Founding Talent Acquisition
About the job
- At least 2 years of in-house recruiting experience at a startup or scale-up, ideally hiring for technical, infrastructure, or artificial intelligence products.
- Experience conducting full-cycle recruiting and personally sourcing senior engineers and go-to-market talent.
- Ability to conduct outbound sourcing and engage passive senior candidates.
- Comfort operating across the United States and Europe, including time zones, compensation norms, and basic work authorization.
- Own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing to close across go-to-market and engineering roles.
- Build the recruiting engine from scratch, including sourcing playbooks, interview loops, scorecards, and applicant tracking system hygiene.
- Partner with founders and hiring managers to scope roles, calibrate hiring standards, and keep interview loops fast.
- Conduct high-touch outbound sourcing for senior technical and go-to-market profiles across New York City, San Francisco, and Paris.
- Own the candidate experience throughout the recruiting process.
- Build talent pipelines and employer brand ahead of hiring needs.
- Set up hiring metrics and reporting, including pipeline conversion, time to hire, and source quality.
- Experience hiring for technical, infrastructure, or artificial intelligence products.
About the company
Linkup builds digital infrastructure that lets AI agents act as primary users of the internet, enabling them to access, process, and interact with web content in ways optimized for machines rather than humans. It aims to create a framework and ecosystem where AI can navigate online resources efficiently and safely, bridging AI with human interests to drive societal progress. Compared to others, Linkup focuses on AI-native internet access and interoperability, not just tools for AI, and positions itself as a bridge between AI capabilities and human needs. Its goal is to align AI and human interests to unlock AI’s potential for innovation and solving global challenges.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$13.3M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2024
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Seed backing from Gradient and Mistral-linked angels strengthens hiring and credibility.
- The company says thousands of users adopted the API within months.
- Enterprise features like SOC 2, ZDR, and BYOC unlock regulated buyers.
What critics are saying
- Perplexity, Exa, Tavily, Firecrawl, and Brave all attack the same buyer.
- Linkup's own beta fast depth signals product still stabilizing in 2026.
- If publishers restrict access, its source graph degrades and answer quality collapses.
What makes Linkup unique
- Linkup sells AI-native web search, not consumer search, with structured retrieval.
- Its February 2026 /fast tier targets sub-second queries for agents.
- Linkup claims 94% SimpleQA F-score, leading sub-second AI search APIs.
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Benefits
- Remote Work Options
- Flexible Work Hours