Pluk tested a feature called coffee chats to help users find candidates connected to a team network.

Pluk is the Slack agent for network and referral hiring. Add Pluk to Slack, connect LinkedIn, and it runs a weekly automated referral party: finding qualified people in your team’s 1st- and 2nd-degree connections and lining up warm outreach through the teammate who actually knows them. Cold outreach stopped working. Inbound is buried. The best way to hire is through people you know — and Pluk makes that a real pipeline, not a hopeful LinkedIn post or a one-off referral bonus. How it works • Describe the role in Slack (title, seniority, must-haves, companies to target or avoid) • Pluk searches the combined LinkedIn networks of teammates who’ve opted in • Your team reviews matches with 👍 / 👎 • Pluk drafts the intro; the connected teammate edits in plain language and sends from their own LinkedIn • Nothing goes out without a human approval Who it’s for Teams that already live in Slack and hire in English — first-time hirers outside SF/NYC hubs, Slack-native agencies and consultancies, climate and biotech ops, creator brands, law firms, and overlooked buyers like Chiefs of Staff, founding COOs, engineering managers, and People Ops at companies of ~5–80 who can self-install Slack apps. Pricing • Free: 1 active search, 20 qualified people, full outreach loop • Pro: $200 per seat per month (a seat is anyone who connects LinkedIn) Add to Slack free at https://www.pluk.ai Not cold AI sourcing. Not a LinkedIn Recruiter replacement. Pluk searches networks your team already has because that’s where your best candidates are, and you know they’re real. Note: We are Pluk at pluk.ai 93% of 43 LinkedIn respondents in our launch poll said the best way to hire is referral or in-network. Industry research (including Workable) has long shown referral hires tend to stay longer. Pluk turns that intuition into a weekly habit in Slack.