WhoWhy
WhoWhy is an AI recruiting assistant that operates inside Slack, helping hiring teams source, research, and evaluate candidates without leaving their communication platform. The tool maps a company's ideal customer profile to identify suitable candidates, displays every search query and reasoning step transparently, and uses a double opt-in approach where both the candidate and hiring team must agree before a meeting is arranged. It charges a $50 fee per confirmed meeting with no subscription required.
- AI Agents
- HR Technology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Hiring teams rely on fragmented tooling for candidate sourcing, spending hours switching between job boards, LinkedIn, and ATS platforms to find and evaluate talent. Traditional recruiting workflows lack transparency and force recruiters to manually piece together candidate research, which slows down hiring and makes it difficult to scale sourcing efforts.
Solution
WhoWhy provides an AI recruiting assistant that lives inside Slack, allowing hiring teams to source, research, and evaluate candidates without leaving their communication platform. The agent maps the company's ideal customer profile by company type, then identifies suitable candidates within those organizations—leveraging the logic that someone hired at a top company has already passed that company's bar. Every search query and reasoning step is displayed in the Slack channel, giving teams full transparency into the agent's process. The tool uses a double opt-in approach: candidates are asked if they're interested before being introduced to the hiring team, and the hiring team only pays when both sides say yes. It integrates with third-party data providers like Apollo, FullEnrich, and Exa to enrich candidate profiles and professional contact details.
Target Audience
Primary customers are founders and hiring managers at B2B SaaS companies with fewer than 50 employees, particularly those using Slack as their primary communication tool and wanting to avoid traditional recruiting software subscriptions.
Features
- One-click Slack installation with channel selection, operational in under 30 seconds, and activated via @-mention
- Company-first candidate mapping that identifies ICP by company type and then finds relevant people within those organizations
- Double opt-in candidate introductions—candidates confirm interest before being shown to the hiring team
- Access to a database of 30,000+ companies for candidate sourcing
- Full transparency with every search query and reasoning step displayed in the Slack channel
- Enrichment of candidate profiles and professional contact details through providers including Apollo, FullEnrich, and Exa
- AI-powered candidate evaluation and outreach drafting using Anthropic large language models
- Exportable context including strategies, companies, candidates, and notes in standard formats on cancellation