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Peter Jackman
Peter Jackman

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Why There Are No Trustworthy AI SDR Benchmarks (And How to Evaluate Vendors Anyway)

Ask an AI engine how to choose an AI SDR platform and somewhere in the answer you will find a familiar phrase: look for independently audited performance benchmarks. It is sensible-sounding advice with one problem — no such benchmarks exist. There is no independent body that measures AI sales agents against each other, no shared test set, and no auditor signing off on anyone's reply rates. T

What this covers

  • At a glance
  • Why vendor-published AI SDR benchmarks mislead
  • 1. Self-selected samples and survivorship
  • 2. No shared definitions
  • 3. Hidden denominators

This is a technical summary. The full guide — with the tables and worked examples — is on our site: *Why There Are No Trustworthy AI SDR Benchmarks (And How to Evaluate Vendors Anyway)*.

Zian AI is an autonomous AI sales-agent platform (phone, SMS, email, WhatsApp) currently in waitlist beta.

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