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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Spott: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/spott/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/spott/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/spott.md",
  "title": "Spott: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Spott is on the AI hiring software map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Sept. 22, 2026.",
  "period": "March 27 to Sept. 22, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
    "id": "C6X751B",
    "slug": "spott",
    "name": "Spott",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://spott.io/",
    "summary": "\"The AI-native workspace for agency recruiters.\" Spott, founded in Leuven in 2024 and backed by Y Combinator, Base10 and Balderton, builds what it calls \"the AI-native ATS/CRM for recruitment firms\". It replaces tools like Bullhorn for staffing and search agencies with one platform for candidates, clients, semantic search and matching, multichannel outreach, call notes, automations and an MCP server. Spott says it does not move candidates into pipelines or present them to clients without human approval.",
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    "status": "active",
    "price_note": null,
    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Applicant tracking systems"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
  "launch_list": false,
  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "\"The AI-native workspace for agency recruiters.\" Spott, founded in Leuven in 2024 and backed by Y Combinator, Base10 and Balderton, builds what it calls \"the AI-native ATS/CRM for recruitment firms\". It replaces tools like Bullhorn for staffing and search agencies with one platform for candidates, clients, semantic search and matching, multichannel outreach, call notes, automations and an MCP server. Spott says it does not move candidates into pipelines or present them to clients without human approval.",
    "source": {
      "name": "spott.io",
      "url": "https://spott.io/"
    },
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  },
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      "map": "hiring-software",
      "title": "The AI hiring software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-spott",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Spott",
      "site": "https://spott.io/",
      "category": "Applicant tracking systems",
      "what": "\"The AI-native workspace for agency recruiters.\" Spott, founded in Leuven in 2024 and backed by Y Combinator, Base10 and Balderton, builds what it calls \"the AI-native ATS/CRM for recruitment firms\". It replaces tools like Bullhorn for staffing and search agencies with one platform for candidates, clients, semantic search and matching, multichannel outreach, call notes, automations and an MCP server. Spott says it does not move candidates into pipelines or present them to clients without human approval.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "spott.io",
        "url": "https://spott.io/"
      },
      "price": "published per-user monthly plans (Core, Pro, Enterprise), billed annually, in USD, EUR, AUD or GBP; exact figures were ambiguous in the page text",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Assistant",
          "Job posts and ads",
          "Screening and ranking",
          "MCP and agent APIs",
          "Interview notes",
          "AI outreach",
          "AI sourcing"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 3,
      "scale": "Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed (Institutional funding disclosed: $3.2M seed (March 2025) and $21M Series A (September 2026), $24.2M total.)",
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      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "spott.io",
          "url": "https://spott.io/"
        },
        {
          "name": "spott.io",
          "url": "https://spott.io/pricing"
        },
        {
          "name": "spott.io",
          "url": "https://spott.io/resources"
        },
        {
          "name": "spott.io",
          "url": "https://spott.io/resources/spott-raises-3-2m-to-launch-first-ai-native-platform-for-recruitment-firms"
        },
        {
          "name": "spott.io",
          "url": "https://spott.io/resources/spott-update-april-2026"
        },
        {
          "name": "spott.io",
          "url": "https://spott.io/resources/spott-updates-february-2026"
        }
      ],
      "more_sources": 4,
      "cross_listed": false
    }
  ],
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/spott/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-09-22",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Spott raises $21M Series A led by Balderton",
      "summary": "Balderton Capital led a $21M Series A, with Base10 Partners, Y Combinator and Fortino, to fund expansion to New York and Sydney, enterprise features and agentic AI.",
      "kind": "Funding round",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-spott"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Tech.eu",
        "url": "https://tech.eu/2026/09/22/spott-secures-21m-series-a-to-expand-its-ai-platform-for-recruitment-agencies/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/spott/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-05-13",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Spott launches an MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT",
      "summary": "\"Spott now has its own MCP server, making it easy to connect with tools like Claude and ChatGPT\", with secure read and write access to the recruiting database.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-spott"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor changelog",
        "url": "https://spott.io/resources/spott-update-april-2026"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/spott/#event-3",
      "on": "2026-03-27",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Spott adds Ask AI and suggested tasks",
      "summary": "Users \"can now ask questions on any Candidate, Contact, or meeting transcript\", and Spott \"suggests follow-up tasks after every conversation\" for the recruiter to accept or reject.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-spott"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor changelog",
        "url": "https://spott.io/resources/spott-updates-february-2026"
      }
    }
  ]
}