{"id":82024,"title":"🔍 Serra: AI-powered candidate search","tagline":"Search engine for recruiters to find best-fit candidates.","body":"**tldr;** [Serra](https://www.serra.io/) is an AI-driven search engine for recruiters to find best-fit candidates, both within their ATS and outside of it. \n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=82024\u0026key=user_uploads/1241137/9b4c6415-ec10-49a2-9543-f352447ab2bb)\n\nHi everyone, 👋 [Alan](https://linkedin.com/in/alanhlwang) and [Albert](https://linkedin.com/in/albertjstanley) here—we’re best friends from UCLA and co-founders of Serra!\n\n### **⛔️ The Problem**\n\nIdentifying best-fit candidates, both inbound and outbound, is time-consuming, manual work for recruiters.\n\nThis leads to longer hiring times, missed opportunities, and suboptimal hiring decisions.\n\n### **✅ Our Solution**\n\nSerra is a search engine for recruiters to find the best-fit inbound and outbound candidates.\n\nConnected to your ATS and external candidate sources, recruiters can search “B2B sales reps that have managed key enterprise accounts” and see top matches.\n\nSerra improves on keyword matching by understanding the context of candidates' profiles, ensuring you receive the most accurate results.\n\n**Key Features:**\n\n* **🔦 Analyze Inbound Applicants**: Uses vector search, GPT to sift through thousands of applications in your ATS for signal.\n* **🔍 Conduct Outbound Searches**: Scans external candidate databases to find profiles that match specific job requirements.\n* **🚚 Deliver Actionable Insights**: Get ranked candidate results, classify candidates, and automate pre-screening Q\u0026A collection.\n* **📊 Visualize Results:** Get dashboards that track hiring efficiency, candidate engagement, and long-term employee performance.\n\n### **❓Our Ask**\n\nDrowning in inbound applications? Looking to speed up your hiring times while maintaining the quality of hires? Try out Serra to improve the quality and speed of candidates entering your recruitment funnel. Here's how you can get started:\n\n* **Demo and Consultation**: If you’re a startup that’s hiring and want a demo or wish to discuss your recruitment needs further, please book a call with us [here](https://calendar.app.google/b8ytpup7wg3EpgAX7) or shoot me an email at [alan@serra.io](mailto:alan@serra.io)!","slug":"LKy-serra-ai-powered-candidate-search","created_at":"2024-07-10T14:03:16.813Z","updated_at":"2026-05-24T17:07:53.353Z","total_vote_count":14,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/LKy-serra-ai-powered-candidate-search","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=82024\u0026key=user_uploads/1241137/9b4c6415-ec10-49a2-9543-f352447ab2bb","company":{"id":28863,"name":"Serra","slug":"serra","url":"https://www.serra.io/","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/de1a90717852abf9734482354e7229c962c19089.png","batch":"Summer 2023","industry":"B2B","tags":["Artificial Intelligence","Recruiting","HR Tech","Enterprise Software","AI Assistant"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/28863"}}