Poach.work

AI-native headhunter for startups

Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Link: poach.work
Built by: Mike

Bloat

142/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0

Float
300

Moat
400

500

Summary

Poach.work is a live landing page with bold claims (50K+ verified profiles, 24-hour shortlists, insured hires) but the crawler found no accounts, payments, docs or legal pages, and the only post is one launch announcement from April. The problem is real, but nothing in the dossier shows a working product or a way to reach paying customers locally. Accelerator acceptance counts as commitment, though it covers five startups at once and the project hasn't shown activity since.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

Hiring senior people is a real and expensive problem, and the site states a price comparison against headhunters. Its pitch targets big-tech talent and Western startups, which is far from this builder's local reach, and nothing shows anyone using or paying.

27/100

Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.

Receipts (3)

The pitch compares itself to $45,000-$90,000 headhunter fees, so the problem and the price anchor are real, but the market is global startups rather than local ones.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · poach.work (opens in a new tab)
No accounts, no payment provider and no waitlist are detected, so there's no sign of a path for anyone to pay.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · poach.work (opens in a new tab)
The only post is an accelerator announcement, with no customer or placement mentioned.
“Big news guys 🔥 Me and my co-founder got accepted into Founders Inc Canopy. For context Canopy is run by Furqan Rydhan (ex-AppLovin CTO) and the F.inc team in San Francisco. 5 weeks. Elite builders. Up to $250k in funding. $50k in credits. Lectures from founders who built $1B+ companies. We're going in with 5 startups: → Budera.ai — the bank for AI agents → FORMA — JSON constraint layer for L”
Post · @Mike_Endale · 24 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

The idea of an AI headhunter is easy to copy, and the claimed edge (a verified, anonymous candidate pool) isn't demonstrated anywhere. Without evidence the pool exists, this reads as a thin concept.

12/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

The 50K+ verified profiles claim is unsupported, since the site has no sign-up, accounts or backend that would hold such data.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · poach.work (opens in a new tab)
The accelerator affiliation might open doors, but it doesn't stop anyone from copying the service.
“Big news guys 🔥 Me and my co-founder got accepted into Founders Inc Canopy. For context Canopy is run by Furqan Rydhan (ex-AppLovin CTO) and the F.inc team in San Francisco. 5 weeks. Elite builders. Up to $250k in funding. $50k in credits. Lectures from founders who built $1B+ companies. We're going in with 5 startups: → Budera.ai — the bank for AI agents → FORMA — JSON constraint layer for L”
Post · @Mike_Endale · 24 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

There's one post from April 2026 and nothing since, so the project has no visible shipping history and has been silent for about five and a half months.

0/100

Sustained shipping0/60
Worked on across 0 days.
Consistency0/40
Updates in 1 of 1 month.
Quiet
No update for 166 days, so scaled to 42%.

Receipts (1)

Earliest post about it.
“Big news guys 🔥 Me and my co-founder got accepted into Founders Inc Canopy. For context Canopy is run by Furqan Rydhan (ex-AppLovin CTO) and the F.inc team in San Francisco. 5 weeks. Elite builders. Up to $250k in funding. $50k in credits. Lectures from founders who built $1B+ companies. We're going in with 5 startups: → Budera.ai — the bank for AI agents → FORMA — JSON constraint layer for L”
Post · @Mike_Endale · 24 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

The site is live over HTTPS on its own domain, but it's a landing page with no accounts, payments, docs or legal pages. A working product isn't evidenced.

52/100

It's live20/20
https://poach.work responded when checked.
HTTPS5/5
Served over HTTPS.
Real product15/35
What's visible is a polished landing page with marketing claims. The crawler found no accounts, no waitlist, no docs and no app, so there's no evidence of working functionality.
Own home10/10
Lives on its own domain (poach.work).
Maintained0/15
Last sign of shipping 2026-04-24.
Operations2/15
Only a support contact was found. There's no backend, accounts, docs, API, status page or second platform.

Receipts (4)

https://poach.work responded when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · poach.work (opens in a new tab)
The page is all copy and calls to action, with accounts: false and no product screens or flows described.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · poach.work (opens in a new tab)
The site is live and has a 'Start Poaching' button, but nothing shows what happens after it.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · poach.work (opens in a new tab)
Facts show accounts, docs and status_page all false, with support true.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · poach.work (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

Distribution is a plain web app on its own domain with no payment path found, and no revenue is shown. Accelerator backing and a co-founder help, but the pitch aims at global big-tech talent and there's no privacy policy or terms.

51/100

Distribution25/30
A web app on its own domain.
Payments0/15
No payment provider found.
Pricing10/10
A pricing page or stated prices on the site.
Revenue0/5
No post or page mentions paying customers or revenue, and no payment provider was detected.
Privacy policy0/7
No privacy policy found.
Terms0/5
No terms of service found.
Support8/8
A way to reach support.
Commitment8/20
A co-founder and an accelerator spot are real signs of commitment. The project shares the slot with four other startups, has no dedicated channel, and has had no update in five months.

Receipts (5)

A web app on its own domain.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · poach.work (opens in a new tab)
The payments list is empty and the page offers no customer proof.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · poach.work (opens in a new tab)
The announcement is about acceptance into an accelerator and funding availability, not revenue.
“Big news guys 🔥 Me and my co-founder got accepted into Founders Inc Canopy. For context Canopy is run by Furqan Rydhan (ex-AppLovin CTO) and the F.inc team in San Francisco. 5 weeks. Elite builders. Up to $250k in funding. $50k in credits. Lectures from founders who built $1B+ companies. We're going in with 5 startups: → Budera.ai — the bank for AI agents → FORMA — JSON constraint layer for L”
Post · @Mike_Endale · 24 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The post says two co-founders were accepted into Founders Inc Canopy with five startups, Poach among them.
“Big news guys 🔥 Me and my co-founder got accepted into Founders Inc Canopy. For context Canopy is run by Furqan Rydhan (ex-AppLovin CTO) and the F.inc team in San Francisco. 5 weeks. Elite builders. Up to $250k in funding. $50k in credits. Lectures from founders who built $1B+ companies. We're going in with 5 startups: → Budera.ai — the bank for AI agents → FORMA — JSON constraint layer for L”
Post · @Mike_Endale · 24 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The site shows no roadmap or community, and the last activity was in April.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · poach.work (opens in a new tab)