Find AI – Perplexity Meets LinkedIn
As a founder, finding early customers is always a challenge. I'd come up with specific guesses for people to talk to - such "VCs that used to be startup founders" or "Former lawyers who are now CTOs." Running those types of searches typically involves opening dozens of LinkedIn profiles in tabs, and looking at them one-by-one. And, it turns out that going through LinkedIn profiles one-by-one is a daily job for many people. I started building Find AI to make it easier to search for people. I initially started just having GPT review people's LinkedIn profiles and websites, but it cost…
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Find AI is a search tool that helps users locate specific people on LinkedIn by using AI to analyze profiles based on detailed criteria. Instead of manually reviewing dozens of profiles, users can ask natural language questions like "VCs who were formerly startup founders" and the AI returns matches within seconds. The tool is designed for founders seeking early customers, recruiters, and others who regularly need to identify people with specific backgrounds or expertise.
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As a founder, finding early customers is always a challenge. I'd come up with specific guesses for people to talk to - such "VCs that used to be startup founders" or "Former lawyers who are now CTOs." Running those types of searches typically involves opening dozens of LinkedIn profiles in tabs, and looking at them one-by-one. And, it turns out that going through LinkedIn profiles one-by-one is a daily job for many people. I started building Find AI to make it easier to search for people. I initially started just having GPT review people's LinkedIn profiles and websites, but it cost thousands of dollars per search (!). The product we're launching today can now run the same searches in seconds for pennies. Find AI is Perplexity-style search over LinkedIn-type data. Ask vague questions, and the AI will go find and analyze people to get you matches. The results are really impressive - here are some questions I've used: - Find potential future founders by looking for tech company PMs who previously started a company - Find potential chief science officers by looking for PhDs with industry experience who now work at a startup but have never founded a company before - Find other founders who have a dog and might want my vet app product The database currently consists of tech companies and people, but we're working to scale up to more people. The data is all first-party and retrieved from public sources. Our first customers have been VCs, who are using Find AI to keep track of new AI companies. We just launched email alerts on searches, so you can get updates as new companies match your criteria. Try it out and let me know what you think.
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