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Backdoor
Every morning, Backdoor searches Y Combinator, Product Hunt, TechCrunch, Crunchbase, Wellfound, GitHub, funding news, careers pages and literally the rest of the internet for startups that just raised, launched or started hiring.
How it works
No forms, no job boards, no new app. Just a chat.
BackdoorTell it about you
Send your LinkedIn, resume or a voice note. Backdoor researches your background and asks what you want next.
BackdoorIt finds startups every morning
Every morning it picks startups that fit you, from fresh funding, launch and hiring news.
BackdoorIt writes to the founder
It finds the founder's email and drafts a note about why you fit them.
BackdoorYou tap send. It follows up.
Emails go from your Gmail, and Backdoor follows up in the same thread until someone replies.
BackdoorKnow the moment they reply
You get a text as soon as a founder replies, and the full reply in your inbox.
BackdoorYour whole search, in one place
Ask how it's going anytime, or see every lead and reply on your dashboard.
Humanized emails. Not AI slop.
A typical AI-written cold email
Hey,
Jake
- Gmail is optional: it sends your emails and catches the replies.
- Nothing goes out until you say send.
- Delete everything in one tap.
$1 for your first week.
Backdoor is your long-term talent agent, bringing you the right roles as they come. Discovery , research and your resume are all free. You only pay for active outreach .
Wall of Love
Real messages from job seekers who got founder replies, shortlists and even offers with Backdoor.
“Went in to find bugs, came out with a job offer”
WhatsAppShortlisted“My profile got shortlisted for a role”
“Why wasn't anyone doing this already”
LinkedIn comment“Honestly seamless”
LinkedIn comment“Anything but transactional”
“Pretty good at finding leads”
“The AI is so good”
“Backdoor slaps hard”
“Telling everyone to try it”
Questions, answered.
Anyone aiming for a pre-seed to Series C startup, where one good email to a founder can become an interview. If you want to mass-apply to big companies, it isn't for you.
Job boards put you in a pile. Backdoor writes straight to the founder, often before a role is posted, about why you fit them.
No. Every new email waits for your SEND. Follow-ups only continue threads you approved, and you can cancel them anytime.
Backdoor connects to your Gmail so it can send the emails you approve and tell you when a founder replies. Connecting it is optional, and the privacy policy has the details.
Yes, when the email is about why you fit them. 9 in 10 people who heard back through Backdoor got their first founder reply within two weeks, and more than half of those who gave it three weeks heard back. Founders at early startups read their own inbox.
Follow-ups stop, you get a text right away, and the full reply lands in your inbox.
Chat, profile research and your resume are free. Outreach starts with a first week for $1, and you can cancel anytime.
No, nothing can. It handles the research, emails and follow-ups. The interview is still you.
Free to start · No forms · No app
Your next role is one text away.
Say hi and share your LinkedIn. Backdoor takes it from there.
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