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Funding and backers

Team
72
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Hiring now
2
open roles
Backers
1
Y Combinator
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 2026 Went through Y Combinator
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Overview

Standout surfaces the life-changing opportunities and introduces you directly. No job search or recruiter spam, every opportunity within reach.

News

News CareersInsider 2 months ago
All standout engineers have this traits, according to Coinbase's CTO
Coinbase CTO Rob Witoff said engineers will increasingly have to make much more challenging strategic decisions.
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News ctech 2 months ago
Deel crosses $1.5 billion ARR, strengthening IPO credentials
The workforce management platform says recurring revenue reached a new milestone as it expands its global footprint and broadens its enterprise offerings.
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News marginpoints.com 3 months ago
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A compendium of essays and newsletters.
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News TechCrunch 4 months ago
The 11 standout startups from YC's Demo Day, according to VCs
TechCrunch spoke to investors to find the hottest startups in the Spring 2026 YC batch. Some of them commanded valuations of over $175 million, VCs said.
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"How to be a 10x engineer" - interview with a standout dev
An interview with an engineer with no public GitHub contributions, setting clear boundaries - and yet not having needed to apply for positions when searching for a job, because referrals found them
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News Leonar 7 months ago
Recruitment Agency Fees: 15-30% of Salary
Recruitment agencies charge 15-30% of first-year salary. Free fee calculator, real numbers by role type, negotiation scripts, and the in-house alternative.
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News RecruitBPM 7 months ago
Recruitment Fees in 2026
Explore recruitment fees: types, pros, cons, negotiation tips, and debunked myths. Enhance hiring strategies today! For more read the article.
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News deel.com 8 months ago
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Standout over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
16
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
82/100
Languages
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node JS
Frameworks & libraries
LangGraph
Next.js
React.js
Tailwind CSS
LangChain
Databases
OpenSearch
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
Anthropic
Figma
GitHub
Developer tools
Claude Code
Cursor
Prisma
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
58/100
Growing
Open positions
2
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
50% ▼
HR
50% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added WhatsApp to stack Sep 2026
Added LinkedIn to stack Sep 2026
Added GitHub to stack Sep 2026
Added Discord to stack Sep 2026
Added Anthropic to stack Aug 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco United States
HQ
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $230k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, HR
seen since Aug 2026

Jobs

$160k – $240k per year • Equity 1–2% • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
JavaScript
TypeScript
Node JS
Prisma
Databases
PostgreSQL
OpenSearch
AI/ML
Cursor
LangGraph
LangChain
Claude Code
Anthropic
Frontend
Tailwind CSS
Next.js
React.js
Design
Figma
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