Applicant tracking system for startups
Loam gives early-stage teams one calm place to publish roles, review every applicant, source candidates, and move the right people forward—without setting up an enterprise recruiting stack.
Built core workflow systems at two seed-stage companies. Strong evidence of product ownership and working through ambiguity.
The workflow
The core workflow is ready on day one. Loam adds structure where a spreadsheet starts to break, without making a founder operate like a recruiting department.
Create a branded job page and application form without stitching together a form, spreadsheet, and careers page.
Every resume becomes a structured profile with an AI brief, work history, links, and the context needed for a first decision.
Search a broad professional profile index in natural language and bring strong prospects into the same review workflow.
Use signals, notes, feedback, and pipeline context to decide who gets time from the team.
Loam parses resumes into consistent candidate profiles and writes concise briefs. Founders can scan the real evidence quickly, then open the source material when a closer read matters.
A startup rarely hires from a generic checklist. Describe the context you care about—early-stage experience, a specific market, or evidence of operating through ambiguity—and use it to prioritize the field.
Ask questions and take hiring actions in Loam chat or through MCP-compatible tools such as Claude and Cursor. The pipeline becomes usable context, not another dashboard to remember.
Who it is for
Loam is designed for pre-seed, seed, and small Series A companies where founders and functional leaders still own the outcome.
Questions
The best startup ATS is fast to adopt, affordable before hiring volume grows, and structured enough to replace spreadsheets. Loam is built around that stage: a focused pipeline, AI-assisted review, sourcing, and a branded careers page without enterprise administration.
A spreadsheet usually becomes fragile when resumes, notes, candidate messages, and stage changes live in different places. If more than one person is reviewing candidates or the team is losing track of follow-up, a lightweight ATS creates a reliable shared record.
No. Loam organizes evidence, produces candidate briefs, and evaluates user-defined signals to support review. People remain responsible for interviews, judgment, and every hiring decision.
Yes. Teams can search for candidates in natural language, shortlist prospects, and bring them into the same workflow used for inbound applicants.
Start with the next role
Set up Loam, publish one job, and give the team a shared place to make the next decision.
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