# seekout > Analysis by Optimly for Optimly AI Visibility, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last analyzed August 9, 2026. > SeekOut provides an AI-powered talent acquisition platform and service to help companies find, screen, and engage top talent, particularly 'AI-forward' candidates, with speed, quality, and agility. It offers both a self-serve platform (SeekOut Recruit) and a managed service (SeekOut Spot) to optimize hiring processes. - Business Profile: https://optimly.ai/brand/seekout - Publisher: Optimly (https://optimly.ai) - Dataset: Optimly AI Brand Index (https://optimly.ai/brand) - Official website: https://seekout.com/ - Logo: https://logo.clearbit.com/seekout.com - Slug: seekout - Brand Authority Index tier: Emerging - Archetype: Challenger - Category: Human Resources - Last Analyzed: August 9, 2026 ## Buyer Intent Signals Problems: Traditional Manual Recruiting: Recruiters manually screen resumes, conduct phone screens, source candidates through basic searches, and craft individual outreach emails, leading to slower processes an | Third-Party Recruiting Agencies: Hiring external agencies to source and screen candidates, which often entails high costs (20-25% of salary) and less transparency compared to SeekOut Spot's claim of 7 | Maintain Current Inefficient Hiring: Continuing with existing recruiting processes that result in long time-to-hire, high cost per hire, missed talent opportunities, and difficulty finding specialized Solutions: AI recruiting platform | AI recruiting service | Hire AI-forward talent | Candidate screening automation AI | Compliant AI hiring | Basic ATS & LinkedIn Recruiter: Utilizing Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) primarily for pipeline management and LinkedIn Recruiter for sourcing, without advanced AI for contextual search, automated s