The teams making talent their moat.
Founders and heads of talent on how they source, track, and close candidates with Needle — on the record.
$12M seed30+ employees
“Needle helped us grow from 12 to 30+ people in weeks — and we always know exactly where every candidate stands.”
$2.2M pre-seed3 hires in <5 weeks
“Finally an ATS that's built for agents, not humans to click around. We plugged in via MCP and made our first three hires in weeks.”
$10.5M seed40+ employees
“We never wanted an ATS until we tried Needle's Slack agent. Now we track every candidate without leaving where we actually work.”
by the numbers
What an AI-native hiring function looks like.
- 12 → 30+
- GeneralMind's headcount, grown in weeks
- 3
- Hires Sherpa made in its first weeks
- $24M+
- Raised by teams hiring on Needle
- 0
- Candidates lost track of