Openspot is the next-gen talent marketplace that empowers job seekers to create modern and engaging profiles beyond traditional resumes and static formats, using multi-modality capabilities like video, audio, and written text. Create in minutes and stand out.
Congrats on the launch @fliellerjulian ! I HATE LinkedIn that is plagued with all sorts of AI responses.
I really don't know if I am talking to people or robots at the end of the day.
@Openspot will be a utopia if you can promise to keep those hot mess away.
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Great! This seems like a great product, but here's where the chicken-and-egg dilemma comes in: Would you first need talent or hiring opportunities? Talent looks for hiring opportunities, but if there are no opportunities (I'm guessing), then you can't attract talent, and vice versa.
I've been thinking about something similar myself - a platform that allows users to create their own creative bio by giving them a blank canvas where designers, developers, and other professionals can showcase their creativity. However, my concept was more of a 'link in bio' tool rather than a full talent marketplace.
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whats your DAU, im interested
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Good to give it a try, but the constant user traction might be a bit difficult. Still the market is wide open for a new player.
@evertm Hey Evert! We're working hard to launch to other markets as quickly as we can. Make sure you sign up for our waitlist so you're notified as soon as we launch in your market!
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One question - I signed up because I was interested in a LinkedIn alternative (as LI is basically bots and weird posts now), but why, WHY did I get this "improve your resume" emails from CV companies twice in an hour after signing up?
This is a solid idea! I think CVs are so boring. In the new age, we need to approach hiring like networking, and tools like this build a great first impression and will get you hired.
I am building in the HR-tech space as well, happy to hear your thoughts!
I’m Julian, one of the co-founders of Openspot and we’re building a platform born from the frustrations we've all felt with traditional, static resumes and outdated networking platforms.
Let’s be honest:
📉 LinkedIn feels more like Facebook than a hiring / networking platform.
📎 Resumes are just decorated bullet points and aren't built for a competitive job market. How do you get to know someone or stand out through bullet points?
🤝 Networking? Awkward and superficial.
We built Openspot because we were tired of feeling invisible in a sea of sameness.
What makes it hit:
📹 Add a short video or voice intro
🪩 Beautiful profiles that feel human
🎯 Built for standing out, not feeding the content machine
🔍 Recruiters can search you via natural language (yes, really)
🧑🎤 Prompts that help people understand the person behind the profile.
We started this with a simple hack: building personal sites and video resumes that actually worked. Now we’ve turned it into something anyone can use in minutes.
🚀 We hit #1 on Hacker News last week with 450+ comments and wild feedback.
🛠️ We're raw, bootstrapped, and building this for people like us.
If you’ve ever felt overlooked or boxed in by traditional platforms: try Openspot.
We’d love your feedback, your ideas, and yeah… even your roasts.
Let’s make job searching and networking actually human.
Congrats on the launch @fliellerjulian ! I HATE LinkedIn that is plagued with all sorts of AI responses.
I really don't know if I am talking to people or robots at the end of the day.
@Openspot will be a utopia if you can promise to keep those hot mess away.
Great! This seems like a great product, but here's where the chicken-and-egg dilemma comes in: Would you first need talent or hiring opportunities? Talent looks for hiring opportunities, but if there are no opportunities (I'm guessing), then you can't attract talent, and vice versa.
I've been thinking about something similar myself - a platform that allows users to create their own creative bio by giving them a blank canvas where designers, developers, and other professionals can showcase their creativity. However, my concept was more of a 'link in bio' tool rather than a full talent marketplace.
whats your DAU, im interested
USA only, unfortunately...
Openspot
@evertm Hey Evert! We're working hard to launch to other markets as quickly as we can. Make sure you sign up for our waitlist so you're notified as soon as we launch in your market!
One question - I signed up because I was interested in a LinkedIn alternative (as LI is basically bots and weird posts now), but why, WHY did I get this "improve your resume" emails from CV companies twice in an hour after signing up?
This doesn't seem very lovely.
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This is a solid idea! I think CVs are so boring. In the new age, we need to approach hiring like networking, and tools like this build a great first impression and will get you hired.
I am building in the HR-tech space as well, happy to hear your thoughts!