Standout
Agentic hiring marketplace
Standout is a Standout is an AI-powered talent agent and hiring marketplace that matches professionals with opportunities and introduces them directly to companies. It is free for candidates, while companies pay only when they hire. AI agent company selling to Technology professionals seeking career representation, and startups/companies hiring talent. Latest disclosed round: Seed ($5.5M). About 16 employees, +77.8% over 6 months. 682 followers on X.
Product
- Agent type
- Standout is an AI-powered talent agent and hiring marketplace that matches professionals with opportunities and introduces them directly to companies. It is free for candidates, while companies pay only when they hire.
- Primary buyer
- Technology professionals seeking career representation, and startups/companies hiring talent
- Integrations
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- MCP support
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- Pricing
- Freemium
- HQ
- san francisco, US
- Founded
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- Profile ↗
Funding
- Date
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- Source
- Announcement ↗
- Investors
- Pioneer Fund; Y Combinator
Hiring
- Employees
- 16
- Growth 3m / 6m
- — / +77.8%
- Open roles (sample)
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- X mentions this week
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- X handle
- @standoutwork
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Sources
- Headcount
- Clay (LinkedIn)
- Open jobs
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- Traffic
- Clay (web traffic)
- Pricing
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- X metrics
- https://x.com/standoutwork
- X handle (homepage-verified)
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/standout | https://standout.work
- Clay enrichment
- Clay enrichment 2026-11-04
- seed_type
- YC directory
- funding_status
- Verified (primary/press)
- funding_source_type
- primary
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About Standout
What does Standout do?+
Agentic hiring marketplace
How much has Standout raised most recently?+
Seed of $5.5M, led by {"Y Combinator"}.
How many employees does Standout have?+
About 16 (3-month growth —).
How is Standout priced?+
Freemium.
Cite this data
Standout profile. Agent Market Map, The GTM Engineering Newsletter. Last verified Nov 4, 2026. https://agentmarketmaps.com/company/standout