# Lantern AI: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/lantern-ai/
Covers: Oct. 15, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Lantern AI: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/lantern-ai/, updated 2026-11-11

> 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.

"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. Source: [lantern.md](https://lantern.md/).

## Facts

- Site: [lantern.md](https://lantern.md/)
- Category: AI recruiters and agents
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-lantern-ai)

"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. Source: [lantern.md](https://lantern.md/).

- Category: AI recruiters and agents
- Price: not published; sales-led (book a demo)
- AI capabilities: Named agents, AI interviews, AI analytics, Screening and ranking, MCP and agent APIs, Interview notes and AI sourcing
- Scale: No disclosed scale (YC Fall 2026; team of 4; CEO reported crossing $1M ARR (via ARR Club); no funding disclosed)

Sources: [lantern.md](https://lantern.md/), [ycombinator.com](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lantern-ai), [fondo.com](https://fondo.com/blog/start-thomas-chan-junstin-tang), [arr.club](https://www.arr.club/signal/lantern-ai-crossed-1m-arr-agents-launch) and [ycwatcher.info](https://ycwatcher.info/en/companies/lantern-ai).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Lantern AI crosses $1M ARR and launches people tools for AI agents

Launch, Oct. 15, 2026. 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.

Source: [ARR Club](https://www.arr.club/signal/lantern-ai-crossed-1m-arr-agents-launch). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-lantern-ai).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology