talentpluto (YC)

The AI career agent connecting elite talent with startups through warm introductions.

[talentpluto (YC) @talentpluto]

@sahil_seth9 @bnicholehopkins

[talentpluto (YC) @talentpluto]

@sahil_seth9 @ericho_goodfire @GoodfireAI you heard the man

[Tony Xavier @TonyXavier_]

Learnings from @ycombinator day 2:

- just keep shipping
- do it fast
- every founder here is cracked

[Sahil Seth @sahil_seth9]

Day 2 of YC

- asked @sama what data/context LLMs need to assess people’s fit for jobs
- asked @pedroh96 how he prioritizes customers and bottlenecks

need more alpha

[Sahil Seth @sahil_seth9]

I was rejected by @ycombinator 9 times

I got in on my 10th attempt. there was no secret sauce

the idea is similar, but i'm walking in with traction (to the point people ask us why we are doing yc - a post for later)

we have a team, insane customers, and a clear vision of how we scale to 100B

I got lucky along the way and found people who believed in me. I almost quit 10 times but each time I reminded myself I didn't want to leave this earth with any regrets

so here I am taking my shot

p.s. - watch the video when I applied solo 2 years ago

[talentpluto (YC) @talentpluto]

@TheMaxTP @ycombinator Yessir 🙌

[Max @TheMaxTP]

@talentpluto is doing @ycombinator (S26)!

We are defining the future of labor markets.

Call or text pluto at [phone] to share your story and be headhunted forever.

Pictured: MZ & SG ⊂ SF @ YC.

[talentpluto (YC) @talentpluto]

@jaykhan @TonyXavier_ @ycombinator Thanks and see you soon!

[Sahil Gandhi @SahilGandhi426]

@talentpluto is a @ycombinator company.

i didn't apply. i talked to our agent, it put me in front of the team, and i got hired by the company building the thing that matched me.

i am the use case.

one call. headhunted forever.

[Tony Xavier @TonyXavier_]

Hey everyone, @talentpluto got into @ycombinator

Excited to cook this summer 🫡

[talentpluto (YC) @talentpluto]

15k+ have talked to pluto. 100+ startups hire through it. now @ycombinator 's backing us to take it to millions.

[Sahil Seth @sahil_seth9]

@ycombinator just bet on talentpluto

we’re building the voice agent that represents your career

one call. headhunted forever

[Sahil Gandhi @SahilGandhi426]

Excited to announce that I’m joining @talentpluto as Founding Growth

Can’t wait to build, experiment, and help scale something from the ground up.

Super grateful for this opportunity and excited for what’s ahead. Let’s do it.

[Sahil Gandhi @SahilGandhi426]

Recording video testimonials with candidates who got hired through pluto.

Nobody tells you how hard this is. The lighting, the takes, the logistics.

But then people tell their story and it stops feeling like a shoot. You just listen.

These are part of something bigger. Coming soon.

[talentpluto (YC) @talentpluto]

@sahil_seth9 @thejamescad agreed on this....

[talentpluto (YC) @talentpluto]

Titles do not always translate

A VP of Sales at a 20-person company may be building the entire sales motion

A VP at a 2,000-person company may be managing an established team

Same title, different work

Before engaging with a role, evaluate stage reality

- Is ICP repeatable?
- Is the founder still closing deals?
- Is pipeline flowing, or do you need to create it?
- What is the sales motion?
- How much process exists today?

If you cannot answer these, you cannot assess fit

talentpluto helps top GTM talent land roles at high-growth startups by matching based on stage preference, sales motion, and goals

Call Pluto & make a profile at https://t.co/wMzCOCram6

[talentpluto (YC) @talentpluto]

We placed an Enterprise AE at a seed-stage startup in 24 hours

- Thursday Morning: First Call
- Thursday Afternoon: Second Round Interview
- Friday Morning: Case Study Presented
- Friday Afternoon: Offer Extended

This is the fastest hire in our history, and it happened because the candidate had already spoken with Pluto before the role existed.

Call Pluto today: https://t.co/wMzCOCram6

[talentpluto (YC) @talentpluto]

Belief compounds

We built @talentpluto around this idea

- We believe in every candidate we work with
- We believe in the companies we partner with
- And we focus on connecting belief with belief

make a profile at https://t.co/wMzCOCram6 to find your next gtm role & connect with people who believe in you

[talentpluto (YC) @talentpluto]

@ionleu https://t.co/Cgdv9LXaka

[talentpluto (YC) @talentpluto]

If A Founder Can’t Understand What You Do In 10 Seconds, You’ll Get Passed On

Before you chase the next big opportunity, take a hard look at how you’re presenting yourself online.

For GTM professionals, LinkedIn is the front page of your personal brand.

And the most common mistake we see?

Candidates don’t know their story.

If you don’t know yourself, you can’t sell yourself.

And if you can’t sell yourself, you can’t sell a product or an idea.

Self-awareness isn’t just knowing your strengths in your head

It’s about communicating your narrative clearly and consistently to the people evaluating you.

Because founders aren’t reading your resume first anymore.

They’re scanning your LinkedIn.

And in 10 seconds, they’re asking

Do I understand what this person does?

If the answer is unclear, they move on.

In GTM roles, clarity wins.

talentpluto understands you beyond your LinkedIn

Pluto analyzes how you sell, what you’ve built, and then matches you directly to founders who need exactly that.

Create your profile at https://t.co/wMzCOCram6 and let Pluto put your story in front of the right startups.

[talentpluto (YC) @talentpluto]

The best startup jobs rarely feel like “jobs”

They are moments of alignment between

- a founder who urgently needs something built

- an operator who has already built it before, or who has the slope to learn on the spot and build quickly