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We’re talking to thousands of operators and engineers across the world. We spot the gems before they’re gems — and warm-intro them to you.

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Shift
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Hex
Viktor
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Bloom
Kinro
Krea
Knowunity
Gridmatic
Coframe
Parallel
Vocca
Super44
Petra Labs
Realmforge
Recurse ML
Roam
SF Tensor
General Compute
Prelude
Empathic
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2.What Standout does

Four ways Standout shows up for your team.

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Léa BertrandFounding eng · ex-Stripe

Rebuilt the same Postgres + Kafka stack twice. Wants to do it again at the bottom of the stack.

Payments infraDistributed
LpLoop·Series A·payments
01 · Warm intros

Standout introduces you to people we already represent.

Every intro lands as a personal note — context, not a CV.

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LinkedInGitHubAria K.1 of 1.2M
02 · On-demand sourcing

Standout searches across LinkedIn and GitHub.

Until the right name surfaces — qualified, not crawled.

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03 · Pre-screening

Standout filters your inbound down to what matters.

Only the ones worth your time make it through.

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Aria K.Interview
Stage movedemail sent
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12polite rejections sent
Templates · personalized
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Marcus T. follow-up scheduled
Calendar invite delivered
04 · Pipeline ops

Standout follows up so your ATS gets quieter, not louder.

Stage moves, rejections, next-step emails — on your behalf.

3.The flow, in one screen

From your domain to your first intro.

Type your URL. We read your team, your stack, your stage — and warm-intro the people we’d hire if we were you.

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Loop

Series A · Payments infrastructure

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Team9 engineers · 2 founders
StackGo · Postgres · Kafka
HiringFounding eng · Infra eng

Calibrating · 4 of 4

Comp floor$200k+
Stage fitSeries A only
GeographyEU + SF
#hiring-infra· 3 members
Standout

Standout 10:42 AM

Quick intro — Aria K., distributed systems lead, ex-Datadog. Has rebuilt the same Postgres + Kafka stack twice. Open to a Series A founding-eng role. Wants to talk.

AAria K.· 30 min · videoConfirmed

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