{"id":94993,"title":"Serra — The AI Recruiter That Hires Through Your Network","tagline":"Find the best talent in your team's network and outside of it. ","body":"Hey YC community! 👋 We’re the cofounders of [Serra](https://serra.io/) — an AI recruiting agent that automates sourcing, outreach, and warm introductions through your team’s network.\n\nCompanies like Waymo, Verkada and Replit use Serra to skip manual sourcing and get qualified interviews straight on their calendar.\n\nTell your agents who you’re looking for, and Serra will use your team’s combined network, LinkedIn, Github, and Crunchbase to find the right people and who can intro you to them.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=94993\u0026key=user_uploads/1241137/3894ace7-4e45-4e49-b12e-ed243d06f2ef)\n\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=94993\u0026key=user_uploads/1241137/9a73d72e-2304-4235-bafa-faa179b7b35e)\n\n\n### **Why we built it**\n\nRecruiters and founders spend most of their week manually searching LinkedIn, sending cold messages, and juggling tools.\n\nEvery company already knows thousands of great candidates through its employees—but that data just sits unused.\n\nSerra combines **outbound search** + **your team’s connections** to find warm paths to the best talent.\n\nIt drafts personalized outreach, tracks replies, and books interviews automatically.\n\n---\n\n### **What’s happened so far**\n\n* Serra has made hires for \\~100 companies like Replit, Verkada, and EquipmentShare\n* 5–10× higher reply rates on warm intros vs. cold outreach\n* Average recruiter saves 15 hours per role\n\n### **What’s next**\n\nWe’re expanding our **AI Referral Network** so that every recruiter and employee in a company contributes to a shared warm graph.\n\nThat means smarter recommendations, faster hires, and a compounding network effect with every new user.\n\nIf you’re a founder or recruiter who’s tired of cold sourcing, give Serra a try: https://serra.io/contact","slug":"Oi9-serra-the-ai-recruiter-that-hires-through-your-network","created_at":"2025-10-29T03:19:26.500Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T03:00:36.473Z","total_vote_count":15,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Oi9-serra-the-ai-recruiter-that-hires-through-your-network","share_image_url":"//bookface-static.ycombinator.com/assets/ycdc/yc-og-image-c440a0ad1dacfb86eeeb343717479cc54d256614449b4ef719977a0a451f8bc8.png","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"}}