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CLODO launches an AI-powered talent search platform that scans 1.2 billion profiles using natural language

Story Overview

CLODO enters the talent search space with an AI system that accepts plain-language descriptions of ideal candidates and scans a 1.2 billion profile index in real time, qualifying matches and enriching contact details without traditional Boolean filters or platform gatekeepers.

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Chubby♨️@kimmonismus#1360inTech

Try typing "the founder who wrote one great paper in 2021, left to build something, and would actually reply to a cold email" into LinkedIn search.

You get a dropdown for job title and company. That's it. Everything that actually matters gets ignored.

Clodo (@clodo_ai) takes that whole sentence, searches 1.3 billion profiles across the live web, finds who fits, and gives you back verified emails and the signals it found.Kind of scary how well it works. Also really useful.

Sid Rajaram@sixtensor

Introducing CLODO, trusted by @mercor_ai, @usnews, @UseCorgi, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and more.

Describe exactly who you’re looking for, and find them every single time.

1.2B profiles.

We find, enrich, and reach out to them for you.

It’s that easy.

Backed by @YCombinator, @CRV, @daltonc and @paultoo at @Standard_Cap, @louisberyl at Four Cities Capital, @theo, and more incredible angels.

Book a demo today:

https://clodo.ai/demo

11:15 AM · Jun 29, 2026 · 14.9K Views

Market Adoption

Early traction shows up in unexpected places

U.S. News & World Report already credits the tool with sourcing over 2,500 niche experts and cutting monthly research time by roughly 31 hours, while mentions of the U.S. Intelligence Community and Mercor AI signal adoption beyond standard recruiting workflows.

Open Question

Access details stay locked behind a demo request

The service sits in YC S25 with enterprise compliance claims but lists no public pricing, self-serve tier, or confirmed rollout date, leaving open how widely teams outside current pilot users will get hands-on time.

Sentiment

Many users praised CLODO's AI search tool for enabling natural language queries across 1.2B profiles and advancing talent discovery, while others mocked the brand name, called out the $12k yearly price, or suspected overhyped sales tactics.

Pos

66.1%

Neg

33.9%

74 comments with sentiment.

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Santiago@svpino

LinkedIn better do something if they don't want to become the next StackOverflow.

Sid Rajaram@sixtensor

Introducing CLODO, trusted by @mercor_ai, @usnews, @UseCorgi, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and more.

Describe exactly who you’re looking for, and find them every single time.

1.2B profiles.

We find, enrich, and reach out to them for you.

It’s that easy.

Backed by @YCombinator, @CRV, @daltonc and @paultoo at @Standard_Cap, @louisberyl at Four Cities Capital, @theo, and more incredible angels.

Book a demo today:

https://clodo.ai/demo

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Sarah Chieng@MilksandMatcha

When OAI first launched deep research, I paid $200 for the subscription (which at the time was a CRAZY subscription price) and the first thing I did was ask it to deep research me.

It's both terrifying, exciting, and unbelievably difficult to index humans.

Pumped to see the team launch @CLODOAI @sixtensor @vikchuppala

Sid Rajaram@sixtensor

Introducing CLODO, trusted by @mercor_ai, @usnews, @UseCorgi, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and more.

Describe exactly who you’re looking for, and find them every single time.

1.2B profiles.

We find, enrich, and reach out to them for you.

It’s that easy.

Backed by @YCombinator, @CRV, @daltonc and @paultoo at @Standard_Cap, @louisberyl at Four Cities Capital, @theo, and more incredible angels.

Book a demo today:

https://clodo.ai/demo

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Sid Rajaram@sixtensor

Introducing CLODO, trusted by @mercor_ai, @usnews, @UseCorgi, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and more.

Describe exactly who you’re looking for, and find them every single time.

1.2B profiles.

We find, enrich, and reach out to them for you.

It’s that easy.

Backed by @YCombinator, @CRV, @daltonc and @paultoo at @Standard_Cap, @louisberyl at Four Cities Capital, @theo, and more incredible angels.

Book a demo today:

https://clodo.ai/demo

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Robert Scoble@Scobleizer

Most people search tools are still keyword matching with a LinkedIn wrapper. They surface the same active candidates everyone else wants.

Clodo actually searches the live web plus hundreds of proprietary datasets, qualifies every result against your plain English description using real ranking by fit, and surfaces intent signals it picked up along the way. Verified emails and phone numbers included.

Backed by YC. @clodo_ai @sixtensor @vikchuppala

Sid Rajaram@sixtensor

Introducing CLODO, trusted by @mercor_ai, @usnews, @UseCorgi, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and more.

Describe exactly who you’re looking for, and find them every single time.

1.2B profiles.

We find, enrich, and reach out to them for you.

It’s that easy.

Backed by @YCombinator, @CRV, @daltonc and @paultoo at @Standard_Cap, @louisberyl at Four Cities Capital, @theo, and more incredible angels.

Book a demo today:

https://clodo.ai/demo

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elvis@omarsar0

Finally, a people-search tool that actually works.

Most people-search tools sell you a frozen list.

@CLODOAI searches the live web, reads the signals, and tells you why this specific person, right now.

Good stuff, @sixtensor @vikchuppala 👏

Sid Rajaram@sixtensor

Introducing CLODO, trusted by @mercor_ai, @usnews, @UseCorgi, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and more.

Describe exactly who you’re looking for, and find them every single time.

1.2B profiles.

We find, enrich, and reach out to them for you.

It’s that easy.

Backed by @YCombinator, @CRV, @daltonc and @paultoo at @Standard_Cap, @louisberyl at Four Cities Capital, @theo, and more incredible angels.

Book a demo today:

https://clodo.ai/demo

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Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_ai

This is really cool.

AI is now coming for the most broken search problem on the internet: finding the right person.

@CLODOAI is moving the intelligence back to the search query:

Describe the person in plain English, search across 1.2 billion indexed profiles, qualify the match, enrich the contact, and surface a way to reach them.

People discovery is finding the right humans for whatever you're working on. But most current people search tools sell you access to a snapshot. A frozen moment in time with a CSV at the end of it.

Clodo searches the live web, reads the signals, qualifies the fit, and tells you why this specific person, right now.

@sixtensor @vikchuppala 👏

Sid Rajaram@sixtensor

Introducing CLODO, trusted by @mercor_ai, @usnews, @UseCorgi, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and more.

Describe exactly who you’re looking for, and find them every single time.

1.2B profiles.

We find, enrich, and reach out to them for you.

It’s that easy.

Backed by @YCombinator, @CRV, @daltonc and @paultoo at @Standard_Cap, @louisberyl at Four Cities Capital, @theo, and more incredible angels.

Book a demo today:

https://clodo.ai/demo

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Theo - t3.gg@theo

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi First investment I’ve made that my team likes more than me! Approved by @Alykkat

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Jaymin Shah@JayminSOfficial

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi Excited to see how @CLODOAI continues to reshape talent discovery and outbound workflows! Kudos @sixtensor

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Not Elon Musk@ElonMuskAOC

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi I’m going to use it so I can get to Mars faster…

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Dalton Caldwell@daltonc

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi nice shot of the dish

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Robert Scoble@Scobleizer

Quick fix on this post, meant @CLODOAI

Robert Scoble@Scobleizer

Most people search tools are still keyword matching with a LinkedIn wrapper. They surface the same active candidates everyone else wants.

Backed by YC. @clodo_ai @sixtensor @vikchuppala

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Charly Wargnier@DataChaz

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi Microsoft dropped $26B on LinkedIn to build this exact workflow... and still blew it...

It looks like you guys absolutely NAILED IT!

I've already got a few ppl asking for a demo, just dropped into your DMs ;)

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Matthew Chen@mlaurencechen

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi LFG!!

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Shay Boloor@StockSavvyShay

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi Really cool to see how far you guys have come 👊

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Kevin Le@xkevin_le

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi Lfg clodo is fire

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Akhil Sachdev@akhil_sachdev

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi Congrats on the launch! Great product!

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vas@vasuman

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi Congrats on the launch!

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Markets & Mayhem@Mayhem4Markets

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi Congratulations on this launch! I love the streamlined approach to gathering live, relevant data for maximizing the impact of outbound marketing.

This is something I need to look at for a few things I'm building. Would love to link up sometime! Wishing you all the best!

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nico laqua@nico_laqua

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi Great team and product, congrats!

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Veee@vikktorrrre

@sixtensor @mercor_ai @usnews @UseCorgi Congrats team

This is biggg

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