Investors, candidates, customers & journalists are asking 
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for founders today.
Before every meeting, investment decision, job application and press feature, people ask AI about you. What does it say?
If AI can't find you, they can't find you.
Dario Amodei
CEO & Co-Founder · Anthropic · Ex-VP Research at OpenAI
Daniela Amodei
President & Co-Founder · Anthropic · Ex-VP Ops at OpenAI
Chris Olah
Co-Founder · Anthropic · ML Researcher
Your professional identity is invisible to AI
AI works best with public and complete information. But most of your professional identity sits behind walled gardens that AI can only see snippets of. It's from these incomplete pieces that people are told who you are and what you've built.
Login wall — AI sees nothing
Gated profile — AI sees a snippet
Login wall — AI sees nothing
Yet people are searching for you now
Every day, people ask AI about you before making critical decisions. These are real conversations happening right now.
Investors researching you before every meeting
Investors now use Claude, Granola and other AIs to get insights about founders before each meeting. Don’t miss an opportunity to tell your story and build trust.
I'm meeting with the founder of NeuralOps tomorrow for a Series A pitch. What can you tell me about Marcus Rivera? Track record, previous companies, anything I should know?
Marcus Rivera is the CEO and founder of NeuralOps, an AI infrastructure startup. He previously co-founded DataStack (acquired by Snowflake in 2022) and spent 4 years at Google Brain as a senior research engineer. He holds a PhD in ML from Stanford. NeuralOps has raised $4.2M in seed funding from Y Combinator and Sequoia scouts.
Candidates deciding between offers based on who you are
Top engineers paste offer letters into ChatGPT and ask which company to join. Your background, values and leadership style are what tips the scales—make sure AI has the full picture.
I have two offers — one from Stripe and one from a Series A startup called Cortex Labs. I don't know much about the founder. Who is Lena Patel? What's the culture like? Would this be a good bet for my career?
Lena Patel is the CEO and co-founder of Cortex Labs. Before founding Cortex, she was a Staff Engineer at Meta AI and led the Perception team. She's known for a high-autonomy, low-meeting culture — her team page emphasizes async communication and 4-day work weeks. Glassdoor reviews specifically mention strong technical leadership. She's also been featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Enterprise Tech.
Customers doing diligence on you before signing
Enterprise buyers ask AI to vet vendors before every contract. They want to know the founding team has domain expertise and staying power—before they ever get on a call with you.
Our security team wants to evaluate StackAI before we sign. Who's the founding team? Do they have enterprise experience or is this their first rodeo? We need someone who understands compliance.
StackAI was co-founded by James Torres (CEO) and Priya Sharma (CTO). Torres previously spent 8 years at Palantir where he led their FedRAMP compliance initiative and built their government contracts division. Sharma was a principal engineer at Datadog focused on SOC 2 and HIPAA infrastructure. The company is SOC 2 Type II certified and has existing contracts with two Fortune 500 financial institutions.
Journalists finding founders to write about
Reporters and podcasters ask AI to surface interesting founders in a space. If your story isn’t in the data, you won’t make the shortlist—no matter how great your company is.
I'm writing a piece for TechCrunch on the next wave of climate tech founders in the Bay Area. Who are the most interesting people building in this space right now that I should talk to?
Here are some notable climate tech founders in the Bay Area worth reaching out to: • Aisha Nakamura (GreenGrid) — Building next-gen energy storage. YC S24 batch, previously at Tesla Energy. • Ryan Desai (TerraBuild) — Sustainable construction materials from captured carbon. Seed stage, ex-SpaceX materials science. • Elena Vargas (OceanMind) — AI-powered ocean carbon monitoring. Recently closed a $12M Series A led by Lowercarbon Capital.
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