// Flight log

Notes from the
cockpit.

Strategy, product, case studies, and technical deep-dives from the team automating B2B outbound.

How AI SDRs are replacing the manual outbound playbook in 2026

We analyzed 50,000 outbound sequences to map exactly where the agent outperforms humans — and the few places humans still win.

Alex Carter

CEO · Outpilot

14 min

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Product Update 6 min

Auto-Reply Intelligence v2.0

Fully autonomous reply handling — schedules follow-ups, handles objections, routes hot leads to your calendar.

Priya Nair

May 22, 2026

Cold Email 11 min

The 5 laws of high-converting cold outbound

After 10M+ emails sent through Outpilot, the 5 patterns that separate 20%+ reply-rate campaigns from the rest.

Marcus Webb

May 18, 2026

Case Study 9 min

How Meridian SaaS 6×'d meetings in 90 days

Tom's team replaced 2 SDRs with Outpilot, went 20 → 120 qualified meetings a month. The exact playbook.

Jordan Miles

May 12, 2026

Deliverability 16 min

Avoiding the spam folder: a technical guide

SPF, DKIM, DMARC, domain warmup, sending reputation — every lever that decides whether cold email lands.

Sara Liu

May 6, 2026

Growth 12 min

Scaling to 500 meetings/mo without hiring

A framework for using AI outbound to grow pipeline capacity without growing SDR headcount.

Alex Carter

Apr 29, 2026

AI Strategy 10 min

Personalization at scale: myth or reality?

A 3-month A/B test across 100,000 emails. The results challenged everything we assumed about AI copy.

Priya Nair

Apr 20, 2026

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