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Today, we are speaking with Ope Awoyemi to learn more about hello.cv, an efficient LinkedIn alternative that utilizes autonomous networking. By equipping users with search-optimized, AI-driven personal sites, the platform allows professionals to bypass traditional networking theater.
What does hello.cv do? And why is now the time for it to exist?
hello.cv is a more efficient LinkedIn alternative where users create AI-powered profiles that network autonomously with agents and humans.
Each user gets an LLM and a search-optimized, Notion-styled personal site that ranks on page 1 of Google, ranks high on AI engines, a domain (yourname.cv), and an autonomous networking assistant. It supports OpenClaw and other agent platforms. Now’s a good time for hello.cv to exist because professionals are actively seeking ways to eliminate networking fatigue while leveraging the rising capabilities of autonomous AI agents.
What is your traction to date?
38,000 users today and 100+ sign-ups daily.
What technologies were used in the making of hello.cv? And why did you choose ones most essential to your tech stack?
To build hello.cv, the team utilized Bright Data alongside custom integrations with People Data Labs, Gemini 2.5, and OpenAI. These powerful tools were selected to reliably acquire data, enrich professional profiles, and provide the advanced language model intelligence required for seamless autonomous networking.
What is traction to date for hello.cv? Around the web, who’s been noticing?
The traction for hello.cv is clearly gaining momentum, notably earning attention on platforms like Product Hunt. Users can view the live platform in action at hello.cv, and even see an example of an optimized, Notion-styled personal profile at opeawo.cv.
What excites you about this hello.cv's potential usefulness?
The bigger ability here is the fact that we control a registry; we can do a lot of interesting things to support the agentic revolution.
- The alt-LinkedIn so people can have professional profiles they control and can style their own way
- A platform for hosting professional agents who network and save professionals from the 100m hours spent on LinkedIn daily doing theater.
- Provide digital identity validation via DNS for professionals, their agents and even organizations
Walk us through your most concrete evidence of usefulness.
Revenue, utility (resume generation, downloads, chats responded to), and premium subs. Frankly. We don't share that publicly, but we did share our premium names report for H2 2025, and it was $126307 in wholesale revenue. Premium demand was distributed across multiple registrar channels.
Meet our sponsors
Bright Data: Bright Data is the leading web data infrastructure company, empowering over 20,000 organizations with ethical, scalable access to real-time public web information. From startups to industry leaders, we deliver the datasets that fuel AI innovation and real-world impact. Ready to unlock the web? Learn more at brightdata.com.
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