Standout is an agentic hiring marketplace that deploys autonomous AI agents to represent both tech talent and companies, vetting each side and making introductions only when fit is confirmed. It opera
Standout is an agentic hiring marketplace that deploys autonomous AI agents to represent both tech talent and companies, vetting each side and making introductions only when fit is confirmed. It operates on a 'Hollywood agent' model where talent gets free, passive, and anonymous career representation while companies pay only on a successful hire. The platform focuses on the startup ecosystem, targeting founding engineers, early product hires, and GTM leaders at pre-seed through Series B companies. Standout is a Y Combinator P26 (Spring 2026) company based in San Francisco.
Total raised
$4.0M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Alexis Aftalion
Previously COO at Zealy (formerly CREW³), a Web3 community engagement platform he helped scale to 1.5M MAU and $3M ARR in 12 months. Left Zealy (and significant equity) to co-found Standout.
LinkedInCôme Chabaille d'Auvigny
Relocated from Paris to San Francisco to join Standout at the outset of the YC batch. Previously worked at BeReal, the viral French photo-sharing app.
LinkedInWitold de La Chapelle
Previously an engineer at Dropbox, Samsara, and Chime. Also independently built a job board that reached 100K MAU before co-founding Standout.
LinkedInNo applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.