Build vs. Buy: The AI SDR Conundrum

Build vs. Buy: The AI SDR Conundrum

Should AI workers be built or bought? This session covers the nuance of each option so you can make the best decision for your team, and budget.

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About Mural

Mural is a digital workspace for visual collaboration, used by distributed teams around the world to solve tough problems—from product design to strategic planning. As AI reshapes how teams work, Mural is retooling its go-to-market systems to support the future of work.

“AI is a big part of how we see the future evolving, so we’ve been actively rethinking our systems to support that.”

Paul Wilson, Head of GTM Systems, Mural

The Challenge: Build vs. buy for AI SDR agent infrastructure

As Mural scaled its AI strategy across the sales and marketing funnel, the team faced a critical decision: Should they build an AI SDR Agent solution from scratch, buy an agent-builder platform, or buy from a proven partner?

Paul and his team carefully evaluated their options, ultimately deciding that building from scratch wasn’t the best use of time or resources.

“We didn’t want to waste time replicating what’s already proven. We wanted to focus where we could be most effective—on our data, lead context, and pipeline visibility.”

The solution: Buying Qualified and deploying Piper, the AI SDR agent 

After a thorough evaluation, Mural selected Qualified and deployed Piper, the AI SDR Agent built on the Salesforce-native Qualified platform. The decision came down to a few key priorities:

  • Deep Salesforce integration to ensure real-time, centralized data without fragmentation

  • Reliable infrastructure purpose-built for top-of-funnel performance

  • Proven customer success and speed to value with minimal setup or custom development

  • Customization and flexibility to tailor the AI agent’s behavior for different audiences and goals

“Qualified gave us stable, scale-ready infrastructure and let us focus on building more bespoke AI agent experiences without reinventing the wheel.”

The rollout experience

Since deploying Piper the AI SDR Agent, Mural has been able to engage leads at scale without sacrificing quality or context. Piper routes and qualifies inbound traffic in real time while giving sales full visibility into every interaction.

“We didn’t want to build an agent from scratch or customize a legacy platform. Piper came with capabilities we couldn’t easily recreate—and worked right out of the box.”

Advice to other teams: Focus where it counts

Paul’s biggest advice to teams weighing the build vs. buy decision?

“Don’t try to solve every layer of the problem yourself. Focus your internal efforts on what’s unique to your business, and let a trusted platform handle what’s already been solved.”

He also emphasized the value of stack alignment:

“Qualified being Salesforce-native made everything easier. You shouldn’t have to duct-tape your stack together just to try something in AI.”

Key takeaways

  • Mural chose to buy rather than build to accelerate time to value and avoid duplicating existing capabilities

  • Qualified’s Salesforce-native integration, scalability, and flexibility made it a perfect fit

  • Piper is now live, engaging inbound leads in real time and helping Mural stay focused on high-value GTM strategy

  • Advice for others: Build what’s unique. Buy what’s proven.

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Build vs. Buy: The AI SDR Conundrum

Should AI workers be built or bought? This session covers the nuance of each option so you can make the best decision for your team, and budget.

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Build vs. Buy: The AI SDR Conundrum
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About Mural

Mural is a digital workspace for visual collaboration, used by distributed teams around the world to solve tough problems—from product design to strategic planning. As AI reshapes how teams work, Mural is retooling its go-to-market systems to support the future of work.

“AI is a big part of how we see the future evolving, so we’ve been actively rethinking our systems to support that.”

Paul Wilson, Head of GTM Systems, Mural

The Challenge: Build vs. buy for AI SDR agent infrastructure

As Mural scaled its AI strategy across the sales and marketing funnel, the team faced a critical decision: Should they build an AI SDR Agent solution from scratch, buy an agent-builder platform, or buy from a proven partner?

Paul and his team carefully evaluated their options, ultimately deciding that building from scratch wasn’t the best use of time or resources.

“We didn’t want to waste time replicating what’s already proven. We wanted to focus where we could be most effective—on our data, lead context, and pipeline visibility.”

The solution: Buying Qualified and deploying Piper, the AI SDR agent 

After a thorough evaluation, Mural selected Qualified and deployed Piper, the AI SDR Agent built on the Salesforce-native Qualified platform. The decision came down to a few key priorities:

  • Deep Salesforce integration to ensure real-time, centralized data without fragmentation

  • Reliable infrastructure purpose-built for top-of-funnel performance

  • Proven customer success and speed to value with minimal setup or custom development

  • Customization and flexibility to tailor the AI agent’s behavior for different audiences and goals

“Qualified gave us stable, scale-ready infrastructure and let us focus on building more bespoke AI agent experiences without reinventing the wheel.”

The rollout experience

Since deploying Piper the AI SDR Agent, Mural has been able to engage leads at scale without sacrificing quality or context. Piper routes and qualifies inbound traffic in real time while giving sales full visibility into every interaction.

“We didn’t want to build an agent from scratch or customize a legacy platform. Piper came with capabilities we couldn’t easily recreate—and worked right out of the box.”

Advice to other teams: Focus where it counts

Paul’s biggest advice to teams weighing the build vs. buy decision?

“Don’t try to solve every layer of the problem yourself. Focus your internal efforts on what’s unique to your business, and let a trusted platform handle what’s already been solved.”

He also emphasized the value of stack alignment:

“Qualified being Salesforce-native made everything easier. You shouldn’t have to duct-tape your stack together just to try something in AI.”

Key takeaways

  • Mural chose to buy rather than build to accelerate time to value and avoid duplicating existing capabilities

  • Qualified’s Salesforce-native integration, scalability, and flexibility made it a perfect fit

  • Piper is now live, engaging inbound leads in real time and helping Mural stay focused on high-value GTM strategy

  • Advice for others: Build what’s unique. Buy what’s proven.

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Build vs. Buy: The AI SDR Conundrum

Should AI workers be built or bought? This session covers the nuance of each option so you can make the best decision for your team, and budget.

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Build vs. Buy: The AI SDR Conundrum
Apple Podcast LinkGoogle Podcast LinkSpotify Podcast Link
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About Mural

Mural is a digital workspace for visual collaboration, used by distributed teams around the world to solve tough problems—from product design to strategic planning. As AI reshapes how teams work, Mural is retooling its go-to-market systems to support the future of work.

“AI is a big part of how we see the future evolving, so we’ve been actively rethinking our systems to support that.”

Paul Wilson, Head of GTM Systems, Mural

The Challenge: Build vs. buy for AI SDR agent infrastructure

As Mural scaled its AI strategy across the sales and marketing funnel, the team faced a critical decision: Should they build an AI SDR Agent solution from scratch, buy an agent-builder platform, or buy from a proven partner?

Paul and his team carefully evaluated their options, ultimately deciding that building from scratch wasn’t the best use of time or resources.

“We didn’t want to waste time replicating what’s already proven. We wanted to focus where we could be most effective—on our data, lead context, and pipeline visibility.”

The solution: Buying Qualified and deploying Piper, the AI SDR agent 

After a thorough evaluation, Mural selected Qualified and deployed Piper, the AI SDR Agent built on the Salesforce-native Qualified platform. The decision came down to a few key priorities:

  • Deep Salesforce integration to ensure real-time, centralized data without fragmentation

  • Reliable infrastructure purpose-built for top-of-funnel performance

  • Proven customer success and speed to value with minimal setup or custom development

  • Customization and flexibility to tailor the AI agent’s behavior for different audiences and goals

“Qualified gave us stable, scale-ready infrastructure and let us focus on building more bespoke AI agent experiences without reinventing the wheel.”

The rollout experience

Since deploying Piper the AI SDR Agent, Mural has been able to engage leads at scale without sacrificing quality or context. Piper routes and qualifies inbound traffic in real time while giving sales full visibility into every interaction.

“We didn’t want to build an agent from scratch or customize a legacy platform. Piper came with capabilities we couldn’t easily recreate—and worked right out of the box.”

Advice to other teams: Focus where it counts

Paul’s biggest advice to teams weighing the build vs. buy decision?

“Don’t try to solve every layer of the problem yourself. Focus your internal efforts on what’s unique to your business, and let a trusted platform handle what’s already been solved.”

He also emphasized the value of stack alignment:

“Qualified being Salesforce-native made everything easier. You shouldn’t have to duct-tape your stack together just to try something in AI.”

Key takeaways

  • Mural chose to buy rather than build to accelerate time to value and avoid duplicating existing capabilities

  • Qualified’s Salesforce-native integration, scalability, and flexibility made it a perfect fit

  • Piper is now live, engaging inbound leads in real time and helping Mural stay focused on high-value GTM strategy

  • Advice for others: Build what’s unique. Buy what’s proven.

Related content

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Build vs. Buy: The AI SDR Conundrum

Should AI workers be built or bought? This session covers the nuance of each option so you can make the best decision for your team, and budget.

Build vs. Buy: The AI SDR Conundrum
|
May 7, 2025
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X
min read
Apple Podcast LinkGoogle Podcast LinkSpotify Podcast Link
Apple Podcast LinkGoogle Podcast LinkSpotify Podcast Link

About Mural

Mural is a digital workspace for visual collaboration, used by distributed teams around the world to solve tough problems—from product design to strategic planning. As AI reshapes how teams work, Mural is retooling its go-to-market systems to support the future of work.

“AI is a big part of how we see the future evolving, so we’ve been actively rethinking our systems to support that.”

Paul Wilson, Head of GTM Systems, Mural

The Challenge: Build vs. buy for AI SDR agent infrastructure

As Mural scaled its AI strategy across the sales and marketing funnel, the team faced a critical decision: Should they build an AI SDR Agent solution from scratch, buy an agent-builder platform, or buy from a proven partner?

Paul and his team carefully evaluated their options, ultimately deciding that building from scratch wasn’t the best use of time or resources.

“We didn’t want to waste time replicating what’s already proven. We wanted to focus where we could be most effective—on our data, lead context, and pipeline visibility.”

The solution: Buying Qualified and deploying Piper, the AI SDR agent 

After a thorough evaluation, Mural selected Qualified and deployed Piper, the AI SDR Agent built on the Salesforce-native Qualified platform. The decision came down to a few key priorities:

  • Deep Salesforce integration to ensure real-time, centralized data without fragmentation

  • Reliable infrastructure purpose-built for top-of-funnel performance

  • Proven customer success and speed to value with minimal setup or custom development

  • Customization and flexibility to tailor the AI agent’s behavior for different audiences and goals

“Qualified gave us stable, scale-ready infrastructure and let us focus on building more bespoke AI agent experiences without reinventing the wheel.”

The rollout experience

Since deploying Piper the AI SDR Agent, Mural has been able to engage leads at scale without sacrificing quality or context. Piper routes and qualifies inbound traffic in real time while giving sales full visibility into every interaction.

“We didn’t want to build an agent from scratch or customize a legacy platform. Piper came with capabilities we couldn’t easily recreate—and worked right out of the box.”

Advice to other teams: Focus where it counts

Paul’s biggest advice to teams weighing the build vs. buy decision?

“Don’t try to solve every layer of the problem yourself. Focus your internal efforts on what’s unique to your business, and let a trusted platform handle what’s already been solved.”

He also emphasized the value of stack alignment:

“Qualified being Salesforce-native made everything easier. You shouldn’t have to duct-tape your stack together just to try something in AI.”

Key takeaways

  • Mural chose to buy rather than build to accelerate time to value and avoid duplicating existing capabilities

  • Qualified’s Salesforce-native integration, scalability, and flexibility made it a perfect fit

  • Piper is now live, engaging inbound leads in real time and helping Mural stay focused on high-value GTM strategy

  • Advice for others: Build what’s unique. Buy what’s proven.

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