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@intetics Love how this uncovers overlooked talent - makes building stronger teams way more efficient.

50% faster screening uncovers hidden talent you might be overlooking. AI scans profiles, enriches real-time data, scores growth & soft skills, and spots biases to build fairer, stronger teams. What hidden talent could AI reveal in your organisation?  #AIinRecruitment #HRTech

@AdelekeFafure @Kpono_Abasi Totally agree, these AI shifts are game-changers for deal sourcing pros. Great callout on the networking angle.

@Kpono_Abasi Hmmm…but it can tell you who to network with, when to reach out, and what they’re about sell… Data analysts, Equity researchers, deal sourcing analysts will feel it. And these are just the early signs oh. Open AI is currently spending a lottt to train its AI to replace them.

AI is coming for investment bankers heavily!

@spenserskates @harjtaggar Love hearing about that MCP beta success - validating APIs for AI agents is no small feat. What's next for those customers?

@harjtaggar The success of Amplitude MCP with our beta customers was my biggest surprise. I didn't expect a next level API to be so valuable to an AI agent.

Pretty wild to watch agents interact directly with Amplitude via MCP and iterate themselves to find answers and insights buried in the data. Great implementation @spenserskates and team 🙌

Congrats to @chrispisarski, @thechowdhary, @manmohitg, and @crustdata on their $6M seed! Crustdata is building real-time B2B data APIs to power AI sales, recruiting, and investment agents. While traditional databases provide outdated data and aren’t built for signal-driven workflows, Crustdata’s real-time enrichment and live signals position them to solve the data needs of AI agents. In just over a year, they are powering 200+ AI agent platforms and products, including top AI SDRs, recruiting platforms, teams at several of the top 10 VC firms by AUM, internal sales products at enterprises, and even an internal YC product. crustdata.com/blog/crustdata…

@riyazmd774 @TradeWindAI0511 This is spot on - AI SDRs like yours are game-changers for ditching manual drudgery. Congrats on the launch! We power most AI SDRs on the market @crustdata

The end of traditional sales teams is here. Meet @TradeWindAI0511 your 24/7 AI SDR that automates everything from lead search to outreach. 🚀 What it does: 1️⃣ Finds fresh, verified buyer data from 100+ live sources (no outdated lists) 2️⃣ Filters out junk so you only see qualified leads 3️⃣ Reaches prospects via Email, WhatsApp, Facebook, LinkedIn & AI Calls 4️⃣ You pay only when leads reply 💡 Generate 500+ verified leads daily on autopilot. Turn global data into real clients. 👉 Start your free 7-day trial: tradewindsdr.com

@heathahrens Love seeing YC companies like AOKA turn sales drudgery into strategic wins. Spot on about the role evolution. Cheers from @crustdata (F24)

We're already seeing this at YC companies. AOKA's AI sales agent frees customer service teams to do higher-value work. Tenor automates healthcare paperwork, transforming admin roles from data entry to patient coordination. The boring parts get automated.

In the 1960s, shipping got 90% cheaper. Dock workers thought they'd lose everything. Instead, billion-dollar logistics empires were born. Here's the 170-year-old paradox that explains why AI won't kill jobs (and why you shouldn't be worried):🧵

@Suzanne34371413 @iamwillcannon @bobctaylor1 @datanyze @ZoomInfo Love the helpful nudge here. Curious, what types of teams get the most value from the alternative you have in mind? @crustdata is another (biased!)

@iamwillcannon @bobctaylor1 @datanyze @ZoomInfo Try ScraperCity. I used it.

@datanyze and @ZoomInfo have to worst support desks. I would not suggest any one considers their services without a service commitment. #frustrated

@createsomechaos @SaigonButcher Love the focus on proof-of-skill over resume keywords. Which role types see the biggest lift from verification today?

@SaigonButcher Proof-of-skill is the trust layer for talent. We verify ID, work (via past employers), edu (via institutions) & skills (via consensus of experts) so companies can shortlist basis real signals and not AI generated fake resumes, assignments etc.

I've been reading decks all week & y'all are still playing it too safe. Take larger VC style swings. Look at the market chaos yesterday & solve for that. Architect for what comes next Larry Ellison said “You can’t be a successful as a small company doing the same thing everyone else is doing. As an entrepreneur you’ve got to find errors in conventional wisdom. When you tell people what you're doing, they need to think you’re crazy. The outcome is that either you’re first or you’re crazy”

@NainaChaturved8 Love the clear roles for planning, reasoning, and verification. The layered memory plus tools approach feels production-ready. Curious what surprised you most moving from prototype to reliable handoffs?

@CalebPeffer @firecrawl Huge fan of open sourcing this. Visual agents plus MCP feels like great timing. What was the hardest UX cut you made to ship?

Next week we're open sourcing Agent Builder - a visual n8n-style workflow builder for AI agents. Build AI agent workflows with a visual canvas by connecting @firecrawl, LLMs, logic nodes, and MCPs, then deploy as an API. Stay tuned for this one 👀

@Lifee2L80704 @6eb_rt @primitive_hd @HeyElsaAI @idOS_network Love the ambition around portable creds and real-time scoring; feels like the right direction for hiring UX. What’s the first collab scenario you want to see in the wild?

Winning nights start with the right squad 🌙🦆 Backing every @HeyElsaAI and @idOS_network Quacker out there. gElsa on. Let’s sync talent, verify reputation, and turn signal into momentum. Why this duo • @HeyElsaAI brings the AI superpowers for creators and communities • @idOS_network adds portable identity so trust travels with you Together it means fewer frictions, stronger creds, better rewards for consistent contributors. Show up. Share value. Lift the flock. gElsa let’s win together ✅ Your move frens. #HeyElsaAI #idOS #gElsa #Quackers #SocialFi

@ivkognito This is a clear, actionable play. Ordering by coverage is a solid baseline. What surprised you most after adding all these providers? We can also help on the data front @crustdata

Email waterfall enrichment uses multiple providers until you find a valid email. Provider 1 fails? Try provider 2. Still nothing? Move to provider 3. I use 10 different providers arranged by coverage percentage.

@noelxroberts @trypending Huge - congrats

Shipping our API next week. Bringing our AI agent to any website on the web @trypending

@vladlykhonis @reactjs @reactnative @Cloudflare Very cool launch. "realtime observability and polling via SSE" will save so many debug cycles. Will you publish a sample event stream devs can try?

Your react app is now AI agent! - Write workflow as a code directly in the app (@reactjs and @reactnative) - Your code is executed as you described on edge (@Cloudflare) Parallel and branching flows are also supported. Realtime observability and polling via SSE are coming to @calljmpdev soon.

@sir4K_zen @annarmonaco @paradigmai saw your post on linkedin too and totally agree. Real-time context in Slack beats yet another tab. What was the one signal that made follow-ups noticeably smoother?

@annarmonaco @paradigmai Nice workflow, makes follow-up so much smoother. Real-time enrichment and Slack alerts are game-changers.

auto enrich new waitlist signups with @paradigmai: - use our waitlist template or create your own sheet - add columns of interest (description of persons role at company, company size, company revenue, company industry, use case strength) - set up input webhook to sync with your waitlist - when new people join your waitlist, watch as data is parsed to paradigm and missing columns are enriched - suggest best next step based on enriched context (ex: schedule demo, send email, or disqualify) - set up output webhook to ping slack with high priority leads

@illyism @conffused_soul @calcom Love this angle. Closing the loop from meetings back to copy is where most teams stall. What was the spark that made you think this is now feasible?

So basically Howie is now data mining on scheduled meetings and what kind of meetings and emails work well. They could analyze all this data to figure out what kind of email message works the best to actually get on a high-level person's meeting schedule. "Howie Sales Agent" = Our AI sales agent is trained on how to actually get on a meeting with a $100M VC's

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@khant_dev @crolit_ai Congrats on the traction. Curious which roles are matching fastest so far and why? If you need people + company data, we have realtime APIs @crustdata - would be great to hear your feedback!

Hiring top developers shouldn’t feel slow or outdated. That’s why we built @crolit_ai , an AI-powered hiring platform designed to help you find and hire talent in real time! Our talent network has grown rapidly, with 13,000+ developers skilled in Machine Learning, DevOps, Frontend, Backend, Full Stack development, and more. Many of them currently work at leading tech companies, fast-growing startups, and even YC-backed companies. With the new Founders/Recruiters Dashboard, you can: • See real-time matches with top developers • Access rich, AI-built profiles from Resumes, LinkedIn, GitHub and Leetcode • Instantly schedule interviews without the back-and-forth • Hire for part-time, full-time or contract roles • Uncover hard-to-find specialized skills We want to help you build a great team, so you can focus on building and not hiring 🚀

@TrendsAGI Love the focus on real-time. It's the only way agents feel responsive. What's been the most surprising use case someone built on your stream?

@leadgenjay Love how you stitched GHL and n8n into a clean loop. Shipping > debating. What was the hardest part to get stable?

My solution: → GoHighLevel webhook triggers when appointment booked → N8N sends data to AI agent for evaluation → Perplexity verifies website legitimacy + email quality → Auto-scores spam risk (1-10) and lead quality (1-10) Screenshot of scoring system attached

Built an AI agent that screens sales calls automatically and boosted close rates to 42%. My exact system below:

@seanheilweil looks like I can't send you a direct DM for some reason. My email is daniel@crustdata.co

@startwithonehq send me a dm

The dirty secret of B2B data? Most of it is trash. Vendors brag about 500M records. But if half of them are stale, you’re just buying ghosts.