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articuler.ai

Discovered On May 11, 2026
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Describe your goal. Meet the right professional.
Networking is broken because keyword search is broken. We bring real connections to the table — the investor who funds your round, the hire who ships your roadmap, the partner who opens your next market. Tell us your intent and Articuler does three things: (1) Match across 980M public profiles, or within a scope like "VCs who wrote checks in Q1 2026." (2) Playbook: decode anyone from their public footprint. (3) Cold email: a first note that actually lands. 15% reply rate. 8x cold outreach.
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[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
What have you seen as the biggest issue for matchmaking so far? Also are you planning on adopting more features like they have at Boardy?
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
The intent-based matching is a smart angle. LinkedIn search is basically keyword roulette. I'm building a startup right now and finding the right investors and advisors is one of the hardest parts. Going to try this for that exact use case.
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
The matching logic here seems really interesting. How are you handling the 'vibe check' between the user's goal and the professional's style beyond just skill keywords? Congrats on the launch.
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
@jason_shen3 @hotwheels_bo @justin_bai Similar to my review (jumped in to give feedback before the launch was live). Congrats on the launch and looking forward to seeing where this gets. The meat on the bone here is obviously the quality of the outputs. I tend to rush through onboarding (nothing different here) and even by doing so quickly - I got super tailored and unique outputs - specific to my intended need.Text box is great for search (vs a thousand filters) and I really love the niched product experience. Create a profile - search for X - shortlist and track those prospects.The simple Kanban style tracking feels intuitive and intentional.In a world full of AI slop products - it's nice to see some really solid products with really specific / niche use cases that just feel purpose built with a clear mission.
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
Congrats on the launch! The intent-based matching is what hooks me — searching LinkedIn by keywordfeels broken the moment you're looking for someone with a specific perspective, not a specific jobtitle. As a founder building in the AI space, the part I'm most curious about is the Playbook — howdeep does it go on someone's public footprint? Does it pull from podcasts/Twitter/Substack, ormostly LinkedIn + company pages?
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
The cold email piece — "15% reply rate, 8x cold outreach" — is the part that genuinely stands out here. We build B2B sales automation for service firms and the hardest problem isn't sending volume, it's relevance at the point of first contact. Curious how Articuler handles cases where the public profile data is stale or the "why connect" annotation lands wrong — does the system have a feedback loop to recalibrate match quality over time?
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
Looks pretty useful tbh. If it can actually match you with the right investors, hires, or partners without endless keyword searching, that’s a big win. The 15% reply rate sounds impressive, but I’d definitely want to test it myself
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
love it! so glad to see the fast iteration and yes it really works for all people business!
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
This is game-changing stuff
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
Congrats on the launch! Does this work for recruiting as well? Can I find a growth engineer on Articuler?
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
Congrats on the launch. The "define your goal, not the person" framing is very clear.Curious how you avoid the system over-optimizing for obvious public signals. Do you have a way to surface less obvious but high-fit people when their profile does not use the expected keywords?
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
Intent-first networking is such a smarter approach than keyword-search. As a solo dev building FinTrackrr, I've wasted so much time on LinkedIn trying to find the right early advisors and beta users — keyword search just surfaces random people. The idea of describing your goal and letting the AI decode public footprints to find actual matches is exactly what cold outreach needs. 15% reply rate claim is impressive. Does it work well for early-stage founders looking for beta users or first customers?
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
Congrats on the launch. The 'intent-based' matching vs. keyword search is such a necessary shift.
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
Looks great!
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
Congrats. Do I understand correctly, it's a database of users/companies, where you can use text search to narrow down results and then sent them email?
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
This is interesting — the framing of "define your goal, not the person" actually flips how I usually think about networking. Most tools I've tried make me start with a name or a title, then I'm basically guessing whether that person is the right fit. Starting from intent feels much closer to how I actually think when I need help with something.The 980M number is wild but what caught me more is the "filtered through yours" part — outreach grounded in their public footprint AND mine. That's the gap in every cold email tool I've used: they help you research the recipient but the message still sounds like it could've been sent by anyone.Curious about a few things:How does it handle softer intents like mentorship or peer connections vs transactional ones like sales/hiring? Feels like those need very different tones.For the "8x better than cold outreach" — is that across all use cases or skewed toward certain categories?Can you bring your own context (notes, past convos, what you're actually working on) to sharpen the match, or is it all inferred from your public footprint?
[Redacted] • May 11, 2026
Hi, congrats! Quick question: is it mainly for finding investors, or can it also help with finding and pitching potential clients?
[Redacted] • May 4, 2026
Hey Product Hunt 👋I'm Jason, CEO of Articuler.ai. Before this, I was a VC — and the hardest part of the job was never closing the deal. It was finding the right person in the first place.LinkedIn works like the Yellow Pages: you have to already know who you're looking for. That's broken.Articuler.ai matches on intent, not keywords.Describe what you need in plain language — e.g., "early-stage consumer AI investors who wrote checks recently."We match across 980M public profiles and surface the people who actually fit.Playbook decodes them. For every match, we read their public footprint and tell you what they care about, how they think — and the things you should never say. ("Don't ask Chris Messina to be your hunter — his FAQ says he doesn't charge.") The intel you used to only get from a friend who knew them.We draft the first note — anchored in shared context. 15% reply rate. 8x cold outreach.🔍For founders sourcing co-founders, hires, or investors, and young professionals exploring their next move. If your next opportunity depends on a person who isn't in your contacts yet, Articuler.ai is for you.What's next: Event Match (pre-event matchmaking) launches next month.🎁 PH gift: apply code PH26Q2 at checkout → one month free of our Pro features.Drop a comment and tell us what do you think!— Jason