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Happenstance (YC W24) — People search powered by AI

Happenstance is people search powered by AI. For example, you ask Happenstance "find people who work on notification systems at big companies", and it comes back with two who follow you on Twitter and five who are connected to your partners.

Happenstance is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2024 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: People search powered by AI. The founder listed is Alex Teichman (Founder/CEO) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 29, 2024).

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Happenstance

New accelerator entry · 2024-03-29 · the record

Winter 2024
batch
3
people
Early
stage
United States of America
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2024
Announced2024-03-29
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size3
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer
SectorsArtificial Intelligence
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Fully Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA; Remote
HiringNo
Sitehttps://happenstance.ai

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Happenstance is people search powered by AI. For example, you ask Happenstance "find people who work on notification systems at big companies", and it comes back with two who follow you on Twitter and five who are connected to your partners. That kind of thing you just can't do on LinkedIn.

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