HR & recruiting

Spott

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Spott is the first AI-native ATS/CRM for recruiting & staffing firms. We built Spott because existing recruitment platforms require extensive manual work, are clunky to use, rely on fragmented add-ons, and are not designed for AI adoption. Spott combines everything recruiting firms need, from a full ATS & CRM to AI agents across the entire workf

Founded 2024Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Spott is the first AI-native ATS/CRM for recruiting & staffing firms. We built Spott because existing recruitment platforms require extensive manual work, are clunky to use, rely on fragmented add-ons, and are not designed for AI adoption.

Spott combines everything recruiting firms need, from a full ATS & CRM to AI agents across the entire workflow, into one AI-native solution. It enables recruiters to focus on what matters most and close more placements.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Lander Degreve

Founder/CEO

Co-Founder & CEO at Spott. Previously worked at Bain building an AI job match tool and built a GenAI consulting-case interviewer as a side project. Background in Financial Statistics with internship in IB at JPMorgan and Master's degree at Bocconi.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Manu Vanderveeren

Founder/COO

Co-Founder & COO at Spott. Previously worked at McKinsey on Strategy, Tech DD and HR projects. Background in Finance with internships in IB & PE at Morgan Stanley and CVC. Master's degree in Financial Analysis at LBS

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Samuel Smeys

Founder/CTO

Co-Founder & CTO at Spott. Previously worked at BCG, building Data & ML pipelines for Recruitment Agencies in the UK, USA, EU with a wide range of industry, experience & staffing type specializations. Background in Mathematical Statistics, Machine Learning & AI. Backend, DevOps & Infra enthusiast. Master's degree in Statistics at LSE.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
50team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2024 · Source

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Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthenriched profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedLeuven, Flanders, Belgium
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Launched · 4 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The company website offers product access through a trial, free start, app download, purchase, or onboarding with existing-account login. Customer adoption is not established by this evidence.

Company website: home Checked 2026-10-24

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