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Automated Recruiting, From Sourcing to Hire

  • AI-powered recruiting automation for every open role
  • Finds passive and active candidates automatically
  • 95%+ verified contacts, outreach and tracking included
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Find, contact, and track candidates for your open engineering roles
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Sofia MarchettiSofia Marchetti
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95%
Skill Signal

Recent React 19 and Next.js projects match the role requirements.

Reply Signal

Opened and replied to outreach within 20 minutes.

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BrightloopFrontend EngineeremailCheckIT iconIT
Marcus WebbMarcus Webb
good
93%
Discovery Signal

Surfaced via SQL + Python skill match and 3-year analyst tenure.

Engagement Signal

Clicked the outreach link twice and viewed the role page.

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Datastream CoData AnalystemailCheckCA iconCA
Priya NairPriya Nair
good
91%
Active Signal

Updated LinkedIn to "open to work" this week.

Response Signal

Replied same day asking about the interview process.

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Tomás RiveraTomás Rivera
good
89%
Company Move Signal

Employer announced layoffs affecting his team last week.

Reply Signal

Opened outreach three times before replying with availability.

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ClientflowCustomer Success ManageremailCheckES iconES
Amara ChukwuAmara Chukwu
good
87%
Skill Signal

Shipped a full-stack project combining Node.js and React this quarter.

Pipeline Signal

Moved from contacted to screening within 48 hours.

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Sofia Marchetti
Sofia Marchetti
Brightloop

Frontend engineer auto-sourced from a live skill search. Recent React 19 and Next.js project work matches the role.

Milan, IT
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Frontend Engineer
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What Is Automated Recruiting?

Automated recruiting is the practice of using AI to run the full hiring workflow — finding candidates, reaching out, and tracking pipeline status — without manual busywork at every step. Most automation stops at a single task, like a sourcing tool or a scheduling bot, and leaves the rest to the recruiter. Lessie AI goes further: an AI agent reads real-time signals — skills, job-change readiness, company and market moves — to decide who to find and when, then automates the outreach and tracking that follow. The result is a hiring motion that runs itself from an open role to a filled one.

Why Automated Recruiting Matters in 2026
Speed wins the best candidates — reaching a passive or active candidate within hours of a signal appearing beats a competitor’s recruiter who is still searching a database.
AI reads signals a human recruiter would miss — skill changes, job-change readiness, and company moves tell the system who to contact and exactly when, instead of working a stale list.
It removes the manual busywork — sourcing, personalized outreach, and pipeline updates run on their own, freeing recruiters to focus on interviews and closing instead of copy-paste admin.
It scales without adding headcount — one recruiter can run this workflow across dozens of open roles at once, because the AI agent finds, contacts, and tracks candidates in parallel.
How Lessie AI Runs Recruiting on Autopilot

Most tools automate one slice of the job — a sourcing bot, a scheduling assistant, an ATS reminder — and leave the rest to the recruiter. Lessie AI runs the whole motion as one continuous, automated workflow: an AI agent reads real-time signals to find both passive and active candidates, sends personalized outreach that references the exact signal it detected, then tracks every reply and pipeline stage automatically. You describe the role in plain English, and the workflow takes it from an empty pipeline to warm conversations without you touching a spreadsheet.

The Signals Behind Every Automated Recruiting Decision

The six signal types Lessie AI reads to decide who to find, when to reach out, and how to personalize each message

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Skill & Experience Signals

The skills, tools, and experience a candidate has actually used — read from public profiles and work history, not just résumé keywords — so the right people surface for the right roles.

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Job-Change Readiness

Tenure, role changes, and profile activity that signal a candidate is open to a move, even if they never flip on an "open to work" badge.

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Active Candidate Signals

Candidates actively applying, updating profiles, or engaging with job posts right now — the open-role signals that complement passive sourcing.

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Company & Market Moves

Layoffs, restructuring, funding, and leadership changes at a candidate’s current employer that often precede a search for a new role.

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Outreach Response Signals

Opens, replies, and reply sentiment that show how a candidate is engaging with outreach, so the system can decide the right next touch on its own.

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Pipeline & Status Signals

Where each candidate sits in the funnel — contacted, replied, screening, interviewing — tracked automatically so nothing falls through the cracks.

How Automated Recruiting Works, Step by Step

Four steps from an open role to a full pipeline, without manual busywork at any stage

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Describe the Role You’re Hiring For

Tell Lessie AI the role, must-have skills, and seniority in plain English — no boolean strings or rigid filters.

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AI Finds Passive and Active Candidates

An AI agent reads skill signals, job-change readiness, active application activity, and company moves to surface both passive and active candidates who fit.

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Outreach Sends and Personalizes Itself

Each candidate gets a message personalized to the specific signal behind the match, sent and sequenced automatically — no manual copy-paste.

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The Pipeline Tracks Itself

Replies, interest, and interview stage update automatically, so recruiters see a live view of the pipeline without touching a spreadsheet.

Everything You Need to Automate Recruiting End to End

AI-powered tools that find candidates, personalize outreach, and track pipeline status automatically — the complete automated recruiting toolkit in one platform

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AI Candidate Discovery (Passive + Active)

Finding the right people is the first half of the job — Lessie AI reads skill signals, job-change readiness, and active application activity to surface passive and active candidates in one search.

  • Passive candidates surfaced from skill and readiness signals
  • Active candidates already applying or open to work
  • One ranked list instead of two separate searches
Automated, Personalized Outreach

Manual outreach does not scale past a handful of roles. Lessie AI drafts and sends personalized messages that reference the exact signal behind each match, automatically, at whatever volume your hiring plan requires.

  • Messages personalized per candidate and per signal
  • Sequenced follow-ups sent without manual scheduling
  • Tone and channel matched to the role and seniority
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Automatic Pipeline & Response Tracking

Every reply, click, and status change updates the pipeline on its own, so recruiters always know where a candidate stands without asking or checking a spreadsheet.

  • Replies and interest tracked in real time
  • Pipeline stage updates without manual data entry
  • One dashboard for every open role
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Signal-Aware Candidate Ranking

Not every candidate is ready to move. Lessie AI ranks candidates on fit and signal strength, so recruiters know who to contact first instead of working a list in alphabetical order.

  • Score combines skill fit with job-change readiness
  • The signals behind every match, not a black-box number
  • Contact the most likely-to-move candidates first
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Signal Sources
95%+
Contact Accuracy
3x
Faster Time-to-Fill
$39.9
Per Month, Unlimited

Lessie AI vs. Manual Recruiting Workflow vs. Legacy ATS

How a fully automated hiring workflow compares to manual work and a legacy applicant tracking system

ComparisonManual Recruiting WorkflowLegacy ATSLessie AI
What You GetA spreadsheet and a recruiter’s bandwidthA database to store applicants, no discoveryA full workflow, source to hire, running on its own
Candidate DiscoveryManual searches on LinkedIn and job boardsOnly candidates who apply to a posted jobPassive and active candidates surfaced from live signals
OutreachMessages copied and sent one by oneA generic auto-reply, or none at allPersonalized outreach sent and sequenced automatically
Pipeline TrackingStatus updated by hand in a spreadsheetStage changes easy to forget or let slipReplies and pipeline stage tracked automatically
Contact AccuracyContact info found and verified by handOnly what a candidate typed into a form95%+ verified contacts, built in
Cost & SpeedSlow — limited by recruiter hours in the dayCheap to license, slow without automation$39.9/mo, roughly 3x faster time-to-fill

A manual recruiting workflow means a recruiter sourcing, messaging, and updating spreadsheets by hand for every role. A legacy ATS stores candidates and job posts but automates none of the sourcing or outreach — it is a system of record, not a system of action. Lessie AI runs automated recruiting end to end: it finds passive and active candidates from real-time signals, sends personalized outreach, and tracks pipeline status automatically, so recruiters spend their time on interviews instead of admin.

Who Uses Lessie AI to Automate Recruiting

From lean startup teams to agencies — a full hiring workflow for every kind of recruiter

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Startup Talent Teams
"Find backend engineers open to a move at Series B startups and message the ones showing recent skill signals"

Run automated recruiting across every open role without adding headcount — Lessie AI finds candidates, sends outreach, and tracks replies while the team focuses on interviews.

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High-Volume Recruiting Teams
"Find and contact 50 qualified customer support candidates for three open roles this week"

Scale sourcing and outreach across dozens of roles at once, so recruiters spend their time on the candidates who reply instead of the ones who never will.

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Agencies & RPO
"Find niche data engineering candidates for a client role and track every response automatically"

Run multiple client searches in parallel with one automated workflow, so pipeline status stays current for every client without manual check-ins.

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In-House TA & People Teams
"Find candidates showing job-change readiness for a hard-to-fill engineering role"

Free recruiters from manual busywork — the AI finds the right candidates and keeps the pipeline current, so every hiring manager sees real-time status.

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Explore Our Solutions

AI-powered solutions for every business need
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Automated Recruiting

Automated recruiting that finds candidates, sends personalized outreach, and tracks pipeline status automatically — no manual busywork.

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Find Influencer

Discover and connect with influencers across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and more using AI-powered search.

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Find Customer

Generate qualified B2B leads with AI — find decision-makers, verify contacts, and automate outreach.

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Find Investor

Scout investors that match your startup — search VCs, angels, and funds by stage, sector, and geography.

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Recruiting

Find top talent across LinkedIn, GitHub, and more — AI-powered candidate sourcing and outreach.

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Find Partner

Identify and connect with strategic partners — co-marketing, integrations, and business development.

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Find Coach

Find the right coach for your needs — business, career, executive, and life coaches matched by AI.

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Find Distributor

Discover wholesale, food, and industry distributors — verify contacts and build partnerships with AI.

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Find Influencers

AI influencer marketing platform — find creators across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube & LinkedIn with verified contacts.

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Find Local Influencers

Find influencers by city and region — search creators in NYC, Miami, Chicago, or any location with verified contacts.

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Encontrar Influenciadores

Encontre criadores de conteúdo e influenciadores brasileiros — busque por nicho, cidade e plataforma com e-mails verificados.

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Find Early Adopters

Find your first 100 ideal users — AI searches 50,000+ recently funded startups and their decision-makers in 30 seconds.

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Recruit Research Participants

Recruit 50 ideal B2B research participants in 24 hours — verified PMs, UX researchers, founders by role and industry.

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Encontrar Participantes (BR)

Encontre 50 contatos B2B qualificados em 60 segundos — emails verificados por cargo, setor e porte. Diferente de Opinion Box e MindMiners.

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Find Property Leads

AI-powered real estate platform — find property leads, verify contacts, and run personalized email campaigns.

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AI People Search

AI people search across LinkedIn, X, GitHub, and Crunchbase — find anyone, anywhere, with verified contact data.

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B2B Market Research

AI-powered B2B market intelligence, competitor mapping, and ICP research in minutes.

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LinkedIn Resume Builder

AI-tailored LinkedIn resumes — ATS-optimized, industry templates, free downloads.

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B2B Data

Real-time, verified B2B data — firmographics, contacts, intent signals across 100+ sources.

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Sales Intelligence

AI sales intelligence platform — find decision-makers with verified contacts, firmographics, and intent signals across 100+ live sources.

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B2B Lead Finder

AI-powered B2B lead finder — verified contacts across 100+ live sources in 2 minutes.

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AI Proposal Generator

AI-powered B2B proposal generator — personalized with real prospect intelligence in 30 seconds.

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Background Check for Business

Verify B2B vendors, partners, and suppliers — public-source-only, real-time, no FCRA consumer data.

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LinkedIn Profile Optimizer

AI-powered LinkedIn profile audit and rewrite — benchmarked against top performers in your role.

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Hire AI Video Creators

Find and contact AI video creators across TikTok, YouTube & Instagram — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

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Hire Creative & Video Talent

Find YouTube video editors, 3D designers, thumbnail designers & social media designers — verified contacts, AI outreach.

Hire React Developers

Find and contact React engineers across GitHub, LinkedIn & more — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

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Hire Python Developers

Find and contact Python developers across GitHub, LinkedIn & more — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

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Hire PHP Developers

Find and contact PHP developers across GitHub, LinkedIn & more — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

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Hire Android Developers

Find and contact Android developers across GitHub, LinkedIn & more — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

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Hire Full-Stack Developers

Find and contact full-stack developers across GitHub, LinkedIn & more — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

Hire Java Developers

Find and contact Java developers across GitHub, LinkedIn & more — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

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Resume Database

Search millions of candidate profiles across 100+ live sources — no uploads, contacts verified in real time.

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Skills-Based Hiring

Find candidates by skill, not job title — source talent on proven skills and real work across 100+ sources.

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Diversity Recruiting

Source underrepresented talent at scale — widen your candidate pool with AI across 100+ live sources.

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Talent Pool Software

Build living talent pools that never go stale — AI keeps candidate contacts fresh across 100+ sources.

Recruitment Automation Tools

Automate sourcing and candidate outreach end to end — AI finds, verifies, and contacts talent.

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Buyer Intent Data

Find B2B accounts in-market now — Lessie AI reads real-time buyer intent signals and hands you verified contacts.

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AI BDR

Autonomous AI BDR agent that finds prospects from live buying signals, verifies contacts, and sends outreach 24/7.

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AI Sales Assistant

An ai sales assistant that finds prospects, verifies contacts, drafts outreach, and follows up automatically.

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AI for Sales Prospecting

AI for sales prospecting that reads live buyer signals and hands you verified contacts to reach out to.

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Automated Prospecting

An automated prospecting agent that finds accounts, verifies contacts, and refills your pipeline automatically.

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Buying Signals

Monitor B2B buying signals across content, social, hiring, funding, and tech stack to know who to target and why now.

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Candidate Sourcing Automation

AI-powered candidate sourcing automation that matches actively job-searching candidates to your open roles and automates outreach.

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Conversational Marketing

Engage prospects with conversational marketing that keeps every reply going through automatic, multi-turn dialogue.

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Intent-Based Marketing

Run intent based marketing with Lessie AI — target in-market accounts with real-time buying signals, not the whole TAM.

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Intent Signals

Read real-time intent signals across content, social, hiring, funding, and tech stack to find in-market accounts first.

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Lead Nurturing

AI-powered lead nurturing that adapts every touch to real signals until a lead is sales-ready.

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LinkedIn Prospecting

AI-powered LinkedIn prospecting that reads engagement, groups, and job changes to find and verify who is ready to talk.

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People on the Move

Find people on the move — passive candidates showing job-change and movement signals before they ever apply.

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Predictive Hiring

Predictive hiring scores candidate move-readiness with AI signals, so you reach the right hire before the req even goes live.

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Signal-Based Selling

Sell to the moment: prioritize outreach with signal based selling instead of a static contact list.

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Talent Sourcing Automation

Talent sourcing automation that finds passive candidates via signals, before a req even opens.

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Technographic Data

Spot accounts by technographic data — tools adopted, dropped, or mid-migration — and reach them with verified contacts.

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Warm Leads

Turn cold prospect lists into warm leads by reaching contacts while they show real buying signals.

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Affiliate Partner Finder

Describe your product and audience — Lessie AI surfaces creators, sites, and operators ready to promote you on revenue-share, with verified emails.

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Amazon Seller Finder

Find Amazon FBA sellers, private-label brands, and aggregators by category, revenue tier, and marketplace — with verified contacts.

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Angel Investor Finder

Describe your stage and thesis — Lessie AI surfaces angels who actively write checks in your space, with verified emails for warm intros.

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B2B Content Creator Finder

Describe the operator audience you want — Lessie AI surfaces newsletter writers, B2B YouTubers, and LinkedIn voices with verified emails.

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Board Advisor Finder

Describe the gap on your board — Lessie AI surfaces domain-expert advisors with operator credibility, plus verified emails.

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Brand Creator Finder

Describe the audience you want — Lessie AI surfaces creators whose audience overlaps your ICP, with verified emails to pitch directly.

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Clinical Advisor Finder

Describe the clinical or scientific question — Lessie AI surfaces physician advisors, KOLs, and researchers with verified emails.

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Conference Speaker Finder

Describe the talk you want on stage — Lessie AI surfaces a shortlist of qualified speakers with verified emails, ready to invite.

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CTO Finder

Find CTOs, VP Engineering, and Heads of Platform by stack, scale, and architecture history — with verified emails.

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Developer Advocate Finder

Describe the developer audience and tech stack — Lessie AI surfaces DevRel leaders, advocates, and community-builders with verified emails.

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Due Diligence Expert Finder

Describe the diligence question — Lessie AI surfaces domain experts who actually know the market, with verified emails for paid expert calls.

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Event Sponsor Finder

Describe your event and audience — Lessie AI surfaces brands likely to sponsor, with the right decision-maker email on every row.

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Fractional Executive Finder

Describe the leadership gap — Lessie AI surfaces fractional CMOs, CTOs, CFOs, and COOs with track records that match, plus verified emails.

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Integration Partner Finder

Describe the integration you want to build — Lessie AI surfaces SaaS companies with API surface, customer overlap, and the right BD lead with a verified email.

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Limited Partner Finder

Find LPs — family offices, endowments, fund-of-funds, and HNW allocators — who actually back funds at your stage and thesis.

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Marketing Agency Finder

Find marketing agencies by specialty, client portfolio, and geo — with verified founder and BD emails.

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Newsletter Sponsor Finder

Find brands that sponsor newsletters in your niche — with verified marketing-decision-maker emails.

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Newsletter Writer Finder

Find newsletter writers and operators by niche, audience size, and platform — with verified direct emails.

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Patent Attorney Finder

Describe the technology and filing strategy — Lessie AI surfaces patent attorneys with proven prosecution history in your space, plus verified emails.

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Podcast Guest Finder

Describe the guest you want — Lessie AI surfaces a vetted shortlist with verified emails, ready to pitch.

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Reseller Finder

Find resellers, distributors, and channel partners who already sell to your ICP — in plain English, with verified emails.

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RevOps Consultant Finder

Describe the revenue-ops gap — Lessie AI surfaces specialists in your CRM, motion, and stage with verified emails for direct hiring.

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Salesforce Consultant Finder

Find certified Salesforce consultants and partners by cloud, industry, and certification — with verified emails.

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Shopify Agency Finder

Find Shopify Plus partners and design/dev agencies by specialty, brand portfolio, and geo — with verified emails.

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Technical Writer Finder

Describe the docs or developer content you need — Lessie AI surfaces technical writers with proven samples in your stack, plus verified emails.

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VP of Sales Finder

Find VPs of Sales, CROs, and Heads of Revenue by stage, ACV, and prior playbook — with verified emails.

FAQ

Get answers to common questions about Lessie AI.

What is automated recruiting?

Automated recruiting is the use of AI to run the full hiring workflow — finding candidates, reaching out with personalized messaging, and tracking pipeline status — without a recruiter manually doing each step. Instead of automating just one task, like scheduling or job posting, it covers the whole motion from an open role to a warm conversation. Lessie AI reads real-time signals to decide who to find and when, then automates the outreach and tracking that follow.

How is automated recruiting different from candidate sourcing?

Candidate sourcing — whether passive sourcing from a talent pool or active sourcing from open applicants — is one part of automated recruiting, not the whole thing. If you specifically need passive candidate discovery, see our guide to talent sourcing automation at https://lessie.ai/talent-sourcing-automation; for sourcing candidates who already applied to an open role, see candidate sourcing automation at https://lessie.ai/candidate-sourcing-automation. This page covers the full workflow: finding candidates from both of those signal types, then automating the outreach and pipeline tracking that come after sourcing ends.

What signals does Lessie AI read to power this workflow?

Lessie AI reads six signal types: skill and experience signals, job-change readiness, active application activity, company and market moves, outreach response signals, and pipeline status. Company and market moves — like a layoff or a leadership change — are often the earliest sign a candidate is about to look, and you can see how we track them in our guide to people on the move at https://lessie.ai/people-on-the-move.

Does this workflow handle outreach, or just candidate discovery?

It handles both. Lessie AI does not stop at finding candidates — it drafts and sends outreach personalized to the specific signal behind each match, sequences follow-ups, and tracks every reply on its own. Discovery without automated outreach still leaves a recruiter doing manual messaging for every candidate found, which is exactly the busywork this workflow removes.

How does the pipeline stay up to date without manual tracking?

Every reply, click, and stage change updates automatically as candidates move through the funnel, so recruiters get a live view without manual data entry. Lessie AI also factors in job-change readiness to prioritize candidates most likely to respond — see our guide to predictive hiring at https://lessie.ai/predictive-hiring for how that scoring works.

Is Lessie AI’s recruiting automation platform free to try?

Yes — you can start for free and run a real search before paying. The paid plan unlocks unlimited verified contacts, automated outreach, and pipeline tracking at $39.9/mo, and teams typically fill roles roughly 3x faster once sourcing, outreach, and tracking all run on their own.

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