SeekOut Release Notes
The latest product updates and improvements from SeekOut.
2026
Hide Profiles Filter & Self-Serve Subscriptions – June 2026
Workspaces
Hide Profiles Filter (full launch). Simple mode lets you exclude profiles with any recent activity within configurable timeframes (30 days through “anytime”). Advanced mode filters by workspace, project, who took the action, status, and date range.
Billing
Self-serve monthly and annual subscriptions are now available.
Streamlined AI Recommendations & Outreach Controls – May 2026
Workspaces & AI Evaluation
- Simplified AI Evaluation workflow: the “Evaluation” tab is replaced with an “AI Recommendations” entry in the source sub-nav for a more streamlined experience
- Bulk Submit for Evaluation added to the Bulk Actions toolbar
Outreach
Admin control for sequence email domain settings: Admins can configure “exclude work email domains” at the org level for all users.
SeekOut MCP, Free Trial & Hidden Filters – April 2026
Workspaces
- Hidden Filters: hide profiles from search results based on prior workspace activity (already shortlisted, exported, or marked Not a Fit), with configurable timeframes
- “Not a Fit” thumbs-down action collapses profiles and makes them easy to filter out
Free Trial
SeekOut is now available as a self-service free trial, including Healthcare and Nursing talent pools.
SeekOut MCP (v0.4.2)
- Search across 7 talent verticals (Public, GitHub, Academic, Healthcare, Nursing, ATS, Internal Talent), plus unified search across all in one query
- 14 guided skill-based workflows including talent search, outreach drafting, competitive intelligence, diversity insights, and market analysis
- Workspace creation and candidate saving from MCP
- Every MCP search generates a clickable link to open results in the SeekOut UI
- ATS integration: search your hiring pipeline by stage, req, and status from MCP
Talent Pools
- GitHub Talent Pool index updated (March 2026)
- Nursing Index updated (March 2026)
Workspace Express & Smarter Evaluation – March 2026
Workspaces
- Workspace Express: one-step workspace creation. Paste or upload a job description, let AI identify the key criteria, review and edit, then click Apply to run the search
- Save a Search as a Custom Power Filter directly from Workspaces
- Filter Evaluated Profiles by Score: new score range filter on the Evaluate tab
- Automated Email Notifications: users now receive emails when AI recommendations are ready for a workspace, and when a colleague shares a workspace with them
Talent Pools
- Expert Talent Pool refreshed
- Nursing Index refreshed
Sam AI Interviewing & Expanded People Insights – February 2026
AI Interviewing
Sam AI Interviewing is now integrated into Recruit: structured, rubric-based AI screening with asynchronous candidate interviews and structured results.
Workspaces
- People Insights now available in GitHub, Expert, Healthcare, and Internal Talent searches (previously Public Profiles only)
- “Remove from Shortlist” added to Bulk Actions
In-App Homepage & Activity Feed – January 2026
Workspaces
- Brand-new In-App Homepage with a real-time Activity Feed showing updates from all Workspaces, including teammates’ actions
- Shared Comments on profiles are now visible across all Workspace views (Search Results and Shortlists), not just the originating project
- Bulk Status Updates in Shortlists: update candidate status for selected or all profiles at once
- Email indicator on shortlist profile cards: shows when an email is available and lets you copy it with one click
People Insights
Skills data upgraded from word cloud to bar chart, Diversity data shown as a pie chart, and Language distribution shown as a percentage pie chart.
Integrations
“Load from ATS Job Description” in Workspaces now enabled.
2025
Workspace Dashboard & Notification Center – December 2025
Workspaces
- New Workspace Dashboard experience: redesigned workspace cards, color-coded participant icons, Table View showing Outreach and ATS pipeline progress, and star/favorites support
- Notification Center: users can now toggle email notifications on/off per notification type
- Custom Campaigns: run multiple outreach campaigns within a single Workspace for different role variants, experience bands, or follow-up sequences
Workspace Superpowers – November 2025
Profile Flyouts Are Live
Profiles display as compact summaries across Workspace views. You can now expand them into flyouts with navigation, status modifications, and keyboard shortcuts.
Additional Improvements
- Workspace names now appear in Search History
- AI query generation detects employer info
- Setup Wizard preserves search copies
- Evaluations has a “Shortlist All Matches” banner
- Recommended Actions for sharing
- Profile export from the Evaluate step
New Features
- Saved Searches show timestamps
- Org Admins can control activation emails
Workspace Enhancements & Search History – October 2025
- Workspace delete confirmation dialog added
- Search History captures workspace activities (searches, exports, contact requests)
- “Your ATS” profiles can be exported back to integrated ATS/CRM
- Security Clearance Power Filter shows date ranges only for inferred clearance options
People Insights, Bulk Evaluation & Bespoke Sequences – September 2025
People Insights in Workspaces
People Insights are now live in Workspaces (bar chart icon).
Automatic Bulk Evaluation
Submit up to 500 top-matching profiles via cross-channel search “Evaluate Top Matches.”
Bespoke Sequences for Outreach
“Create Outreach with AI” now offers options for one sequence for all candidates or a unique sequence per candidate. You can also edit a Sequence after it has started.
SeekOut Workspaces Launch – July & August 2025
SeekOut Workspaces
SeekOut Workspaces launched – an AI-enhanced guided workflow for recruiting.
Key Capabilities
- Step-by-step guided sourcing
- Match candidates to JD instantly
- Scorecards to evaluate
- Build shortlists in minutes
- Reconnect with ATS warm leads
Data & Filters
- Nursing Talent Pool data refreshed
- 25+ Power Filters refreshed (Insurance, Layoffs, Fortune 500, Semiconductor, SaaS, HR Tech, etc.)
Self-Service Usage Reporting & Outreach Sharing – June 2025
Self-Service Usage Reporting
- On-demand reporting
- Deeper insights by team/recruiter
- Flexible filters
- Automated monthly emails
Outreach Sequence Sharing
Teams can now share outreach templates for consistent messaging across the organization.
Expanded Templates & Optimized Contact Ranking – May 2025
- Expanded Default Sequence Templates – 4 new templates added
- Optimized Contact Ranking – resume email prioritized as best source
New Power Filters – April 2025
New Power Filters added:
- Europe’s 50 Largest Banks
- Largest Consulting Companies
- Companies with Recent Layoffs
- Wealth Management Firms
- Venture Capital Firms
Power Filters Logic & Redesigned Search – March 2025
Power Filters AND/OR Logic
Power Filters now support an AND/OR logic toggle for more flexible filtering.
Redesigned Start Search Page
- Improved search box
- Expandable input
- Easier sub-pool access
- Enhanced saved searches
General performance improvements and bug fixes.
Introducing SeekOut Spot – February 2025
SeekOut Spot
Introducing SeekOut Spot – an agentic AI recruiting service combining AI with expert human recruiters.
- WGLL rubric creation from JD + 30-min intake
- Curated slates of 5-10 qualified candidates in 1-2 weeks
- Human recruiters validate AI matches
- Sourcing reduced from ~30 days to 3 days
2024
Improved Candidate Selection Experience – December 2024
Improved Candidate Selection Experience – an alert now appears before navigating away when candidates are selected, preventing lost selections.
Revamped Campaign Stats Dashboard – November 2024
Revamped Campaign Stats dashboard with:
- Streamlined filtering
- Clear metrics
- Visual cues for engagement
- Complete campaign visibility
Candidate Outreach & Applicant Review Updates – October 2024
Candidate Outreach Campaign Updates
- New flow to start campaigns
- Manage/edit templates
- Simplified email editor
Applicant Review UX
- Referrals indicator
- Multiple applications detection
- Custom application questions
New Power Filters
- Data Centers
- Health Systems
- Power Plants
Cross-channel Search & Internal Mobility – September 2024
- Cross-channel Search – search across multiple talent pools simultaneously
- ATS integration for silver medalists
- Internal Mobility for HRIS-integrated organizations
Outreach Dashboard Updates – July 2024
- Consolidated dashboard for campaign stats
- Global vs local campaign settings
- Add prospects to different projects
SeekOut Assist Conversational Search – April 9, 2024
SeekOut Assist Conversational Search
Natural language search in Smart Match mode.
New Search Landing Page
Simplified interface with multiple input methods.
Bug fixes.
Team Admin Updates – March 12, 2024
- Filter by license type
- Search by name/email
- Filter usage report before download
2023
Updated Contact Retrieval UI & Activity Center – November 10, 2023
- Updated UI for Contact Retrieval – continue working during retrieval
- New Activity Center and History Page
- Email notifications for 10+ profile requests
SeekOut Assist GA & Pipeline Insights – August 8, 2023
SeekOut Assist GA
SeekOut Assist is now generally available – ChatGPT for recruiters. Go from JD to qualified candidates in moments. Personalized emails at scale.
Pipeline Insights GA
- Manager View
- Recruiter View
- Funnel View
Healthcare Minimize Filter & Nursing Pool Update – July 26, 2023
- Healthcare – Minimize Filter added
- Nursing pool consolidated (removed Current Title and Nurse Title filters, use License Type instead)
Smart Match Filter Customization – June 27, 2023
- Smart Match filter customization – add, reorder, remove filters with persistence
- AI Matching removed from left nav (Smart Match replacement)
Minimize Candidates Filter Update – June 13, 2023
- “Minimize Candidates I’ve Seen” filter now searches any org project
- AI Matching removal advance notice
Insights & Project Permissions – May 31, 2023
- Insights disambiguation (People Insights vs talent market)
- Project upload permissions expanded to editors
Smart Match Drag-and-Drop & Projects Update – May 16, 2023
- Smart Match drag-and-drop between required/preferred skills
- Projects select all/minimized for bulk action
- Healthcare pool name/banner updates
- AI Matching removal notice
Contact Info & Location Filter Updates – May 2, 2023
- Contact info status modal
- Location filter quick-add
- AI Matching removal notice
Smart Match Advanced OR Statements – April 4, 2023
Smart Match advanced OR statements for skills – combine similar skills and create OR statements via the link icon.
Healthcare NPI Profile Card Enhancements – March 7, 2023
Healthcare NPI profile card enhancements:
- Office phone
- Address
- Certifications
- Licenses
- Awards highlighted in yellow
Smart Match Launch & Combined Healthcare Pool – February 7, 2023
Smart Match Launch
Smart Match launch – intuitive non-Boolean searching.
Combined Healthcare Talent Pool
- Nursing
- Providers with NPI
- Other healthcare (14M profiles)
Additional Updates
- Custom Power Filters for Nursing
- SmartRecruiters Applicant Review – direct ATS linking, search across all hiring stages
Applicant Review Redesign – January 10, 2023
Applicant Review redesign – edit job criteria and review applicants on the same page.
2022
New Power Filters Including Y Combinator – December 20, 2022
New Power Filters including Y Combinator companies.
Navigation & Action Bar Refresh – December 6, 2022
- Top Navigation customizable talent pools
- Action Bar refresh
- Previous Company/Title charts
- Updated Power Filters
- “Inbound Talent” renamed to “Applicant Review”
SeekOut for Healthcare Launch – November 1, 2022
SeekOut for Healthcare launch – 14M+ licensed nursing/healthcare professional profiles.
- Nursing talent pool
- Advanced filtering
- Email campaigns
- USPS mail
- Current contact info
Diversity Labels & UI Updates – October 26, 2022
- Diversity label “Female” changed to “Women”
- Company size filter up to 20,000
- Account menu relocated
- Search field removed from top
Project Improvements – September 27, 2022
- Project hover shows user/date
- Project table search
- Delete/rename saved searches
Experience Filter & Nav Updates – September 7, 2022
- Years of experience filter enhanced (dropdown, 20+ years)
- Left nav updates
- Project search in dropdown
- “Added by” filter
Smart Search Highlights & Filter Redesign – August 23, 2022
- Smart Search Highlights (green for exact matches, blue for related)
- Filter Action Bar redesign
- Minimize Filter expanded options
- Messaging campaign confirmation
Project Table Sort & Filter – August 9, 2022
- Project table sort/filter
- Project/Campaign visibility for all SKUs
Inbound Talent Launch – July 26, 2022
Inbound Talent launch – search capabilities for applicant review with ATS integration.
Project Action Bar & Healthcare Pool – July 13, 2022
- Project Action Bar with sort
- Healthcare Talent Pool launch
Greenhouse Prospect Pool Export – June 28, 2022
Greenhouse Prospect Pool export (Ingestion and Harvest APIs).
Time Zone Filter & Power Filter Updates – June 14, 2022
- Time zone filter (US)
- Power filter updates (clearances, layoffs, Fortune 500, work authorization)
- New Left Nav Bar
- Select input improvements
Export Order Preservation – May 24, 2022
Export now maintains candidate order.
ML-Ranked Email & Greenhouse CRM – May 10, 2022
- ML-ranked best email address
- Project owner info
- Greenhouse CRM prospect pool vs job
- Experience/Education filters for internal talent
Experience Filter & Email Reporting – April 26, 2022
- Exclude “past” in Experience filter
- Consistent 3-way toggle
- Report bad emails
- Keyword line breaks
Filter Favoriting – April 12, 2022
Filter Favoriting – favorites section for Power Filters.
Experience & Education Super Filters – March 29, 2022
Experience/Education “Super Filters” combining Company+Title+Years and School+Degree+Major.
GitHub Refresh & Bulk PDF Exports – March 1, 2022
- GitHub refresh +10M profiles, 34% increase, 80% more female
- Expert data refresh
- Bulk PDF exports
- Save As for Insights Reports
Bias Reducer – Company Name Redaction – February 15, 2022
Bias Reducer – Company Name redaction.
Clear Filter & Export Updates – February 1, 2022
- Clear Filter button
- Export updates
Cross-team Project/Campaign Visibility – January 18, 2022
Cross-team Project/Campaign visibility (Enterprise only).
2021
SOC 2 Type 2 Compliance – September 16, 2021
SOC 2 Type 2 compliance achieved. Five criteria:
- Security
- Availability
- Processing Integrity
- Confidentiality
- Privacy
Multi-Channel Messaging Sequences – May 3, 2021
Messaging update – multi-channel sequences:
- Email, phone, LinkedIn channels
- Message timing control
- Edit/preview per candidate
- Revamped templates
- Simplified setup
Massive Profile Expansion – February 17, 2021
140M+ new profiles added:
- 128M public profiles
- 4M GitHub profiles
- 7M expert profiles
Diversity improvements:
- 20% more African-American
- 38% more female
- 58% more cleared candidates
- Expert Prominence filter
- North America combined search
2020
Dark Mode, Diversity Filters & More – December 15, 2020
- Dark Mode
- AND/OR Diversity Filters
- More bias reduction controls
- Simplified admin
- Startup Power Filters
- Schedule-send messaging
- File attachments
- Taleo ATS Rediscovery
- Multiple ATS/CRM integrations
- 446M candidates
Efficiency Improvements & AI Updates – September 13, 2020
Efficiency
- Rubik font
- Left nav
- Unified search
- Salary display
- Faster search
AI
- Streamlined AI Matching
- Candidate Cloning
- Bulk enrichment
UX
- New dashboard
- Redesigned Power Filters
- Customizable filters
Diversity Sourcing & Blind Hiring Mode – August 21, 2020
Diversity sourcing improvements:
- Black/African American filter doubled
- Asian filter added
- Expanded availability
- Improved accuracy
- 5x more candidates than other tools
- Blind Hiring Mode
Enhanced Clearance Filters GA & Expert Search – July 8, 2020
- Enhanced Clearance Filters GA
- Expert search refresh (+8.3M to 85.1M)
Contact Info
- 100M US emails
- 52M Mexican phones
- 30M international phones
- 27M international emails
- 90M social profiles
New UI preview.
Enhanced Clearance Filters – June 25, 2020
Enhanced Clearance Filters:
- 5x more results
- 12 precise levels
- Explainable AI
- 1.9M cleared candidates
Referrals, Layoffs Filter & Platform Expansion – May 21, 2020
- Referrals
- Companies with recent layoffs filter
- 434M candidates
- GitHub Discussions
- Expert expansion to Social Sciences/Economics
- Credit-Pooling 5,000/month
- Team Administration
- ATS: SmartRecruiters/Beamery
- Email Playbooks
- Send on Behalf
Chrome Extension Redesign – February 10, 2020
- Chrome Extension redesign with GitHub/LinkedIn integration
- Admin UX improvements
- GitHub email algorithm improvements
2019
Contact Info Launch & AI Email Personalization – November 4, 2019
Contact info launch:
- Personal emails
- Mobile phones
- Social links
AI-powered outreach:
- Email personalization
- Optimal send times
- Multi-step campaigns
Unified Profiles & ATS Rediscovery – September 23, 2019
- Unified Profiles
- More Likely to Move filter
- Export Insights to Excel
- Personalized GitHub outreach
- ATS Rediscovery
- Referrals
Unified Profiles Deep Dive – August 22, 2019
Unified Profiles deep dive – GitHub, papers, patents integration. 160+ additional candidates for Nashville iOS example.
Custom Blind Hiring Mode – July 19, 2019
Custom Blind Hiring Mode pictures. Bias reduction examples.
Global Expansion to 423M Candidates – July 17, 2019
Global expansion to 423M candidates worldwide. Region selector.
SeekOut Robot – June 10, 2019
SeekOut Robot – query generation from JD, Boolean compatibility, feedback loop learning.
2018
People Insights Launch – January 9, 2018
People Insights launch – data from 100M+ US professionals. Three benefits:
- Strategic talent advisor
- Find candidates faster
- Outsmart competition
Sourcing Assistant Chrome Extension – January 30, 2018
Sourcing Assistant Chrome extension – free tool to source, organize, export. Features:
- Verified emails
- AI recommendations
GitHub Search Launch – February 22, 2018
GitHub Search launch – 21M developers.
- Coder Scores
- Complete profiles
- Familiar search interface
- Speed up interviews
- Higher response rates
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