# SourceWhale: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/sourcewhale/
Covers: Sept. 30, 2025 to Oct. 1, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "SourceWhale: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/sourcewhale/, updated 2026-11-11

> SourceWhale is on the AI hiring software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 1, 2026.

"The AI recruitment platform built on context." SourceWhale sells recruitment, staffing and executive search agencies a platform for sourcing, multichannel outreach (email, SMS, WhatsApp, phone), calls, an AI notetaker and its own CRM and ATS. AI ranks candidates from a plain-English brief, drafts replies in the recruiter's tone, summarizes calls and meetings, and refreshes contact data. It is built for agencies placing candidates with clients, not for in-house employer teams. Source: [sourcewhale.com](https://sourcewhale.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [sourcewhale.com](https://sourcewhale.com/)
- Category: Sourcing and talent intelligence
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

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

"The AI recruitment platform built on context." SourceWhale sells recruitment, staffing and executive search agencies a platform for sourcing, multichannel outreach (email, SMS, WhatsApp, phone), calls, an AI notetaker and its own CRM and ATS. AI ranks candidates from a plain-English brief, drafts replies in the recruiter's tone, summarizes calls and meetings, and refreshes contact data. It is built for agencies placing candidates with clients, not for in-house employer teams. Source: [sourcewhale.com](https://sourcewhale.com/).

- Category: Sourcing and talent intelligence
- Price: Not published; sales-led.
- AI capabilities: Named agents, Assistant, Screening and ranking, MCP and agent APIs, Interview notes, AI outreach and AI sourcing
- Scale: Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base ("Trusted by thousands of recruitment agencies" with named customers such as Impellam Group, Harnham and Morson (homepage). No funding round found.)

Sources: [sourcewhale.com](https://sourcewhale.com/), [sourcewhale.com](https://sourcewhale.com/sourcewhale-projects-the-ai-recruitment-crm-and-ats-that-drives-revenue-per-recruiter/), [sourcewhale.com](https://sourcewhale.com/the-notes-write-themselves-literally/), [sourcewhale.com](https://sourcewhale.com/the-admin-stops-here/), [theglobalrecruiter.com](https://www.theglobalrecruiter.com/discover-the-new-sourcewhale-the-recruitment-productivity-platform/) and [theglobalrecruiter.com](https://www.theglobalrecruiter.com/sourcewhale-launches-mcp-to-bring-recruitment-context-into-ai-tools/).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### SourceWhale launches an MCP for AI tools

Launch, Oct. 1, 2026. The MCP "connects compatible AI tools to the candidates, clients, roles and conversations already in SourceWhale," and searches calls, meetings, notes and resumes even when nobody filled in a field.

Source: [The Global Recruiter](https://www.theglobalrecruiter.com/sourcewhale-launches-mcp-to-bring-recruitment-context-into-ai-tools/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-sourcewhale).

### SourceWhale relaunches as a modular recruitment productivity platform

Launch, Sept. 30, 2025. SourceWhale presented outreach, conversations with "real-time transcriptions and AI summaries," an Inbox Agent with "AI-drafted replies, automated follow-ups," and a Notetaker as modules agencies can buy separately. It claimed "8+ hours a week saved per recruiter."

Source: [The Global Recruiter](https://www.theglobalrecruiter.com/discover-the-new-sourcewhale-the-recruitment-productivity-platform/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-sourcewhale).

## Methodology and corrections

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