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Elevator Pitch

Ibby turns hiring into a shortlist delivery problem, not a sourcing-and-screening problem. Companies and candidates describe their needs once; Ibby converts that into structured claims, then delivers a bounded flow of decision-ready Qualified Match Briefs (QMBs). A mutual handshake mechanism turns shared interest into real first conversations, without the volume spiral.

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How to read this wiki

This site is organized like an investor deck, but with click-through proof behind each "slide."

  • If a section reads like a slide headline, the bullets are the talk track.
  • If you want depth, each section links to the underlying artifact (GTM, pricing, policy, cost model, etc.).
  • If something reads like a claim, assume the linked doc is the support.

Deck map

Use this as your table of contents with intent:

1) Problem

  • Why volume-based hiring breaks (for both sides)
  • Deep dive: Diligence FAQ

2) Solution

  • Claim-based profiles + interrogation + decision-ready briefs
  • Deep dive: Core Mechanics

3) Why now

  • LLM UX makes structured "claims + interrogation" feasible
  • Reliability becomes the differentiator in a saturated volume market

4) Business model

  • Per-role subscription, priced on qualified throughput (not seats, not volume)
  • Deep dive: Pricing FAQ

5) GTM and activation gates

  • Phase 1 (agents) -> Phase 2 (matching)
  • Metrics and activation thresholds
  • Deep dive: GTM Strategy

6) Defensibility

  • Moat is system-level: structured claims + interrogation trails + enforced reciprocity
  • Deep dive: Defensibility

7) Economics

The narrative in one screen

1) The problem: hiring is a volume arms race

  • Employers pay in screening + coordination time.
  • Candidates pay in ghosting + low-signal application spam.
  • Everyone optimizes for throughput, but the system rewards volume over clarity.

The volume spiral

2) The insight: constrain flow, increase certainty

Ibby does not try to "show you more candidates." It tries to show you fewer, better candidates, faster.

Before vs after funnel

3) The solution: QMBs + handshake

  • Qualified Match Brief (QMB): a decision-ready packet you can review and interrogate before spending live interview time.
  • Handshake: mutual commitment that converts shared interest into a real first conversation.

Sample QMB

Handshake Timeline

What we are building

Phase 1: Agents

inventory + distribution

Phase 1 proves that shareable role/candidate "agents" spread through real workflows and create interrogation that improves claim quality over time.

  • Output: match-ready inventory by archetype
  • Proof: the workflow stands alone even before matching is turned on

Read: GTM Strategy

Phase 2: matching

outcomes + liquidity

Turn on matching when inventory is sufficient to reliably produce QMBs for an archetype.

  • Output: reliable intros, not just "matches"
  • Measures: brief yield and mutual affirm rates

Read: GTM Strategy

IMAGE PLACEHOLDER: "Phase 1 -> Phase 2 flywheel"

File: assets/home/phases-flywheel.png What it should contain: a loop: Agents shared -> questions asked -> claims improve -> match-ready inventory -> matching -> QMB -> handshake -> intro -> success stories -> more sharing

What makes this credible

This section is meant to remove guesswork and highlight what is already "real."

Proof points we can show (TODO)

  • Prototype/demo: [TODO link]
  • Example QMB: [TODO link or embed]
  • Reliability posture: policies exist (SLA + handshake)
  • Economics posture: cost model exists and is falsifiable

Evidence Wall

Common investor questions

"Why can't LinkedIn copy this?"

This is a system and an incentive posture, not a feature. It requires enforced reciprocity and de-optimizing volume.

Read: Defensibility

"How do you avoid fraud or polished fiction?"

Ibby does not certify truth, but it makes truth cheaper to validate and deception harder to sustain by forcing structured claims and preserving interrogation trails.

Read: Diligence FAQ

"How do you guarantee quality, not volume?"

Delivery is qualified-only and governed by explicit standards. If there are no qualified matches, you get none.

Read: Mutual SLA

The raise (TODO)

TODO: fill this in (keep it blunt and slide-like)

  • Raising: $[X] pre-seed
  • Use of funds: [product build] + [inventory] + [first archetype pilots]
  • What "done" looks like in 6-9 months:
  • [X] match-ready inventory in archetype 1
  • [Y] roles piloted
  • [Z] handshake intros completed

Scaling Roadmap

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