Changelog
Product updates and new features
October 2026
Smarter Search & Candidate Insights
- Conversational Query AI — Ask questions about your candidate pool in plain English (“How many candidates do I have?”, “Breakdown by company”, “What interview questions should I ask for this role?”) without losing your active filters or search results.
- Unified Candidate Matching — Easily explore top target company matches, relevant industry talent, and alumni from target firms in a single unified view.
- Smarter Keyword & Skill Search — Natural language understanding automatically handles conversational phrases (like “who knows Python” or “studied at Oxford”) and corrects common search typos.
- Verified Contact Accuracy — Higher-precision contact discovery ensures candidate profiles show direct mobile numbers and verified work email addresses.
- Enhanced Shortlist Exports — Clean, beautifully formatted PDF and CSV candidate exports with full multi-language support, including native Arabic script.
- Account Protection & Preferences — Upgraded account security, live system status monitoring at /status, and simplified email preference controls.
September 2026
Intelligent Sourcing & Assistant Integrations
- Deeper Talent Sourcing — Broad candidate discovery across target employers, job titles, and regional talent markets.
- Transparent Candidate Grading — Clear candidate qualification tiers (A+, A, B, C) showing exactly how each profile aligns with your search brief.
- AI Assistant Integrations — Connect Vettara with ChatGPT and Claude to build search briefs, discover candidates, and review talent conversationally.
- Candidate Proof Badges — Instant visual badges highlighting verified work emails, target employer relationships, and shortlist status.
August 2026
Workspace Redesign & Pipeline Management
- Custom Candidate Views — Instant switching between your qualified Shortlist, Research pool, and All Saved candidates.
- Visual Recruitment Pipeline — Drag-and-drop Kanban board to track candidates from initial sourcing through to placement.
- Candidate Review Hub — Side-by-side profile and background review to qualify candidates quickly.
- Direct Work Email Finder — Integrated professional email discovery and deliverability verification.
March 2026
Platform Intelligence
- New: Platform Intelligence layer - searches now leverage accumulated knowledge from previous searches to find better candidates
- New: Toggle intelligence on/off per Director run
- New: Multi-role detection warning in run estimate modal
- Improved: Search confirmation now shows scope and estimated duration before launch
February 2026
Director & Sourcing
- New: Autonomous Director agent runs searches end-to-end with live streaming
- New: Company mapping with org chart intelligence per target company
- New: 8-dimension candidate scoring with cited evidence
- New: Executive intelligence reports (background research, red flags, career trajectory)
- New: Built-in outreach with personalised email templates
- New: Real-time SSE streaming - watch searches unfold live
- New: Brief builder with AI-assisted criteria extraction
- New: Client management and fee tracking
- New: Candidate talent pool (cross-search registry)
- New: BD list for business development targets
- New: Off-limits / conflict checking
- New: HTML, CSV, and PDF export