Serra

Hey YC community! 👋 We’re the cofounders of Serra — an AI recruiting agent that automates sourcing, outreach, and warm introductions through your team’s network.

Companies like Waymo, Verkada and Replit use Serra to skip manual sourcing and get qualified interviews straight on their calendar.

Tell 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.

Why we built it

Recruiters and founders spend most of their week manually searching LinkedIn, sending cold messages, and juggling tools.

Every company already knows thousands of great candidates through its employees—but that data just sits unused.

Serra combines outbound search + your team’s connections to find warm paths to the best talent.

It drafts personalized outreach, tracks replies, and books interviews automatically.

What’s happened so far

• Serra has made hires for ~100 companies like Replit, Verkada, and EquipmentShare
• 5–10× higher reply rates on warm intros vs. cold outreach
• Average recruiter saves 15 hours per role

What’s next

We’re expanding our AI Referral Network so that every recruiter and employee in a company contributes to a shared warm graph.

That means smarter recommendations, faster hires, and a compounding network effect with every new user.

If you’re a founder or recruiter who’s tired of cold sourcing, give Serra a try: https://serra.io/contact