Backdoor
Get there before the job post does.
JobFinder AI applies to posted jobs and then emails the hiring manager. Backdoor starts earlier, with startups in the news, and writes to the founder, often before any posting.
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By the time a job is posted, the crowd arrives.
- 1
A role goes up on a board.
- 2
Applications pile up that same week.
- 3
Yours is one more in the stack.
Skip the pile. Land in the founder's inbox.
Founders at early startups often read their own email. A short note about why you fit them stands out there in a way a form application rarely does.
A founder's inbox, the week a role goes up.
One short note, about why you fit. Then a reply.
Hey, this is great timing. We're about to open this role.
Free for a quick call Tuesday?
Here's what it feels like instead.
Backdoor does the searching, writing and chasing. You stay in the loop and say yes.
BackdoorReach them before the job is posted
Backdoor watches funding, launch and hiring news, so you can reach a startup before its role is posted.
BackdoorIt sounds like you, not a template
A short note says why you fit that startup, in words that sound like you.
BackdoorYou hear back in your chat
You chat on WhatsApp or iMessage, and you get a text when a founder replies.
Replies come in weeks, not months.
Backdoor only writes to founders you fit, so the ones who answer tend to answer fast. See the research
first founder replies came within two weeks
interviews came within two weeks
replies came after a follow-up Backdoor sent
Among people who got a reply or an interview, May to September 2026.
Give it three weeks.
Out of every 10 people who let Backdoor run for three weeks or more:
And you never have to chase.
4 in 10 founder replies came after a follow-up. Backdoor sends those for you, so you never have to chase.
Start tonight. Wake up to founders who fit you.
Every morning Backdoor picks startups for you and drafts the notes. All you do is reply.
Say hi
On WhatsApp or iMessage. It takes ten seconds.
Send your LinkedIn
Or your resume. Backdoor reads up on you.
Get your first founders
Startups that fit you, with notes ready to send.
Questions, answered.
If you want applications and emails for posted roles, it covers both. If you want to reach startups earlier and approve each note, Backdoor is built for that.
Backdoor, if you want founders to hear from you before the rush. 9 in 10 people who heard back got their first founder reply within two weeks.
No. It all happens in WhatsApp or iMessage. You send your LinkedIn or resume and reply SEND when a draft looks right. After that, follow-ups go out on their own in the same thread.
No. Every note waits in your chat until you reply SEND, and then it goes out from your own Gmail. After that, follow-ups go out on their own in the same thread.
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Free to start · No forms · No app
Your next role could be one email away.
Say hi and share your LinkedIn. Backdoor finds the founders, writes the notes and follows up. You just say send.
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