HeyJared is an AI‑driven platform that indexes over 100,000 journalists, 100,000 newsletters and 4.8 million podcasts, providing searchable, relevance‑ranked source lists with deep publishing analytics and verified contact details.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Startups and founders often struggle to identify the right journalists, newsletters, and podcasts for their story, spending hours on manual research and lacking data on source relevance, publishing patterns, and contact accuracy.
Solution
HeyJared offers an AI‑driven platform that indexes over 100,000 journalists, 100,000 newsletters, and 4.8 million podcasts, continuously updated with publishing history and analytics. Users can search by topic, beat, outlet, or geography, and the AI relevance engine ranks sources that have covered similar stories. Detailed analytics show each source’s recent articles, frequency, topics, and connections to companies and people, enabling more precise targeting. The platform provides verified contact information and a Chrome extension that surfaces source profiles directly within any article, allowing one‑click pitch generation. In addition to self‑service tools, HeyJared sells done‑for‑you pitching campaigns starting at $49, where the team writes, sends, and follows up on personalized pitches.
Target Audience
Primary customers are startup founders, growth teams, and PR professionals who need efficient media outreach, as well as agencies and enterprise communications teams seeking scalable source discovery and pitching tools.
Features
- Searchable database of 100K+ journalists, 100K+ newsletters, and 4.8M podcasts with daily updates
- AI‑powered relevance matching that ranks sources based on story similarity and beat coverage
- Deep source analytics: publishing frequency, recent articles, topics, geographic focus, and connections to companies/people
- Verified contact details (email, social handles) and one‑click pitch generation via Chrome extension
- Unlimited AI agent queries for Pro users, enabling natural‑language queries and advanced filtering
- Optional done‑for‑you campaign service ($49 per 50‑pitch package) with writing, sending, and follow‑up handling