The Swarm is an innovative tool that finally puts people first in an AI-driven world. It brings much-needed human connection back to the forefront by enabling businesses to leverage their collective network in an actionable way. The integration with LinkedIn and the Chrome extension for finding intro paths directly from LinkedIn is a game-changer, especially for sales teams and businesses looking to build deeper connections.
What sets The Swarm apart is its ability to map out relationship networks across your entire team and stakeholders, giving you access to potential leads, investors, and partners that are just one warm intro away. It’s a trust-based CRM meets social graph concept, which has the potential to save hours of manual work and surface warm leads naturally.
I’m excited to see how it evolves, especially with the integration of CRMs like HubSpot. If it works smoothly with those platforms, it could really streamline workflows and increase productivity. The bold messaging and the potential for automating parts of business relationships are definitely compelling.
Looking forward to seeing more real-world use cases and demos in the near future!
The Swarm
Hey Product Hunt! I’m David, CEO at The Swarm.
Let’s be real—cold outreach is broken. Gen AI has only made things noisier. People are tuning out, and you can smell automation a mile away.
Instead, we believe the future of sales lies in real, human relationships. Instead of another sales hack, we built a platform for anyone to use, plus a new data layer and API for developers and builders.
Before this, I founded Automately.io (acquired by Sequoia Capital), where I then built tools to help the portfolio tap into Sequoia's network. I ran hundreds of discovery sessions and saw even the best companies struggling with messy spreadsheets and Slack channels, all to answer one question: “Who do we know at company X?”
LinkedIn in particular was too loose, too noisy, hard to export, and impossible to integrate with other tools. That’s when I saw the gap.
Since 2021, The Swarm has helped hundreds of companies map and unlock extended networks: not just LinkedIn connections, but also shared work experiences, school alumni, and shared investors. Every connection is scored so you find the strongest one.
Four ways to Swarm:
📡 API – Build our data into your products (includes people/company data, job changes, and relationship intelligence data)
🧭 SaaS – Map and combine your company network in one place
🎯 Clay – Warm intros to people or company in your Clay tables
🧩 LinkedIn – Free Chrome Extension for warm intros plus 200M business emails revealed on top of profiles
Big thanks to @chrismessina for the hunt and support!
— David
Co-Founder & CEO @ The Swarm 🐝💛