For job seekers who are done being ignored

BREAK THE
HIRING WALL.

95% of jobs are filled through referrals.
You're applying blind into an ATS that never reads your resume.

ReferAI finds the right employee at your target company — and helps you reach them with a message that actually gets a reply.

You applied to 50 companies.

A referred candidate applied to 2. They got the call.

Your resume was perfect.

It was filtered by ATS before a human ever saw it.

You have the skills.

But without a name attached, you're invisible.

How It Works

Three Steps.
No Cold Applying.

01

We Read Your Story

Upload your resume. ReferAI reads it like a human would — extracting your real skills, experience level, and what makes you stand out. No keyword tricks. No guessing.

Powered by AI document intelligence
02

We Find the Right People

We search our network for employees whose actual work experience overlaps with yours — at the exact company you're targeting. Not just anyone who works there. The right ones.

Vector search + LLM re-ranking
03

We Write the Perfect Message

One click. ReferAI drafts a personalized referral message using both your profile and the referrer's background. It sounds like you — because it's built from your actual data, not a template.

Human-in-the-loop. You approve before sending.
Under the Hood — AI Match Engine

NOT LUCK.
A PIPELINE.

Your resume becomes a 768-dimension fingerprint. We find referrers whose real experience is closest to yours. Then our LLM evaluates the top 10 by actual skill overlap and probability of them helping. No keyword games. No random results.

768Dimensions per Resume
2-passLLM Re-ranking
Engine MapMatchmaking Engine
Match Triggered
Seeker & target company
Quota Enforcement
Redis counter check
Cache Layer
MD5 hash lookup
AI Service
Python FastAPI bridge
Vector Search
PGVector + Gemini embed
LLM Re-ranking
Groq evaluates top 10
Results Assembled
Ranked & cached
Step 02 — Referrer Discovery

THE
NETWORK

Every person on ReferAI opted in to help. Browse real employees at your target companies, see your AI match score before you send a single word, and connect with confidence — not cold despair.

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Active Referrers on Platform
DISCOVER
SJ

Sarah Jenkins

Senior Engineer @ Linear

98% Match
Shipped Sync Engine v2
Expert in CRDTs & Optimistic UI
92% Match
AI Drafter
User

Your Input

"Referrer: Sarah Jenkins, Senior SDE at Linear. I have 3 years of distributed systems experience and have shipped a CRDT-based sync engine. Looking for a referral to the Core Infrastructure team."
AI Generated DraftHigh Conversion

"Hi Sarah, I've been following your work on Linear's sync engine, especially how you handled optimistic UI updates.

I recently implemented CRDTs for a similar offline-first project and would love to compare notes. I noticed Linear is hiring for the Core team..."

Seniority-Aware Tone
Zero Hallucinations
Step 03 — Outreach Generation

THE MESSAGE
THEY REPLY TO.

Our AI reads your resume, the referrer's full background, your shared skills, and the job description — then writes a message that sounds like you wrote it yourself. Referrers can tell the difference between a template and a real person. This is the real person.

  • Seniority-Aware Tone
  • Shared Skill Anchoring
  • First-Person Authenticity
10×Higher interview rate with a referral vs. a cold application
~70%Of jobs are filled through employee networks before they're posted
<5 minFrom signup to your first personalized outreach message
The Difference

Stop Playing
a Losing Game.

Cold applications aren't a strategy — they're a lottery. Here's what actually changes when you have a referral behind you.

Cold Applying
With ReferAI

Apply to 50 companies. Hear back from 2.

Target the right employee at the right company. Get a reply.

ATS scans for keywords and buries your resume.

Your resume powers a semantic match — experience over keywords.

Generic LinkedIn DM. No response.

AI-drafted message built from your shared background and their work.

Weeks of silence. No feedback.

Referrers respond because the ask is relevant and respectful.

You apply cold. They refer someone internally.

You have a name attached to your application. They hire you.

Platform Capabilities

More Than
Just Matching.

AI Conversation Coach

Stuck mid-conversation? Hit Coach and get real-time, streamed advice on exactly what to say next — powered by a 4-node LangGraph agent reading your full chat history.

Real-Time Messaging

Chat live with your referrers the moment they accept your request. Powered by WebSocket — every message appears instantly on both sides, no refresh needed.

Referral Request Inbox

Every request you send or receive lands in a clean inbox. Accept, decline, or message back — tracked in one place without chasing emails.

Resume Intelligence

Upload your resume once. ReferAI's document intelligence node extracts your skills, seniority, and experience — automatically used in every match and outreach message.

Instant Email Alerts

Referrers get a branded email the moment you send a request. You get notified when they respond. Nothing gets missed, nothing lives in a spreadsheet.

Open Referrer Network

Not in the mood for AI? Browse the full directory of active referrers, filter by company, skills, or seniority, and reach out directly on your terms.

Your resume isn't
the problem.
The system is.

Every day you apply cold, someone with a referral is getting your interview. ReferAI puts you in that seat — in under 5 minutes.

Free to start. No credit card.