What it sells
Agentic hiring marketplace
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
Founders and hiring leads at startups (Corgi, PostHog, Hex, and others listed as teams hiring with Standout).
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Recruiters charge 20-30% of first-year salary and founders struggle to reach talent amid spam; need vetted intros fast.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Talent chats with an agent that surfaces matched roles anonymously; companies get warm intros, on-demand sourcing, pre-screening of inbound and pipeline ops; agents vet both sides and book the intro.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Free for talent, companies pay only on hire with no retainer or exclusivity; positioned against 20-30% recruiter fees.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
UnverifiedConsumer-style signup for talent (LinkedIn connect), referrals, direct founder outreach to startups; starting with startup ecosystem.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Spring 2026 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.