Standout v0 - Your personal AI headhunter on WhatsApp to find startup jobs

Hey PH community! 👋

We built Standout after a simple frustration: Why does finding a great startup job still feel so broken?

With Witold, we were tired of generic headhunter DMs. Spending 30 minutes on a call just to get a few random offers felt outdated. But classic job hunting wasn’t any better (digging through thousands of LinkedIn listings was even worse) and we wanted to stay aware of great opportunities.

So we built your personal AI headhunter on WhatsApp. It learns what you want, filters the noise, and scouts roles you’d actually consider. Best part? It’s superconnected. If you’re a fit, it introduces you directly to the founder or hiring team.

🔥 What Standout does
• Filters inbound messages so you only see opportunities that fit your skills, goals, and values.
• Scouts the market across startups (SF + remote) and targets those aligned on mission, stage, and culture.
• Makes warm intros to founders when we can; otherwise, gives you a clear outreach playbook.
• Coaches you through the process—prep, feedback, and offers support.

Like a real headhunter—but plugged into 1,000s of roles, not just a few.

It knows the hiring process, culture, and what to expect, so you’re never guessing.

⚙️ How it works
1. Message Standout on WhatsApp
2. Short intro call (context makes it smarter)
3. Review curated roles and pick what fits
4. Get the intro or the step-by-step playbook
5. Interview with guidance at each step

📈 Why people trust Standout
• Indexed 1,457 early-stage startups and 3,000+ open roles, with mostly Sequoia/a16z/YC-backed teams.
• In beta, 35% of users reached a first interview within 4 days.
• “Within a week of chatting with Standout, I got connected to Christophe, CEO of Tandem, and landed an offer” — Hugo Lamy, Founding GTM, Tandem.

🎯 Who’s Standout for?

• Startup Talent: Already in tech or startups and ready for your next move? Standout finds roles that match your goals—fast, curated, and context-rich.

• Tech Talent from Other Industries: Want to join an early-stage startup or build in AI? We connect you with top companies where you can have a real impact.

• Startups (Seed to Series C): Hiring and want top talent excited about your mission? We deliver high-intent candidates with full context on your company.

🔐 Privacy
You control what’s shared. No mass applications without your consent. Delete your data anytime.

🎁 For Product Hunt
We’re opening 100 priority spots today and offering dedicated support to help you land the right role.

👉 Just mention Product Hunt on WhatsApp to get started:

Click here to start chatting

We’d love feedback on matching quality, intro speed, and which roles/markets you want next. Here all day to answer questions!

Witold & Alexis

We built Standout to fix this exact mess - broken comms, ghosting, endless back-and-forth. It’s an AI headhunter that skips the chaos and gets you in front of founders that are genuinely interested in your background fast.

But I’m curious...

What’s the most absurd recruiting experience you’ve had?

Here’s mine:

Got referred to a Series A founder I actually admired - smart team, real traction.

We had a solid 1st call. He said, "We don’t believe in take-homes, we just move fast."

Cool, I thought. Two days later, I’m on a panel interview with 3 engineers.

Then a "quick" follow-up chat. Then another one.

After 3 rounds + several calls in 10 days, he says: "We’re still aligning internally on the role."

Two months later, the role’s still on their site lol. Never closed. Never rejected.

What about you?

Hey @alexisaftalion @tjh_spcx, I just tried the product and I am quite impressed! The onboarding is super smooth and the call with the agent is very clean

Congrats, full support 💪🏻

It's a very interesting idea. Could it also be expanded to finding partners？

I would advise changing "Let's stand out" box a bit. I thought it was a button, but it turned out that it is not :D

Great product! Can I post our job positions on the platform as a startup founder? Upvoted

Nice launch Alexis, super useful for startup talent.

We’re curating tools like this on bestofweb .site would be great to list Standout there.

Love how Standout flip the hassle of landing a nice job with smart, curated intros and a super simple WhatsApp flow.

One thought: would be great to see even more transparency early on around how matches are made (e.g., why this role fits you).

Feels like the future of finding startup jobs. Congrats Witold & Alexis 🚀

Congrats on the launch!

Especially powerful for builders and operators who want high-signal opportunities without the typical slog. Love the onboarding through WhatsApp.

You can post job openings on our platform https://www.thejob.dev/

As someone with deep experience in startup HR, I live the pain of noisy feeds, irrelevant applications, and recruiter chaos every day. Standout totally “gets” that—it’s not another generic job board. A personal AI headhunter on WhatsApp that filters thousands of startup roles, aligns them with real candidate goals, and delivers warm intros to founders? That actually fits the startup hiring flow. It understands what hiring really looks like. Super impressive!

I used Standout when I arrived in San Francisco and got intros to 5 fast-growing YC startups.

I’ve just tried this new version, and the experience is even smoother.

Just one thing, the landing page felt a bit slow/laggy on my end (MacBook Pro M3).

I’ve always been surprised by how inefficient recruiting was on both sides.

Now you can just ask and get your ideal candidates / jobs, thanks Standout team!

Congrats on the launch. I’ve successfully recruited a founding engineer with Standout a few month ago. Great experience from start to finish :)

This hits home, Alexis — love the clarity of the experience you're creating. The WhatsApp layer is brilliant for keeping things human while automating the messy bits.

Out of curiosity: as more users get personalized matches and move into hiring convos, how are you handling support or questions that come up mid-flow? Especially when people drop off or get stuck after the intro.

We ran into similar friction with user journeys in our last product — so now we’re launching Exthalpy on PH soon. It’s a live AI video agent designed to guide users in the moment, like a success-focused teammate on video instead of a chatbot.

Would love your thoughts and support when we go live 🙌

— Udit (fellow PH builder)

Having been an early user of Standout, I can do nothing but recommend the tool. It really found great job opportunities as a candidate when I was looking for a startup job a few months back! Thanks a lot to the team for their work!

Love this idea! Getting startup job leads directly on WhatsApp? That’s genius—I always miss opportunities buried in emails. Does it suggest roles based on my interests too?

Forget chasing leads and cold intros, Standout flips the hiring funnel. With one call, it syncs to your goals, screens noise, and surfaces tailored startup roles with real founder access. It's AI matchmaking meets startup velocity.

Full support! Top!

This is a very cool idea