Introducing Stardex - AI native Autonomous ATS + CRM for recruiting firms

Jan 1, 2025

We are excited to launch Stardex—an autonomous ATS + CRM for recruiting firms built for the age of AI. We have built the most flexible, simple platform with AI workflows in every corner of the product—one that feels as intuitive as tools like Notion, but with the powerful capabilities of semantic search, LinkedIn Recruiter integration, and workflow automation.


How did we get here?


Last year, we launched a Chrome extension to solve our own problem of researching relevant customers to target while building Dots. The solution was similar to OpenAI’s operator feature, taking a list of instructions and automating long-running tasks using LLMs. Our product was geared towards early sales teams, but surprisingly we saw more recruiters playing with our extension for sourcing on linkedin. This led us to focus on the research aspect of recruiting—for instance, how recruiting associates spend hours each week meticulously reviewing applicant profiles against specific criteria. We decided to target search firms (focused on senior hires), as they’re willing to invest in quality solutions.

The product worked great for basic tasks, but for more in-depth profile reviews, it had its flaws, given the model’s ability to reason and click through various webpages was limited—requiring manual review at the end of the day. Because of this, we decided to run a research agency for search firms to help us learn and improve the product. We worked with dozens of search firms, where they would give us a list of criteria, and we would use our extension to source candidates for them.


We would send over a list of profiles for the firms to upload to their ATS. Among all our conversations, one thing was common—every single recruiter we spoke to felt “meh” about their ATS + CRM. After months of helping these firms automate their research processes last year, we kept seeing the same problem in the market: most ATS tools are clunky, rigid, and static.


While sourcing is one part of the workflow, ultimately this data feeds into an ATS, and most ATS solutions just don’t work well. We wanted to fix that from the ground up. This led us to building Stardex in its current form. It became clear that recruiters need more flexibility with their data and want to automate the tedious manual workflows—like clicking five times just to update a candidate’s status or copy-pasting notes into ChatGPT.


We are starting by building the most flexible data layer possible so we can add AI to every single workflow. We already have tons of exciting solutions to problems overlooked by existing products:

  • AI-Powered Search: Quickly find and filter candidate data using semantic search, leveraging your existing database.

  • Candidate Summaries: Generate concise summaries of a candidate’s background based on what's in your database. We also integrate with all major note takers to automatically update the profile

  • Auto-Tagging: Automatically tag candidates based on their profile and notes, saving hours of manual data entry.

  • Similar Companies Database: Identify similar companies from our database of over 30 million entries, improving your outreach strategies.

  • And More: We’re launching new features every week, including better integrations and more automations.

Over time, we will continue to add deeper automation. Our goal is to eliminate all the annoying copy-paste or repetitive tasks recruiters deal with every day.


Where are we going from here?


Ultimately, our vision is to build the best recruiting copilot to help recruiters focus most of their day on building relationships with candidates and clients. Expect more sourcing and engagement automation in the short term. If you have ideas or feedback, or if you’d like to see a demo, please sign up on our website or email me.


We’re moving fast, and if you’re interested in joining our team, please email me at sanket@stardex.ai. We can’t wait to show you what we’re building next!

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