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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Lantern AI: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/lantern-ai/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/lantern-ai/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/lantern-ai.md",
  "title": "Lantern AI: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Lantern AI is on the AI hiring software map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated Oct. 15, 2026.",
  "period": "Oct. 15, 2026",
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    "site": "https://lantern.md/",
    "summary": "\"AI Recruiting Platform for Connected Hiring,\" sold to enterprises. Agents share one hiring context across sourcing, application review, AI interviews with follow-up questions, meeting notes and analytics. They work beside the existing ATS. Humans set the hiring standard, review the evidence, approve changes to the bar and make the final decision. The vendor publishes no speed claims. It also sells a people-data product for AI agents.",
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  "summary": {
    "text": "\"AI Recruiting Platform for Connected Hiring,\" sold to enterprises. Agents share one hiring context across sourcing, application review, AI interviews with follow-up questions, meeting notes and analytics. They work beside the existing ATS. Humans set the hiring standard, review the evidence, approve changes to the bar and make the final decision. The vendor publishes no speed claims. It also sells a people-data product for AI agents.",
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      "scale": "No disclosed scale (YC Fall 2026; team of 4; CEO reported crossing $1M ARR (via ARR Club); no funding disclosed)",
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          "url": "https://fondo.com/blog/start-thomas-chan-junstin-tang"
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      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/lantern-ai/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-10-15",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Lantern AI crosses $1M ARR and launches people tools for AI agents",
      "summary": "CEO Thomas Chan said Lantern AI crossed $1M ARR and launched a CLI-native product that gives agents such as Codex and Claude Code 70+ tools for people data, research and outreach.",
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