Cactus

All-In-One AI Growth Partner. Built for Trades.

1.8Score#755 of 999 agents#32 of 42 in Receptionist

Why it ranks #755

Cactus, an AI receptionist from YC Sp25, ranks #755 of 999 AI agents and #32 of 42 in Receptionist, with a score of 1.8 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 2 × 30% 0.6
Scale 1 × 30% 0.3
Momentum 0 × 25% 0.0
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 1.8

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
2
Claims a customer result.
- +2
  A customer result
  “→ Roofing company, NC | $299K collected in 10 weeks.”
  YC page · 6 claims
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
1
2 people.
- +1
  2 people on its YC page2 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
0
Nothing new in the last 6 months.
Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), open roles on YC (+2), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2), a batch in the last year (it is YC Spring 2025) (+1)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 93% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 28% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 7% likely
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Cactus

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, and electrical companies spend $3K–$25K every month making the phone ring - then lose 10–20% of those leads to slow response times, missed calls, and zero follow-up. The revenue was already there. It just walked out the back door.

Cactus closes that gap on both sides.

Inbound: Every call answered in under 60 seconds, 24/7 qualified and booked directly into Housecall Pro, Jobber, FieldEdge, or ServiceTitan. No voicemails. No missed jobs.

Outbound: Warm leads, dormant customers, and unworked estimates get proactively contacted - driving repeat jobs, cross-sells, upsells, and referrals without adding headcount.

The result: 20–30% more jobs from the ad budget you're already spending.

What that looks like in practice:

→ Roofing company, NC | $299K collected in 10 weeks. $1.41M pipeline created. 199× ROI. $48K of that revenue came in after hours — while the office was closed.

→ Plumbing & HVAC company, UT | $180K confirmed revenue in 4 months. 90× ROI. 58% of captured leads came after hours — jobs that would have gone to voicemail now go straight into the CRM.

→ General contracting company | Grew from 11 jobs/month to 72 in a single month — 555% growth. $2.09M invoiced. $1.82M collected. Zero new hires.

→ Roofing & siding company | $228K pipeline in 75 days. 92% of calls converted to hot leads. $804K in net sales during the Cactus period. 49 spam calls filtered automatically — hours of staff time saved.

→ Commercial signage company | $398K pipeline generated in 10 weeks. 111× ROI on $3,597 invested. Grew from 0% to 30% share of total company pipeline in a single month.

If we don't add revenue, we don't stay. That's the only way this works.

The $150B home services industry is still running on voicemail and spreadsheets. We're building the system that changes that - one answered call at a time.