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The a16z Show · Saturday, October 31, 2026

Cosign Aims to Build an Agent-Native Professional Networking Platform

Dhruv Gupta and David Booth detailed how Cosign is building an agent-native professional networking platform that leverages a relationship graph rather than traditional job boards. They explained that users can connect personal AI agents and Model Context Protocols (MCPs) to search the platform and negotiate directly with company agents on job opportunities.

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“And we're going to keep on building more and more of those types of integrations to make this truly the first kind of agent native professional networking platform.”
Dhruv Gupta
“What if I'm looking for a job? And I't fact, our agent should connect with, my agent should be able to connect with the company's agent and do a first pass of whether...”
David Booth
Heard on The a16z Show — “Can AI Fix Professional Networking? | Inside Cosign”, published Saturday, October 31, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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