to bi-weekly reviews, a natural maturation of a working partnership and a sign that the cadence is sustainable and trusted.
Growth Signal
Client requested a volume increase to capture more pipeline, citing improvements in positive reply rate as the trigger.

Notable Logos & Companies Engaged

20 meetings with technically sophisticated buyers across enterprise tech, Fortune 500, and funded AI-native companies.

Microsoft Principal Data Scientist
CBRE Chief Engineer
Skanska Chief Engineer
Infiot Data Scientist
Nous Research Principal Engineer
Micro1 Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Evolution IQ Principal Engineer
JanitorAI Research and Operations
Vakra Labs Lead Software Engineer
HeyGen Head of Core Engineering
Authenticx Lead Data Scientist
Holobeam Technologies Head of Software Development
Medidata Solutions Lead Data Science Engineer
Roblox Principal Engineer
Alpha Compute Advisor
Capitol AI Founding Engineer, AI & ML
Motorq Technical Lead, Engineering
Traction Layer AI Co-Founder, CEO & CTO
Nuance Labs Founder / CTO
Orionis Biosciences Principal Data Scientist

Confirmed Pipeline & Opportunities

Beanstalk's outreach produced verifiable opportunities across both the Voltage Park GPU infrastructure offering and the Lightning AI platform.

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Evolution IQ: Confirmed Active Opportunity
Sourced entirely from Beanstalk cold email outreach. Confirmed as an active sales opportunity by John Montelus in the April 10, 2026 review. Evaluated GPU infrastructure fit plus Lightning AI model evaluation capabilities. "Thank you so much for the Evolution IQ lead. That is now officially an opportunity and it just ended up working very well."
Active Opp
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News Research AI Lab: Active Opportunity (Compute Constrained)
Meeting booked and held. Confirmed as an active opportunity. Note: Lightning AI GPU capacity was sold out at time of conversation. John confirmed "we have an opportunity with News Research now, but we can't sell them anything" due to infrastructure capacity, not product fit or interest.
Capacity Hold
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Roblox, Medidata Solutions, Alpha Compute, Holobeam, Traction Layer AI, Motorq, Nuance Labs: Outcomes Pending
Meetings occurred across these accounts. Client team (Duncan and Joseph) tracking outcomes in their pipeline. Beanstalk flagged these for follow-up status in the May 8, 2026 review. Alpha Compute and Roblox engagements confirmed; follow-ups scheduled.
Tracking

Note on context: Lightning AI's GPU-as-a-Service reached full capacity in early 2026, a positive constraint that limited closeable pipeline, not a lead quality issue. The focus has since pivoted to the Lightning AI platform (AI Factory / GraphN), where the pipeline opportunity expands significantly.

How We've Grown Together

This partnership has navigated three major product and company pivots and adapted without losing momentum each time.

Sep 2025 to Jan 2026
Phase 1: Campaign Launch (Voltage Park)
Cold email and cold calling launched simultaneously targeting Principal Engineers, Heads of AI, and CTOs at enterprise tech firms and funded AI-native startups. ICP refined around GPU infrastructure workloads. First meetings booked via cold calling within weeks of launch. Huawei Mexico CTO reply validated targeting early.
Feb 2026
Phase 2: Voltage Park + Lightning AI Merger
Lightning AI acquired Voltage Park mid-campaign. Beanstalk adapted sender identities, messaging, and ICP targeting in real time without pausing outreach. Broadened personas to include AI researchers and ML platform users.
Mar 2026
Pivot: GPU Infrastructure to Lightning AI Platform
Voltage Park GPU-as-a-Service reached full capacity and sold out. Focus shifted to Lightning AI's enterprise platform products. Brandon Peccoralo departed; John Montelus and Duncan Hoskinson became primary stakeholders. Meeting cadence shifted from weekly to bi-weekly.
Apr 2026
Phase 3: Enterprise Focus and Momentum
Campaign exceeded John's stated target of 2 to 3 opportunities per month. Evolution IQ converted to a confirmed opportunity. 14.81% positive reply rate on email. 8 meetings booked in a single month across combined channels. Client explicitly requested volume increase to capitalize on momentum.
May 2026
Phase 4: GraphN Campaign Launch
New priority product: GraphN (AI Factory / managed inference platform). Beanstalk repositioning targeting toward operational AI roles (MLOps, AI Platform Engineers) using hiring intent signals. New stakeholder Joseph Tracy onboarded. Messaging refresh underway.

What the Lightning AI Team Has Said

Direct quotes from bi-weekly review calls with the Voltage Park / Lightning AI team.

"Thank you so much for the Evolution IQ lead. That's now officially an opportunity, and it just ended up working very well."

"Y'all are doing a great job, great work. This is amazing. One to two meetings a week is great traction with two to three opportunities created in a month that is currently outperforming pipeline for our in-house BDR team."

"You've got the perfect profile. The volume you're sending emails and making calls. It just takes one to become something, a bigger opportunity. Mak looks like he's worked for Voltage Park for years. The way he handles conversations is really impressive. He has done the work to get all the information he needs about Voltage Park."

Expansion Opportunities

The foundation is built. The natural next step is to scale what is working and activate new channels for the GraphN product launch.

Volume Expansion

Cold Email Scale-Up

Client has endorsed increasing email volume in response to improving positive reply rates (currently 10.87%). A volume increase would directly scale pipeline with proven infrastructure already in place.

New Channel

LinkedIn Outbound

Beanstalk proposed adding LinkedIn as a third outreach channel in April 2026. With Lightning AI's brand now more recognizable than Voltage Park, LinkedIn adds credibility and a new conversion path across approximately 300 connection requests per month per profile.

New Product

GraphN / AI Factory Campaign

High inbound interest in GraphN validates the product-market fit. New targeting around MLOps and operational AI roles using hiring intent signals is in development, opening an entirely new TAM compared to the GPU infrastructure campaign.

ICP Expansion

Enterprise-Tier Targeting

Client confirmed ideal targets now include companies with 512+ GPU workloads accessing hardware through software platforms. This opens Fortune 500 enterprise accounts as a primary ICP, a segment Beanstalk has already proven it can reach with logos like CBRE, Skanska, and Medidata.