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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.""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..."
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.
Cold applications aren't a strategy — they're a lottery. Here's what actually changes when you have a referral behind you.
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.
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.
Chat live with your referrers the moment they accept your request. Powered by WebSocket — every message appears instantly on both sides, no refresh needed.
Every request you send or receive lands in a clean inbox. Accept, decline, or message back — tracked in one place without chasing emails.
Upload your resume once. ReferAI's document intelligence node extracts your skills, seniority, and experience — automatically used in every match and outreach message.
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.
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.
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.