The recruiting partner you will love.

    Laidback is the AI-native recruiting firm built for early-stage companies. We reach out under your name, drop top talent straight into your Slack, and costs a fraction of traditional agencies.

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    10x cheaper per hire65% faster to hire10hrs to first intro
    Sigma SquaredQuantifierGridalyInnovations Hub FoundationRiviera PartnersPocketEnvirlymysite.ai

    Sourcinggot faster.

    Hiring didn't.

    The way agencies work is broken.  We've reimagined it for a new era.

    Traditional agencies
    Laidback
    Traditional agenciesUse the same tools as everyone else
    LaidbackSpawn custom trained AI agents working just for you
    Traditional agenciesRecycle from a database of people between clients
    LaidbackRuns personalized searches, then shows the evidence
    Traditional agenciesCan be fooled into fake candidates
    LaidbackSpots and excludes fake candidates
    Traditional agenciesSits between you and every candidate
    LaidbackCandidates hear directly from you, in your Slack
    Traditional agenciesRuns the same job ads on the same job boards
    LaidbackWrites and sends outreach under your name
    Traditional agenciesBills a big slice of first-year salary per hire
    LaidbackCosts a fraction of an agency, per role
    Traditional agenciesStarts over on your bar with the next role from a brief
    LaidbackRemembers your taste and gets sharper each hire
    10xLower cost-per-hirevs traditional agencies
    65%Faster time-to-hireacross 1,000+ cases
    10hrsTo first candidate intromedian, all roles in 2026

    Don't just take our word for it.

    Portrait of Patryk Pijanowski

    “Laidback turned a rough idea of who we needed into conversations worth having. I could spend my time getting to know candidates, not writing a perfect job description or managing the search.”

    Patryk Pijanowski, CEO

    Meet and hire the right people.

    Agencies charge 20 to 30% of the salary for every hire. Laidback runs on a flat monthly fee per role with unlimited hiring, so pricing stays predictable and cost per hire comes in about 8x lower than the agency model.

    You deliver. We grow.

    Plug in your tools. By morning, ads are growing, content is climbing, prospects are lined up and lost customers are coming back.

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    You approve every message and every shortlist.

    The roles that move you forward.

    • Engineering · Early-stage teams

      Founding Engineer

      Focus

      Zero to one

    • Product · Early-stage teams

      Head of Product

      Focus

      Product direction

    • Engineering · Early-stage teams

      AI Research Engineer

      Focus

      Applied AI

    • Growth · Early-stage teams

      Founding Growth Lead

      Focus

      Go to market

    • Leadership · Early-stage teams

      VP of Finance

      Focus

      Financial strategy

    • Design · Early-stage teams

      Product Designer

      Focus

      Customer experience

    • Commercial · Early-stage teams

      Head of Sales

      Focus

      Revenue growth

    • Operations · Early-stage teams

      Chief of Staff

      Focus

      Company building

    Nordwell

    “When I saw the demo for the first time, it was one of the coolest things I had ever seen.”
    Erik Lindqvist, Founder & CEO

    How we work.

    We calibrate together

    We map the role with you, agree on what exceptional looks like, and lock the target list before anything goes out.

    Role intake

    Agree what exceptional looks like.

    SeniorityMust-havesComp bandLocationStart dateNice-to-haves
    Job descriptionHeadcountTarget companies

    We run the entire process

    Sourcing, outreach under your name, scheduling. The whole top of funnel keeps moving without you chasing it.

    CalibrationAgree what exceptional looks like.
    StrategyPick the angle and the targets.
    PipelineNothing sits still for long.
    Laidback
    SourcingA full picture on every person.
    Schedule intakeInterviews without the back-and-forth.
    OutreachMessages that sound like you.

    You meet candidates

    Approve or pass from Slack in one click. Only the people you want to meet reach your calendar.

    Laidback#hiring
    Sample candidate portraitAlex MorganFounding EngineerInterested

    Thanks for reaching out, would love to chat.

    I'll passApprove

    Frequently asked questions.

    Laidback is the AI-native recruiting firm built for early-stage companies. It finds people who fit the role and the stage, reaches out under your name, and drops interested candidates straight into your Slack.

    Yes. It takes the sourcing, the first message and the follow-ups off their plate. Your team keeps the interviews, the relationships and the final call.

    You do. Every message and every shortlist waits for your approval. Laidback proposes, you pick, and nothing goes out without you.

    An agency searches a keyword list and hands you a file. Laidback reads signals across public work, writing and open source to build a full picture of a person, then starts the conversation in your voice and keeps it in your Slack.

    Early-stage hires across engineering, product, growth and sales, plus the senior operators who carry a company. If you can describe the role, it can build the search.

    Pricing is a fraction of what a traditional agency charges. It starts with a conversation, not a retainer.

    10x cheaper.

    $1099role/month
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    No seats, no credits, no per-hire percentage.

    • Unlimited sourcing, research and outreach drafting.
    • Every role and every workspace member. No seats.
    • All skills, sources and integrations, nothing held back.
    • Slack access and hiring memory from day one.
    • You approve every message before it goes out.
    • No credits, no per-search or per-contact fees.

    More customer love.

    “We stopped writing outreach at midnight. The first shortlist landed in Slack two days after kickoff, and every person on it came with a note on why they fit the role.”
    Illustrative portrait of Ava BrooksAva BrooksCo-founder & CEO, Fieldnote
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    “It keeps the pipeline moving while I ship. I wake up to replies and booked calls, and the only decision left is who we meet.”
    Illustrative portrait of Jordan LeeJordan LeeHead of Growth, Brightlane
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    “Approve or pass from Slack in one click. The team stopped chasing a recruiter for updates, because the update is already in the channel.”
    Illustrative portrait of Oliver ReedOliver ReedHead of Talent, Meridian Labs
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    “Same seniority bar we would hold ourselves to, at a fraction of the agency cost. We ran our founding engineer search without opening an agency contract.”
    Illustrative portrait of Riley ChenRiley ChenCo-founder, Harborlight
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    “Candidates arrive with context, not guesswork. We know what they have built, written and shipped before we say hello.”
    Illustrative portrait of Sam BennettSam BennettCEO, Stonewell
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    “It reads the room better than any keyword search. Half the people it found were not looking for a job, and they still replied.”
    Illustrative portrait of Marcus LindqvistMarcus LindqvistCo-founder, Loomfield
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    You pick your people.
    We handle hiring.

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