The rolodex was never the moat.
We have the network. We also built what most firms never will: our own recruiting platform, from the ATS up, with AI running every stage of a search. A network ages. Software compounds.
Built on an ATS we wrote ourselves
Off-the-shelf recruiting software is built for Western hiring, and you hope an integration covers the rest. We wrote our own, every screen shaped to how we run searches, so Indian hiring is native, not bolted on. Notice periods, fixed-plus-variable comp in rupees, hike expectations, Naukri, WhatsApp: first-class fields and channels, not plugins.
Sourced at the speed of browsing
Our recruiters work every major sourcing channel and our own enriched candidate base, with the platform riding along: a Chrome extension scores every profile against your role in place, with reasons. One click captures it into our ATS, deduplicated against everyone we already know. And the scoring learns, tuned by every recruiter verdict and plain-English instruction like 'prioritize startup experience.'
Platform Engineering Lead at · 2024 – Present
Senior Software Engineer at · 2019 – 2024
- •Current platform engineering lead at a Series C fintech for 2y 1m, directly matching the role's payments-infrastructure core
- •Prior IC depth at a large product company plus a 12-to-40 team-scaling run, the exact growth phase this role owns
- •Based in Bengaluru with no relocation needed; notice period unverified, worth confirming early
Nobody here hunts for a phone number
The moment a candidate enters the pipeline, an automated waterfall works through as many as thirteen providers until it finds their personal email and mobile. The hours other firms spend chasing contact details, ours spend talking to candidates.
Cold email people reply to, then compliment
Every email is generated by the platform for one specific candidate, checked by a second AI, and reviewed by a recruiter before it sends. What comes back speaks for itself. Two verbatim replies: candidate details redacted, the companies, the roles, and every word real.
firecrawl's rev ops puzzle - thought of you
InboxHi Kritika,
Thanks for this email - and damn if this wasn’t one of the best / most intriguing recruiting emails I’ve ever received! Really well done. Bravo.
Senior Staff PM, AI Experience @ Maven, $425M funded
InboxHi Apoorvaa,
Thanks for reaching out, and for clearly doing the homework rather than sending a form note. The problem space is squarely where I work: I’m Head of Product and AI at , so surfaces like these are exactly what I spend my time on, and Maven’s a company I respect.
Fifteen more, all within five weeks of each other. The dates are on the cards.
One of the best / most intriguing recruiting emails I’ve ever received! Really well done.
Clearly doing the homework rather than sending a form note
What a great email!
Genuinely the best recruiting outreach I’ve received.
I appreciate the details and how tailored your outreach was!
Your cold outreach is the best one about this role I have received
With outreaches like this one, you’ll fill the vacancy in no time!!
Thanks for the thoughtful reach out — you clearly did your homework
Great work on the cold email.
Love the email thank you.
This is probably my favorite email subject I've ever seen
Probably the best recruiter outreach email I have ever received
Great cold email. I respect it. Only reason I’m responding.
I am impressed, this is the best email that I have ever gotten.
Huge credit for the subject line. Best I’ve seen
Meet Toby, the AI in every screening call
Toby listens to screening calls live, suggests what still needs asking, and drops topics the moment they're answered convincingly. Every call becomes a labeled, searchable transcript instead of a fading memory.
…so after the Series C we basically doubled the team, and I ended up owning most of the platform side as well.
How did the platform split work between you and the other director?
I kept infra and developer experience, she took data. Clean split, honestly.
- ⚡Team grew fast. Ask for exact span: how many direct reports today?
- ⚡Platform ownership confirmed. Dig into one system they are proudest of.
- ✓Current compensation
Every candidacy backed by evidence
Every candidate is evaluated by AI against the specific job: a clear High, Medium, or Low verdict with written strengths, concerns, and transparent reasoning you can inspect. Not gut feel with a confident voice, evidence with an audit trail.
Likely the best-fit candidate you'll find for this role. Hits every must-have, including the one the hiring manager called very niche.
From the screening call: “I know the system in and out. I started my design career inside it.”
Founding designer at an AI startup with rare ERP design depth, ships working front ends
105/140 characters- ✓Shipped product at an early-stage startup
- ✓Hands-on with code, enough to ship prototypes
- ✓Based in role city, on-site 4 days confirmed
- 17:30 – 18:31Why chat interfaces fail this product's expert users, in the candidate's own words
- 22:39 – 23:37How they ship working front ends instead of static mockups
Great people never fall through.
When a strong candidate isn't right for the role they were sourced for, the system recognizes where else they fit and suggests the cross-submission, so your search benefits from every other search we run.
Research before the first call.
For every role the platform generates deep, source-cited briefings on the company, the market, and the position, so candidates hear an informed pitch and you get recruiters who understand your business.
The stack improves every month
Because we own every layer, from the ATS to the AI, new models plug in the moment they're released, every prompt is versioned, and every AI decision is logged and auditable. A rolodex depreciates. This compounds.
14:02:11 · outreach draft generated → second-pass verification: passed
14:02:38 · fitment scored 84/100 → reasons and flags stored
14:05:04 · reply classified: interested → stage moved automatically
14:05:05 · decision log written · prompt v41 · model swap-ready
And the next version is already in build: an autonomous sourcing agent that takes a role, generates its own search strategies, works the candidate lists, and surfaces the strongest matches, with a recruiter directing instead of doing.
Every firm will tell you they know people. Ask the next one to show you their software.
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