Wellfound Autopilot
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Just tell us what you need. Our expert recruiters find, reach out to, and schedule qualified candidates on your calendar, all at a fraction of the cost of an agency.
How Autopilot works.
Outline your ideal hire. Approve who you'd talk to. We do the rest.
Onboard & calibrate
Tell your recruiter what you're hiring for. They calibrate the search and get the first batch out within days, not weeks.
Source & pitch
We review hundreds of profiles a week, send personalized outreach to the best 50–100, and handle the back-and-forth.
Approve & book
Everyone on your shortlist has already replied and wants to talk. One click to approve, and we book the call and politely decline the rest.
Next-level search · Next-level talent
Enriched profiles, not surface-level matches.
Our AI-powered search goes beyond keywords. We aggregate billions of data points to fill in missing skills, infer hidden experience, and surface signals a normal LinkedIn search would miss.
- ✓Skills inferred from teammatesWe fill profile gaps from what teammates reported building, richer than résumé alone.
- ✓Company stage at time of tenureWere they at the seed-stage Stripe, or post-IPO Stripe? It matters.
- ✓Teammate & reference graphWe can tell who they shipped with, not just where they worked.
Interact with impact
Interested candidates from personalized outreach.
We'll review hundreds of profiles each week and reach out to the 50–100 best fits with personalized templates proven to convert top talent. When they respond, we handle the back-and-forth. All you do is one-click approve.
- ✓Templates calibrated to your voiceWe learn what's working and tighten the pitch every week.
- ✓We handle every replyScheduling, questions, expectation-setting. We manage all of it.
- ✓You only review the warm onesApprove or pass. We close the loop with everyone else.
Booked & busy
Check your calendar for top matches.
Once you approve, we schedule them. They land on your calendar, prepared and on-time. The candidates who didn't make the cut get a polite "no thanks." That's on us too.
- ✓Calendar-aware schedulingWe respect your availability and your team's interview load.
- ✓Candidate prep, before they arriveBrief on the role, the team, the stack, so the conversation starts at minute one.
- ✓Graceful declinesWe handle the no's professionally. Your brand stays intact.
Real community, better connection
10+ years of fostered connections.
Most AI recruiting tools rely on scraped data. We don't. Wellfound's proprietary data comes from millions of job-seekers who built profiles here because they actually want to hear from startups. Autopilot uses every signal for better matches and warmer replies.
Opted-in candidates
External profiles enriched
- ✓10M+ opted-in startup candidatesA pool of people who chose to be here. Not scraped.
- ✓Decade of hiring intelligenceWe know which companies hired who, when, and for what kind of role.
- ✓50% higher reply ratesCompared to cold outreach to external profiles via the same tooling.
Find the plan that fits your hiring spree.
A fraction of what an agency charges: $500/month per open role, plus 10% on a successful hire. No contract. Pause anytime.
- Dedicated 1:1 recruiter, calibrated weekly
- Custom, dynamically optimized sourcing
- 5–10 ready-to-talk candidates delivered weekly
Or compare to Reach (self-serve AI)
Autopilot, explained.
Do candidates come from Wellfound?
We source from our pool of 10M+ startup-minded candidates as well as a wider network of 500M+ enriched external profiles, to find you the absolute best matches.
What types of roles do you source for?
We're best at tech product, engineering, and growth roles right now. We're expanding to other roles in the near future. Ask us when you book a call.
How fast will I see candidates?
Calibration call happens within 48 hours of signup. First batch of candidates usually lands within the first week, with a steady cadence of 5–10 ready-to-talk candidates each week after that.
How is this different from Wellfound Reach?
Reach is self-serve. AI agents do the sourcing and outreach, you stay in the loop. Autopilot is done-for-you. A real Wellfound recruiter sources, pitches, schedules, and only hands back warm candidates. Reach is "done by AI, guided by you." Autopilot is "done by us."
Have more questions?
Schedule a call with our team and we'd love to walk you through it.
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