Funded First

FundedFirst is an end-to-end agentic AI job-discovery platform built for students and freshers who want to get hired at the next big Indian startup before everyone else knows about it. The platform continuously scrapes funding news from Inc42, YourStory, Entrackr, Crunchbase, and Google News, then uses IBM Watsonx Granite to intelligently score each startup as a hiring opportunity — factoring in funding size, round type, sector growth signals, and IBM Watson NLU sentiment analysis on the funding article itself. Once a candidate uploads their CV, the platform's AI scorer (powered by IBM Watsonx) analyses it against the startup's sector and role requirements, returning a detailed breakdown of skills match, project strength, and academic fit along with specific improvement suggestions. From there, a single click generates a fully personalised cold outreach email tailored to that specific startup's funding context, mission, and the candidate's unique profile. The IBM Watsonx-powered Co-Pilot chat lets users ask natural language questions — "Which startup should I apply to first?" or "How do I improve my CV for a FinTech role?" — and get intelligent, context-aware answers. Every startup card includes an IBM Text-to-Speech audio summary, and voice input via IBM Speech-to-Text lets users interact with the co-pilot hands-free. All data is persisted in IBM Cloudant as the primary database, with CV files stored securely in IBM Cloud Object Storage. Built entirely with IBM Bob IDE as the development partner, FundedFirst turns the idea of "right place, right time" hiring into a fast, intelligent, and accessible workflow — helping any student, regardless of connections or background, land a role at a funded startup with confidence.