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Find People on the Move Before They Apply

  • Surface passive candidates quietly in transition
  • AI reads job-change and movement signals live
  • Get verified contacts and timely outreach
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Find senior engineers showing signs they are open to a move
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Marcus ChenMarcus Chen
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91%
Tenure Milestone

Just crossed the 4-year mark in the same role — his historical pattern shows a move soon after.

Quiet Signal

Updated his LinkedIn headline and photo this week without posting publicly.

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Vertex SystemsSenior Backend EngineeremailCheckUS iconUS
Elena KowalskiElena Kowalski
good
88%
Company Instability

Her employer announced a restructuring and a second round of layoffs last month.

Activity Spike

Comment and post activity on design topics tripled in the last two weeks.

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Northfield LabsProduct DesigneremailCheckPL iconPL
Ryo TanakaRyo Tanaka
good
90%
Title Stagnation

Owns two new product lines but has kept the same title for three years.

Tenure Milestone

Just passed the 3-year mark, matching his usual time-to-move pattern.

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Haruko SystemsSenior Product ManageremailCheckJP iconJP
Camille DuboisCamille Dubois
good
87%
Network Movement

Three former teammates left her company for competitors in the past quarter.

Engagement Spike

Posting frequency on marketing topics jumped sharply this month.

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LoomstackHead of Growth MarketingemailCheckFR iconFR
Owen MitchellOwen Mitchell
good
86%
Company Instability

His company reorganized the sales team and lost its VP of Sales two weeks ago.

Quiet Signal

Connected with several recruiters this month without any public announcement.

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Brightpath SolutionsEnterprise Account ExecutiveemailCheckUS iconUS
Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Vertex Systems

Senior backend engineer who just hit a tenure milestone and quietly refreshed his profile — a classic early signal of a move.

Austin, US
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Senior Backend Engineer
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What Are People on the Move?

People on the move are professionals showing real signals that they are actively changing jobs or open to a move right now — a recent title change, a tenure milestone at their current employer, instability inside that company, or a sudden spike in profile and networking activity. It is the recruiting parallel of buyer intent data, applied to candidates instead of accounts: instead of guessing who might be interested in a new role, you read behavior. Job-board applicants are already applying everywhere and contested by every recruiter searching the same board. Cold LinkedIn outreach carries no signal at all — a generic message sent to a static list on the off chance someone happens to be looking. Reading movement signals sits in between: it surfaces passive candidates who have not posted an "open to work" banner or applied anywhere, but are quietly showing that a move is coming.

Why Movement Signals Matter in 2026
The best candidates are rarely sitting on a job board — movement signals surface passive candidates before they ever post an "open to work" banner, so you reach them before any other recruiter even knows they are available.
Timing beats keyword-matching a resume — reaching someone right as they show a movement signal converts far better than cold outreach to a static list of people who are not thinking about a change at all.
AI can finally read movement signals at scale — job changes, tenure patterns, company instability, and activity spikes across the open web and professional networks, so spotting who is quietly in transition no longer means scrolling LinkedIn profile by profile.
It turns cold sourcing into a warm, well-timed conversation — when your first message references the exact reason someone might be open, it reads as relevant and timely instead of another ignored InMail.
How Lessie AI Turns Movement Signals Into Conversations

Job boards only surface people who are already applying everywhere, and cold LinkedIn outreach carries no signal at all — both leave you sourcing from the same crowded, contested pool as every other recruiter. Lessie AI reads movement signals live: job changes, tenure milestones, company instability, title stagnation, and activity spikes assembled in real time across 100+ sources. It ranks candidates by signal strength and role fit, then verifies their contact information and drafts outreach that references the specific moment — so you reach a passive candidate right as they start quietly considering a move, not months after they have already applied everywhere else.

Where Lessie AI Reads Movement Signals

The six signal sources Lessie AI reads to find candidates quietly in transition before they apply anywhere

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Job Change Signals

A new title, a new employer, or a lateral move often precedes another move soon after — the clearest early marker that someone is re-evaluating their career.

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Tenure Milestone Signals

People tend to look around at predictable points in a role — often the three- to four-year mark — based on their own historical move pattern.

Company Instability Signals

Layoffs, restructuring, leadership churn, or a stalled funding round at someone's current employer make them far more receptive to a well-timed conversation.

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Title & Promotion Signals

Scope growing while a title stays flat — or a promotion that never arrived — is a quiet but reliable sign that someone is open to being approached.

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Engagement & Activity Signals

A sudden spike in posting, commenting, or networking activity often shows someone rebuilding visibility ahead of a move, well before they say so publicly.

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Network Movement Signals

When peers, former teammates, or a manager leave a company in a cluster, the people who stay behind become measurably more open to hearing about a move.

How to Find and Reach Movement Signals with AI

Four steps from an open role to passive candidates who are quietly ready to talk

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Define the Role You Are Sourcing For

Describe the role and the profile you need by skills, seniority, and industry — no rigid filters, just plain English.

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AI Reads Movement Signals

An AI agent watches job changes, tenure milestones, company instability, and activity spikes across the open web and professional networks to find candidates in transition right now.

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Rank Candidates by Signal + Fit

Each candidate comes with the signals behind them and a score, so you work the people who are both a fit and genuinely in transition — not a random list of profiles.

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Reach the Right Person, at the Right Moment

Get a verified contact for each candidate plus AI-personalized outreach that references exactly why now is the moment to talk.

Everything You Need to Reach People on the Move

AI-powered tools to find passive candidates in transition and reach them before every other recruiter does

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Real-Time Job-Change Signals (Not a Stale Job-Board List)

Most sourcing tools show you a static list of applicants or a profile database that barely changes. Lessie AI reads movement signals live — job changes, tenure, company instability, and activity assembled in real time — so you reach candidates while the signal is still fresh.

  • Signals assembled in real time, not a stale resume database
  • Job changes, tenure, instability, and activity in one view
  • Reach passive candidates before they post "open to work"
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AI Candidate Matching (Signal + Fit)

A movement signal without fit is noise. Lessie AI ranks candidates on both — how strong the signal is and how well they match the role — so your list is who to reach, not just who happens to be active.

  • Score combines real movement signals with role fit
  • The signals behind every candidate, not a black-box number
  • Prioritize candidates in transition now, skip the rest
Verified Candidate Contacts

A ranked candidate list means nothing without a way to reach them. Lessie AI finds and verifies contact details for every candidate it surfaces — no separate data license, no manual lookups.

  • 95%+ verified emails, confirmed at the moment of search
  • Direct contacts, not just a shared inbox or job-board reply
  • Contacts assembled across 100+ sources, built in
Outreach That References the Moment

The reason someone is on the move is your best opener. Lessie AI drafts personalized outreach that references the actual movement signal, so your message reads like a timely, relevant note instead of cold InMail.

  • Outreach tied to the specific signal a candidate is showing
  • Personalized per candidate automatically, not templated
  • Turn cold sourcing into a warm, well-timed conversation
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Signal Sources
95%+
Contact Accuracy
3x
Higher Response Rate
$39.9
Per Month, Unlimited

Lessie AI vs. Job-Board Applicants vs. Cold LinkedIn

How reading people on the move signals compares to a job-board pool and cold LinkedIn outreach

ComparisonJob-Board ApplicantsCold LinkedInLessie AI
What You GetA pool of active applicants everyone else sees tooA cold list with no signal behind it at allPassive candidates showing a real movement signal
Signal FreshnessStatic — a resume posted whenever, updated rarelyNone — you are guessing who might be listeningReal-time job-change signals across 100+ sources
CoverageOnly people already applying somewhereWhoever fits a generic search filterJob changes, tenure, company instability, activity
Candidate ContactsContact info you dig up yourselfGuessed emails and spent InMail credits95%+ verified, built in
OutreachTemplated messages, same as every other recruiterGeneric InMail, ignored by most candidatesAI-personalized to the exact movement signal
CostJob board postings and contested applicant feesCheap but low response, high manual effort$39.9/mo, self-serve

Job-board applicants are already applying everywhere and contested by every recruiter working the same board. Cold LinkedIn outreach has no signal behind it at all — a generic message sent to whoever fits a search filter. Lessie AI reads movement signals live, ranks candidates on signal and fit, then hands you verified contacts and signal-aware outreach — so you reach passive candidates while they are quietly in transition, not after they have already applied everywhere else.

Who Uses Lessie AI to Find Candidates in Transition

From in-house recruiting teams to staffing agencies — signal-driven sourcing for every hiring motion

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Technical Recruiters & TA Teams
"Find senior backend engineers showing signs they are open to a move, with verified contact info"

Source passive engineers who are quietly in transition instead of resubmitting the same job-board post — reach candidates showing a real movement signal before a competing recruiter does.

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RPO & Staffing Agencies
"Find candidates at companies going through layoffs who match this client role"

Fill client roles faster by working a list of candidates showing real movement signals instead of the same job-board applicants every other agency is also calling.

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Startup Founders Hiring First Critical Roles
"Find a product lead who has hit a tenure milestone at a competitor and is open to an early-stage move"

Skip expensive agency retainers — spot candidates in transition at relevant companies and reach out directly with a timely, specific reason to talk.

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HR & People Teams
"Build a pipeline of people on the move for roles we expect to open next quarter"

Build a proactive talent pipeline ahead of need — track candidates showing movement signals now so you already have a warm list when the role actually opens.

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Explore Our Solutions

AI-powered solutions for every business need
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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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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

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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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Automated Recruiting

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

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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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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 does "people on the move" mean in recruiting?

It describes professionals showing real signals that they are actively changing jobs or open to a move right now — a recent title change, a tenure milestone, instability at their current company, or a spike in networking activity. It is the recruiting parallel of buyer intent data, applied to candidates instead of accounts. Instead of a static resume database, it gives you a ranked view of who is quietly in transition this week. Lessie AI reads these signals live across 100+ sources and hands you verified contacts to reach out.

How is this different from job-board applicants?

Job-board applicants have already raised their hand and applied — which means they are contested by every recruiter searching the same board. Candidates showing movement signals have not applied anywhere yet; they are passive and quietly showing signs like a tenure milestone, a stagnant title, or instability at their employer. Reaching them earlier means far less competition and a candidate who is not already fielding a dozen other offers.

How is this different from cold LinkedIn outreach?

Cold LinkedIn outreach has no signal behind it at all — a generic message sent to whoever fits a search filter, on the off chance they happen to be looking. Reading movement signals means looking at actual behavior first — job changes, tenure patterns, company instability, activity spikes — and only then reaching out, with a message that references the specific reason the timing is right.

How does Lessie AI read these movement signals?

Lessie AI reads movement signals live across 100+ sources rather than relying on a static profile database. An AI agent watches job changes, tenure milestones, company instability, title and promotion patterns, and activity spikes, then combines them into a single view of who is quietly on the move. Because signals are assembled in real time at the moment of search, you reach candidates while the window is still open. You can go deeper on sourcing the right roles in our guide to talent sourcing automation at https://lessie.ai/talent-sourcing-automation.

How accurate are the candidate contacts?

Every candidate surfaced comes with a verified contact, delivered at 95%+ accuracy and confirmed in real time at the moment of search rather than pulled from a stale database. That means your outreach actually lands while the movement signal is still fresh. You can explore contact and sourcing data more broadly in our guide to candidate sourcing automation at https://lessie.ai/candidate-sourcing-automation.

Is it free to try?

Yes — you can start for free and run real searches for candidates in transition before paying. The paid plan unlocks unlimited verified contacts, AI-personalized outreach, and bulk export at $39.9/mo, and teams typically see roughly a 3x higher response rate when outreach references the movement signal a candidate is showing, backed by 100+ signal sources and 95%+ contact accuracy.

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