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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Standout: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/standout/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/standout/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/standout.md",
  "title": "Standout: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Standout is on the AI hiring software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated June 4, 2026.",
  "period": "May 7 to June 4, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "slug": "standout",
    "name": "Standout",
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    "site": "https://standout.work/",
    "summary": "\"Agentic hiring marketplace.\" Every candidate and every company gets an agent. A company enters its URL. The agent reads its team, stack and stage, searches LinkedIn and GitHub, and pre-screens inbound applicants. It sends warm intros to Slack with a note on fit and books a 30-minute call. It also sends follow-up and rejection emails. Candidates run a CLI (\"npx standout\") that assesses how they build. Candidates stay anonymous until they accept an intro. Companies pay only on success.",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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      "AI recruiters and agents"
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  "summary": {
    "text": "\"Agentic hiring marketplace.\" Every candidate and every company gets an agent. A company enters its URL. The agent reads its team, stack and stage, searches LinkedIn and GitHub, and pre-screens inbound applicants. It sends warm intros to Slack with a note on fit and books a 30-minute call. It also sends follow-up and rejection emails. Candidates run a CLI (\"npx standout\") that assesses how they build. Candidates stay anonymous until they accept an intro. Companies pay only on success.",
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      "name": "Standout",
      "site": "https://standout.work/",
      "category": "AI recruiters and agents",
      "what": "\"Agentic hiring marketplace.\" Every candidate and every company gets an agent. A company enters its URL. The agent reads its team, stack and stage, searches LinkedIn and GitHub, and pre-screens inbound applicants. It sends warm intros to Slack with a note on fit and books a 30-minute call. It also sends follow-up and rejection emails. Candidates run a CLI (\"npx standout\") that assesses how they build. Candidates stay anonymous until they accept an intro. Companies pay only on success.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "standout.work",
        "url": "https://standout.work/"
      },
      "price": "Success-only: \"companies pay only on hire\"; \"No retainer, no exclusivity.\" Free for talent.",
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      "capabilities": {
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        "items": [
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          "AI assessments",
          "Screening and ranking",
          "AI outreach",
          "Scheduling",
          "AI sourcing"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 4,
      "scale": "No disclosed scale (YC Spring 2026; vendor says it represents 10,000+ builders and has matched with 60+ startups; no funding amount on pages opened)",
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        {
          "name": "ycombinator.com",
          "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/standout"
        },
        {
          "name": "ycombinator.com",
          "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Qfi-standout-a-talent-agent-for-builders"
        },
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    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/standout/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-06-04",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Standout launches a CLI talent agent for builders",
      "summary": "Standout launched \"Standout - A Talent Agent For Builders.\" Candidates run \"npx standout\" to have their building and debugging assessed, and companies get intros \"in hours, not weeks\" and pay only on hire.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
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      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/standout/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-05-07",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Standout launches its agentic hiring marketplace",
      "summary": "Standout posted \"Standout - The Agentic Hiring Marketplace\" on Launch YC: talent and companies each get an agent that makes intros when it matters.",
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      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
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