Hire before the big boards even know

Your first engineer is posting
right now.

Cruitly watches Reddit, Discord, and Indie Hacker communities 24/7 — and the moment an early-stage startup posts for their first hire, we email the founder a free Slack screening bot. No job boards. No headhunters. Just the right fit, fast.

Free forever for founders · No credit card · 30-second setup

cruitly › scanner

# cruitly scan --sources reddit,discord,ih

▸ Connecting to sources...

r/startups [42 posts]

Discord/YC-S25 [18 posts]

IndieHackers [31 posts]

 

▸ Filtering for early-stage hiring...

Found: 7 startups hiring first engineer

 

▸ Emailing founders...

Slack bot deployed to founders@nova.io

Slack bot deployed to hi@buildfast.xyz

Slack bot deployed to team@shipnow.dev

+4 more

running 24/7 · 0ms latency

How it works

Three steps. Zero effort.

STEP 01

Scans niche job forums

Continuously monitors Reddit, Discord servers, and Indie Hacker communities for job posts from early-stage startups.

reddit · discord · ih
STEP 02
🎯

Identifies first-hire founders

Filters for startups hiring their very first engineer — pre-series A, before the big job boards, when the best roles are still unfilled.

early-stage only
STEP 03
🤖

Delivers a free Slack screening bot

Auto-emails the founder with a plug-and-play Slack bot that screens candidates for you — free, forever. No strings attached.

zero cost to founders

Pricing

Simple, transparent plans.

No contracts. Cancel any time. Both plans start with a 7-day free trial.

Starter

$49/mo

For solo founders moving fast

  • Up to 50 scraped leads / month
  • Automated email outreach
  • Reddit + Discord + IH sources
  • Slack screening bot (founders)
  • Email support
Start with Starter
Most Popular

Growth

$149/mo

For teams hiring at scale

  • Unlimited scraped leads
  • Unlimited email outreach
  • All sources + custom channels
  • Slack screening bot (full team)
  • Priority support + onboarding
Go Growth

All plans include a 7-day free trial · No credit card required to start

> stop losing great hires to slow processes

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they hear from.

Join the waitlist. We'll notify you the moment we open access — and set up your Slack screening bot in under 30 seconds.

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