Product Update #14
Jan 7, 2026
Last year was a big one for us as we grew from 1 to 45 firms. We appreciate each of you trusting us early in our journey especially for a core system to your business. The more time we spend with our customers, the more obvious it’s become that the firms pulling ahead are the ones compounding knowledge over time - leveraging past searches, past candidates, and the best strategies to improve search execution.
A big focus for us this year is tightening that loop: helping you actually correct the AI research agents and log firm context so every new search seamlessly builds on the last. You’ll see us push more in this direction over the coming months.
A few highlights from what we shipped last month:
Autonomous research agents
When you create a new job, Stardex now spins up three research agents automatically - one to find relevant people in your database, one to find candidates externally (limited beta), and one to identify target companies and surface people at those companies . You no longer have to build these queries yourself, Stardex reads your job description and handles it for you. Still in beta, so we're offering a free month of this feature to all current customers on any plan.
Target company sourcing
One of the slow parts of kicking off a search is rebuilding the target universe of companies. Stardex now suggests relevant target companies for each job, with one-click sourcing from those companies based on similar searches and past data.
Custom field reporting
You can now report on any custom field you've created - numbers, drop-downs, dates, whatever. We also added AI suggestions to help surface insights you might have missed + refreshed our reporting page.
Campaign Scheduling
Schedule campaigns to start at a future date and time. You can also toggle weekend sending if that fits your outreach strategy.
Candidate Opt-Out Portal
For GDPR compliance, we've added a branded public page where candidates can unsubscribe or request deletion. You'll see requests in an admin queue to review before taking action.
Resume capture via email
On the move? Forward resumes to your team's unique Stardex email and we'll automatically create or update the candidate profile. See your unique email address in settings.
Quality of Life
Keyboard shortcuts are more prominent - press "?" anywhere in the app to see all of them
Faster "Create" menu on the sidebar for quick actions (e.g create a task, log an activity)
Days to Close now shows on archived jobs so you can see how long each search took
Richer hover cards on people and companies
CSV imports directly into lists, jobs, and target companies
