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We watched agencies move millions. And nothing else.

Built on how B2B buyers decide. Strategy-first. AI-native. Accountable for results.

$2.3M

spent with their previous agency. Impressions were up. Clicks were up. Engagement was up. Revenue was flat.

How we got here.

In 2016, our founding team sat across from a prospective client who had spent $2.3M with their previous agency. Impressions were up. Clicks were up. Engagement was up. Revenue was flat. The gap between activity and impact had become a canyon. Most agencies weren’t incentivized to close it.

We built Grey Matter on one bet: if you understand how B2B buyers make decisions, you can build marketing that works. The fear. The consensus-building. The competing priorities. The budget politics. We spent our first year studying neuroscience, behavioral economics, and sales psychology. Not to be academic. To build better strategy.

Then we made AI native to everything we do. Not to replace strategy. To remove the bottlenecks around it. Pattern recognition at scale. Market data synthesis in hours, not weeks. The humans set the strategy. The machines execute at scale. That combination is what makes Intelligent Acquisition™ work.

How we think about growth marketing.

  1. 01AI is a force multiplier. But only when strategy leads.
  2. 02If marketing doesn’t connect to revenue, it’s noise.
  3. 03Speed without strategy is expensive chaos.
  4. 04Your buyers are smarter than your last agency assumed.
  5. 05We would rather show you the data than sell you a promise.

The people you’ll actually work with.

Adryanna Sutherland, Managing Director at Grey Matter
Adryanna SutherlandManaging Director
Tony Bradberry, President at Grey Matter
Tony BradberryPresident
Catie Drake, Head of Strategy at Grey Matter
Catie DrakeHead of Strategy
Zach Murphy, Head of Sales & Marketing at Grey Matter
Zach MurphyHead of Sales & Marketing
Lisa Mead, Strategy Director at Grey Matter
Lisa MeadStrategy Director
Kerri Dress, Strategy Director at Grey Matter
Kerri DressStrategy Director
Andrea Bacca, Creative Director at Grey Matter
Andrea BaccaCreative Director
Andy Hendricks, Head of Search at Grey Matter
Andy HendricksHead of Search
Patrick Dunn, Head of Marketing Technology at Grey Matter
Patrick DunnHead of Marketing Technology
Ellie Krigbaum, Head of Operations at Grey Matter
Ellie KrigbaumHead of Operations
Rebecca Sowder, Director, Finance & HR at Grey Matter
Rebecca SowderDirector, Finance & HR

Your buyers are making decisions without you in the room. Let’s fix that.

Tell us where growth is stuck and see what growth looks like for your business.