The network for creativity
Join 1.25M professional creatives like you
Connect with clients, get discovered, and run your business 100% commission-free
Creatives on Contra have earned over $150M and we are just getting started
Back to feedPost
Peoplecite.tech finds you the people you need for your business needs.
The problem
Recruiters, investors, event organizers and journalists all have to find specific people. Their tools haven't kept up. People databases go stale, keyword search returns hundreds of weak matches, and the manual route takes hours of searching, opening tabs and cross-checking. When a tool does produce a list, it rarely explains why a name made the cut, so you can't trust it without checking every entry again.
The idea
Describe the people you need the way you'd brief a colleague. PeopleCite researches the live web and returns a slate: a ranked list where every name comes with receipts.
"Staff payments engineers with Series B–C experience" → a ranked shortlist with evidence, not 400 keyword hits
"Technical founders building in industrial automation" → people who aren't on anyone's list yet
"Climate scientists who can hold a stage" → speakers with their press footprint attached
How it works for the user
Ask in plain language. There are no boolean strings or filters. You give the role, field, constraints and dealbreakers.
Watch the research happen. Several researchers work through the brief in parallel. The user sees each step live: what's being searched, what's being read, and who's being considered. A typical run takes 5–20 minutes, and closing the tab doesn't stop it.
Review a slate with receipts. Each person arrives with:
a fit score against your criteria
a written rationale
a verification status (verified, likely or flagged)
links to every source used
One click exports the slate to Excel or CSV.
Beyond a single search
Monitors: saved searches re-run on a schedule, and a digest email lists only the new people.
CSV enrichment: upload your own list and get back verified evidence for each person.
Outreach drafts: a first message for any candidate, written from the research.
Exclusion lists: people you've already seen or contacted stay out of future results.
Team workspaces: shared seats and shared runs for agencies and teams.
API + MCP: PeopleCite works inside other tools and AI assistants, such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.
Design decisions that mattered
Trust over volume. The product is built around receipts. If something can't be verified, such as a person's location, it is flagged rather than guessed. Results are presented as research leads, not hiring decisions, and the user always reviews and decides.
Long-running work that feels instant. A deep research run can take many minutes. The interface streams progress as it happens, so the wait feels like watching work get done. Runs continue on their own if the user leaves.
Pricing that matches value. Users pay per candidate researched, not per seat. Credits scale with research depth (Fast, Smart, Deep), so a 10-person search has a predictable cost. There are three tiers ($49 / $149 / $399 a month) and a 14-day free trial.
Responsible by default. The product has no demographic targeting of any kind. Users can export or delete their data at any time, and every claim traces back to a source. It ships with a privacy policy and a DPA.
Outcome
PeopleCite went from first commit to a public, paid product on its own domain in about three months. At launch it had subscription billing, a free trial, team seats, scheduled monitors, an API and an MCP server. The landing page uses no stock imagery. Its hero section replays a real research run.
The network for creativity
Join 1.25M professional creatives like you
Connect with clients, get discovered, and run your business 100% commission-free
Creatives on Contra have earned over $150M and we are just getting started
Challenges
View all
Related posts
"High-Performance Creative Web Exploration"
A civic bureau seals your letter to 2126 under molten wax, witnessed. A civic bureau that seals letters for exactly one hundred years. Write a message to 2126, watch it set in wax, and receive your engraved certificate of deposit.
I built this project to test A civic bureau seals your letter to 2126 under molten wax, witnessed. A civic bureau that seals letters for exactly one hundred years. Write a message to 2126, watch it set in wax, and receive your engraved certificate of deposit. The core engineering challenge was sustaining uncompromised 60 FPS rendering using Canvas2D while handling continuous user interaction without framework overhead.
WHAT I WAS TESTING:
I focused on two core engineering benchmarks:
Precision implementation of wax-seal SVG under continuous interactive user input
Sustained 60 FPS render performance and zero-dependency browser execution
THE TECHNICAL SIDE:
Engineered directly in the browser with Canvas2D, Wax-seal SVG. The application runs without third-party frameworks or build-step dependencies, using hardware-accelerated rendering and custom event loops to achieve zero-latency response.
Everything executes in the browser using Canvas2D, Wax-seal SVG. No third-party frameworks, no heavy runtime bundles, and zero external tracking.
WHAT I LEARNED:
Balancing the mathematical rigors of wax-seal SVG with tactile browser interaction required tuning event throttling and memory allocation to eliminate all garbage collection stutters.
Finding the sweet spot between mathematical precision and frame budget took careful profiling, but the result runs at a steady 60 FPS even on modest hardware.
TRY IT YOURSELF:
The live build is deployed on Netlify. Open it in your browser, test the controls, and observe the render response times.
If you are building high-performance 3D, physics, or creative web systems and want to collaborate, reach out here on Contra.
Dynamic or static?
My portfolio is live! ✨
I’m Arooj, a full-stack developer building responsive websites and web applications. My portfolio brings together projects like SafeSocial, Aurelia, and GymFlow, with a dark theme, soft pink accents, and interactive animations.
Take a look: https://arooj-portfolio-ivory.vercel.app
I’m available for freelance projects and collaborations. If you need a website or web app, let’s connect!
I’d love to hear your feedback on the design 💬
Lovely
A buyer fills in "Book a Viewing" on a real estate website.
Within 60 seconds, an AI voice agent calls them back, answers their questions and books the viewing on the live calendar.
The team starts the day with viewings booked, not a list of people to call back.
A quick check for your own business:
- open your last 20 website leads.
- For each one, compare when the form came in with when someone first called.
If the usual gap is hours rather than minutes, that's where your viewings go.
Want that gap closed?
I'd love to discuss your setup in more detail.
P.s the case study is on my profile
The 60-second callback isn't a feature — it's the entire competitive advantage. Great breakdown, Katya.