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  "license": {
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Wellfound: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/wellfound/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/wellfound/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/wellfound.md",
  "title": "Wellfound: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Wellfound is on the AI hiring software map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 8, 2026.",
  "period": "April 14 to Oct. 8, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "summary": "\"The AI recruiting platform for startups.\" Wellfound (formerly AngelList Talent) sells startups three hiring products. Jobs is free job posting with a built-in ATS. Reach is self-serve AI sourcing: agents run around the clock, search 10M+ opted-in candidates and 500M+ external profiles, draft tailored outreach and send it from the recruiter's own inbox. Autopilot is a managed service where a human recruiter, backed by AI search, delivers 5 to 10 ready-to-talk candidates a week.",
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  "summary": {
    "text": "\"The AI recruiting platform for startups.\" Wellfound (formerly AngelList Talent) sells startups three hiring products. Jobs is free job posting with a built-in ATS. Reach is self-serve AI sourcing: agents run around the clock, search 10M+ opted-in candidates and 500M+ external profiles, draft tailored outreach and send it from the recruiter's own inbox. Autopilot is a managed service where a human recruiter, backed by AI search, delivers 5 to 10 ready-to-talk candidates a week.",
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        "name": "wellfound.com",
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      "price": "Published: Jobs $0; Reach $135 per seat per month; Autopilot $500 per month per role plus 10% on hire.",
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      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/wellfound/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-10-08",
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      "title": "Wellfound Reach adds AI market mapping",
      "summary": "Reach can now build company lists from a plain description of a market: it \"checks the web and employee profiles, then shows why each company made the list,\" and the list can feed a sourcing agent.",
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      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/wellfound/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-09-17",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Wellfound Reach opens an MCP for AI assistants",
      "summary": "The Reach MCP gives \"compatible AI assistants access to your sourcing projects, searches, and candidate matches,\" so tools such as Claude and Codex can run sourcing experiments and add strong matches to a shortlist each morning.",
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      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/wellfound/#event-3",
      "on": "2026-04-14",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Wellfound launches one AI video interview for all jobs",
      "summary": "Wellfound built an AI video interview that candidates record once and share with the companies they apply to. An AI interviewer asks follow-up questions, an LLM summarizes each answer from the transcript and writes feedback for the candidate, and recruiters jump to pre-clipped sections. A person on the hiring team reviews each interview.",
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