Indy AI by Contra - Job boards are dead. Your network is alive

👋 Hey folks,

I'm Gajus, a co-founder of Contra.

In the last 5 years, we've built the best platform for independents to work (vetted talent and clients, no commissions, no walled garden). Because of that, we've attracted 1M+ independents, companies, and creative tools.

These are some of the most amazing and talented people in the world. ❤️

There's just one problem: They're still competing on job boards like it's 2010, while their next great opportunity is sitting in their network waiting to be discovered.

That's where Indy AI comes in.

Indy AI is your personal assistant that finds opportunities in your network on autopilot. Just tell Indy your preferences, and it reads every post on Contra, LinkedIn, and X to surface opportunities that match your skills and interests. Like or dislike opportunities, and Indy learns from your feedback. It literally finds the best opportunities in your network while you sleep.

In just weeks of trialing, we've saved our users tens of thousands of hours of doomscrolling and found thousands of high-value opportunities.

I truly believe that for many of our users, Indy AI will make searching for opportunities a thing of the past.

Try Indy AI today and let us know what you think!

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👋 Hey everyone!

I'm Ben, the other co-founder of Contra.

Indy is by the far the most exciting product we have ever built at Contra and was impossible before LLMs.

We know the world is changing. Job boards aren't what they used to be. Now clients ghost, applications are mostly AI slop and the signal to noise ratio is all messed up. After talking to thousands of users we realized that the best opportunities come from your own network.

That's why we built Indy.

Indy is the first assistant of its kind that acts as your personal growth engine. Indy is an employee that is always working to find you the next best lead so you can keep your project pipeline full and grow your business.

We can't wait for you to try it out. Shout out to the entire Contra team for another killer launch.

If you have any feedback, feel free to DM me on X, or Contra!

Thanks @thisiskp_ for hunting!

Hey PH fam! 👋

Once in a while I get to hunt something that I am truly excited about.

Today, that's Indy AI.

Here's what's cool about it:

Indy AI is like a personal assistant for searching for opportunities in your network.

It connects to your LinkedIn and X accounts and reads every post made by your connections.

You tell it what you are looking for (e.g. "landing page design opportunities in the fintech industry that pay $2000+"), and it will read every post made by your connections and inform you about the opportunities it finds.

It's like Google alerts but for opportunities that are found in your network.

I've never seen anything like this before, and I can totally see myself using this.

For anyone tired of the endless scroll and ready to let AI do the heavy lifting - this is your moment.

Check it out and drop your questions below!

The Contra team is here all day and they're all ears. Also, feel free to download it from (https://indy.ai) and see what it surfaces for you!

I've been using Contra for the past 1.5 years. Before that, I was on Upwork. What sets Contra apart is how smooth and thoughtfully built the platform is. Bringing in your own clients feels simple and professional. I've made over $30K through Contra so far, which is more than what I’ve earned on any other platform. It’s now my main tool for handling client work and payments. ❤️

Indy isn’t just a new product, it’s a glimpse of the future.

I’ve been lucky enough to get early access, and within minutes I knew: this changes the game. It’s fast, intuitive, and built like a personal assistant to help me find new gigs. Every detail feels purposeful nothing wasted, nothing extra. I know how much thought have been put into this.

It solves problems with finding new clients I didn’t even know I had, and it does it so seamlessly at this point I forgot I used to go around different social medias to find people needing help with work. It’s rare to find something that delivers both elegance and power without making you trade one for the other.

I can already see Indy becoming the tool everyone else will be chasing in a year. If you get the chance, get Contra Pro to get access now because this will get you ahead of the competition asap.

Indy AI is seriously a game-changer — finally, a tool that bridges the gap between incredible talent and the opportunities they deserve, without the doomscrolling 😅

Maybe this could be the new Tinder… but for independents and brands ❤️

For startups, companies, and creators alike, I think Indy AI makes the connection process effortless. No more ghosted job board applications or lost DMs — just intelligent matchmaking powered by your actual network.

Huge kudos to the Contra team — this feels like the future of work has officially arrived 🚀 SUPER EXCITED for this feature 🥳

Been using Contra for a year and a half. It’s been super interesting to see the evolution of the platform. The introduction of Indy AI feels like a major upgrade to how I can find job opportunities. It’s scans my LinkedIn feed and the Contra job feed and gives me a unified feed with all suitable jobs. The “Pro” subscriptions is definitely worth it now. Exciting times ahead.

Really cool, congrats on the launch! So is Indy AI focused mostly on creatives as well? I'd love to give it a try, but some of the language focusing on creatives has me wondering if this is the right tool for me.

I've been using Contra for the past 2 years almost now and Indy AI is a serious evolution in freelancing and maximizing your networks. Being able to pull jobs from social media platforms and provide a list of jobs which you can instantly apply to is the biggest time saver for creatives like myself. Contra continues to give time back to its creatives and that is something I've always been thankful to the team at Contra for. 🙏🏼 GO INDY AI 🚀

Contra helps you build your independent career connect with clients, manage projects, and get paid, all in one place.

I have been using Contra for over a year, and the team has consistently come up with next-level ideas, and Indy is beyond amazing!!

One thing I loved about my Indy is that it saves tons of my time and scans through potential opportunities for each day through my LinkedIn and X. I start my day by reviewing them and start approaching people. Indy is my main BD person now! 😀

We’ve all said it or heard it from a friend or family member. Maybe it means adding a freelance project to your plate. Maybe it means starting a whole new career. But getting there?

That’s a different story.

The path to a new job is often anything but straightforward. It looks more like: Scroll. Scroll. Apply. Get distracted. Scroll content unrelated to jobs. Apply again. Interview. Get rejected. Get an offer. Have it rescinded. Ask a family friend for an intro. Repeat.

We’ve all been there. And it sucks, especially when all that time spent searching could be spent doing what you actually love…being creative ✨

Now imagine if you could tap into your existing network and their networks to surface the right opportunities for you.

That’s exactly what Indy AI does.

Indy tracks job-related posts across your network and surfaces the ones most relevant to your skills and goals. Doing the work in the background while you focus on what you love to do.

Today alone, Indy has already scanned over 1000 posts from my network (and the day is just getting started!), something I’d never be able to do manually.

Let's goooo 🎉🔥🔥 Indy feels like a cheat code to find opportunities that otherwise I would've missed and they actually feel like a good fit! Well done once again Contra team! Congrats on the launch 👏👏👏

Big day for Contra. Indy AI flips the script for independents by turning your network into an engine for high-fit opportunities. No job boards, no spam, just real signal from the people who already know you. We’ve already seen thousands of matches in early testing. Excited to see what happens now that it’s live.

I’ve worked with a lot of amazing independents, and there’s one common theme I keep seeing: they all love the work, but actually finding relevant opportunities is often the hardest part.

Over the last five years, Contra has built a platform for independents to work without commissions or walled gardens.

Indy AI is the newest part of that.

It surfaces opportunities sitting right in your own network. The kind most people would miss while scrolling job boards.

When I first downloaded Indy, it surfaced two opportunities from LinkedIn and X I'd completely missed. I ended up sharing both with people in my network who were a perfect fit. That moment really sold me on what Indy can do!

Our early testers have already uncovered incredible projects this way, and I think it’s going to change how a lot of freelancers find work.

Try it and let us know what you think: https://indy.ai

Big thanks to the Contra team for all the work to bring Indy to life, to our beta testers for the feedback that shaped it, and to @thisiskp_ for hunting Indy AI today 🙏

I'm so excited for our launch of Indy AI, which takes Contra from the best platform to manage your independent work to being an active agent helping you actually find work, not just manage it!

This is just the beginning and we will keep improving it over time. Our goal is to make this the best business development partner an indy could ever have, working 24/7 to find you work, so you can focus on doing your craft, and what you're most passionate about!

I can't wait to see how many opportunities this finds for our indies!

Huge fan of Contra, congrats team!

Hey everyone - Sergey here from the @Contra team!

It’s been such a privilege to work on Indy AI with this crew. We all know the pain of endless scrolling, ghosted applications, and opportunities slipping through the cracks. With Indy AI, we’re flipping that script.

Indy quietly scans your network - LinkedIn, X and brings real opportunities directly to you. No hustle, no spam, just signal. During internal testing, we saw it surface thousands of high-fit opportunities that would’ve been impossible to catch manually.

I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve built and excited to see how it helps independents take back their time and grow their careers in a smarter way.

Would love to hear what you think!

Like many other companies, we're constantly thinking about how we can leverage AI to improve not just our product, but the outcomes for our users. Indy started as a hack and quickly morphed into one of the most exciting and most impactful features we've launched to date.

Looking for work for anyone isn't fun. Looking for work in feeds where the signal : noise ratio is low, less fun. We built Indy with the intention of finding the gems in your network while letting you do what you do best, the work.

Go check it out!