Alex Vacca 🧠🛠️

What Valley's $1,500,000 monthly pipeline tech stack looks like.

This is the exact tool stack behind their 7-figure monthly pipeline.

Zayd Syed Ali, Valley's Founder & CEO, broke down the entire stack:

1️⃣ Content Engine

Valley is a lean team, but they already combined 50,000+ followers.

To build this massive reach, they leverage:

Personal Brands: Zayd Syed Ali (21.1K followers), Alex Nelson (19.1K followers) & others. This adds up to serious social proof across the founding team.

-> Content Production:

They systematically create and distribute content across multiple formats.

Tools used:

Claude (to write posts trained on Founder's tone)
OpusClip (to turn interviews into videos)
Notion (to plan content & workflows)
Riverside (for interview recording)
beehiiv (for their newsletter)
Loops (for email marketing)
Figma (for design)

2️⃣ SEO & Website

Valley drives organic traffic without relying on paid ads.

But they stack it with some serious optimization tools:

-> SEO Optimization:

Google Search Console (to track website performance)
Neuron Writer (to optimize articles)
Ahrefs (for keyword insights)

-> Web Development:

Framer (site builder)

3️⃣ Outbound

LinkedIn generates 60% of all their meetings (was initially 30%).

But they stack it with some serious data tools:

-> Data Sources:

Wiza, Ocean.io & Findymail (data enrichment)
Apollo & Sales Navigator (lead databases)
Firecrawl API (in-depth site scraping)

-> Automation & Scraping:

PhantomBuster (automated scraping flows)
Lovable (custom API scripts)

-> Sending Platforms:

Valley (for LinkedIn outreach, their AI SDR)
Instantly.ai (email sending)

4️⃣ AI & Automation

They leverage AI across their entire operation for maximum efficiency.

-> Workflow Automation:

Zapier + n8n (workflow automations)
Google VEO3 (AI video creation)

-> AI Content Creation:

ChatGPT (daily tasks)
Claude (copywriting)

5️⃣ Product & Engineering

Their lean engineering team builds and optimizes their AI SDR platform.

-> Development Stack:

AWS (infrastructure)
Cursor (coding)

6️⃣ Analytics

They track performance across web and product metrics systematically.

-> Web Analytics:
Google Analytics (web tracking)

Product Analytics:
PostHog (in-app metrics)

-> Reporting:
Datafast (reporting)

7️⃣ Operations

Their operations stack supports $1.5M monthly pipeline generation.

-> Customer Success:
Pylon, Granola, Circleback (customer success tools)

-> Sales:
HubSpot, Cal.com, Inc., PandaDoc (sales process)

-> Productivity:
Excalidraw, Wispr Flow (team productivity)

-> Content:
Tella, Loom, Navattic (content creation tools)

-> Growth:
FirstPromoter, Exa (growth and referrals)

-> Finance:
Brex, Deel (financial operations)

What's the most surprising tool in their stack?

Most agencies never break $100K MRR.

I learned why the hard way.

After scaling ColdIQ from $10K to $500k monthly and helping 100+ agency owners scale, I just shared the 5 lessons that separate agencies that actually grow from the 95% stuck at low MRRs.

The future of AI agencies isn't for people who chase more tools or work harder.

It's for those moving from doing everything yourself to building systems people actually own important responsibilities at the exact right moments.

Here's what I cover:

1️⃣ The co-founder mistake

Why partnering with people exactly like you is a disaster (and what we did instead)

2️⃣ The 50/50 trap

How trying to split everything equally almost killed our growth at 10K/month

3️⃣ The hiring breakthrough

Why we stopped hiring employees and started finding people who actually care about outcomes

4️⃣ The equity game-changer

How to give equity in a smart way

5️⃣ The content timing

Why content only works when you're not drowning - and the simple commitment that exploded our lead flow.

This is probably my most transparent agency breakdown yet.

Took 24 months and probably $500K in mistakes to figure out.

Comment "LESSONS" and I'll send you the full breakdown. 👇