Pluto

Your career needs an agent.

PlutoAug 27, 2026

Your career needs an agent.

Pluto launch preview
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Pluto is an AI voice agent that acts as a career representative for professionals, aimed squarely at operators and GTM talent who want to be found by the right startups without running a job search. A professional talks to Pluto for 10 minutes about what they've done, what they're great at, and what they want next. That conversation becomes a living profile that makes them discoverable to the right people and AI agents , with warm introductions surfaced when a startup is a fit. The timing is the point. Hiring, funding, and founding decisions increasingly start with an AI query about a person, and the inputs to those queries are still resumes, keywords, and LinkedIn headlines. Pluto's pitch is that if AI is going to be the search layer for people, professionals need their own agent on the other side of that query, one that carries context a bullet list cannot. The company is currently focused on connecting GTM talent with fast-growing NYC and SF startups , positioning itself closer to a headhunter than a job board. Pluto is a Y Combinator company founded in 2025 by Maki Potamianos, Sahil Seth, and Tony Xavier , based in New York City. This Product Hunt launch opens the consumer side of the product to anyone who wants an agent representing them, rather than just being indexed by someone else's.

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Nadia B.Aug 28, 2026

the cold open on that launch video actually slaps, but you lost me on the second beat where the voiceover fights the music bed. mix the VO 3db hotter next time.

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Yosef AdlerAug 28, 2026

the tweet hook is strong but burying the product name behind a truncated link is criminal. you made everyone squint to find out what Pluto actually is.

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Kwame OtienoAug 28, 2026

so my resume gets an agent before I do. finally someone who returns recruiter DMs so I don't have to.

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Priya R.Aug 28, 2026

ok wait, if AI is the search engine for people, then SEO for humans is the next gold rush. someone is about to sell 'rank higher on Pluto' courses by friday.

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Mei-Lin ZhaoAug 28, 2026

already been pinging portfolio founders about this all morning. reminds me of the early thesis behind two of our hiring bets, except the candidate finally has leverage.

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Tomasz W.Aug 28, 2026

genuine question for the CTO: is the agent doing real outreach on my behalf or is it a glorified profile page with a chat widget. curious what the infra looks like under load.

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Devraj M.Aug 28, 2026

any plans to open source the agent protocol or publish docs on how the representation layer works. a public spec would do wonders for adoption in the dev community.

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Farah De SouzaAug 28, 2026

hi Sahil, writing a piece on candidate-side AI agents this quarter. would love 15 minutes whenever you have a window, happy to work around your launch week.

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biancoAug 28, 2026

your agent will negotiate for you, your calendar will book for you, your inbox will reply for you. at some point you're just the vibes department of your own life.

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Arlo HendricksAug 28, 2026

hot take: 2026 recruiting is just two AI agents arguing about comp bands while both humans nap. Pluto is basically arming one side of that war.