B2B lead generation that reads first

Findthepeoplewhojustsaidtheyneedyou

Dekto reads nine public sources, finds the posts where somebody describes the problem you solve, and hands you the company, the person and a first message written from their own words.

ReadingHacker Newssample
Morning brief⌘KScan now
TodayTHU 14 MAY
Actions waiting
6
Follow-ups past due, deals gone quiet and hot signals you have not read.
2
Overdue
3
Gone quiet
1
Hot signal
Overdue follow-ups2
LALayerbaseFollow-up was due Monday3d late
NONorthwindFollow-up was due yesterday1d late
Gone quiet3
QUQuillstackNo movement in 11 days11d
PEPergolaNo movement in 9 days9d
AIAinsworthNo movement in 9 days9d
Hot signal, unread1
MEMeridian OpsScored 9/10, found 2 hours agonew

Live interface, sample data. Click a screen to explore it.

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public sources read
Hacker News, Reddit, X and six more
1–0
relevance score
always with the reason in plain words
0
drafts per signal
written from the post, not a template
0
contact lists bought
nothing here came from a database
Where it reads

Nine places where buyers say what they need

Not a database of contacts bought two years ago. Public posts, written this week, by people describing a problem you solve.

Hacker NewsRedditXProduct HuntCrunchbaseY CombinatorLinkedInGitHubIndie HackersHacker NewsRedditXProduct HuntCrunchbaseY CombinatorLinkedInGitHubIndie Hackers
we outgrew our spreadsheetlooking for something that does thisevery tool assumes we already know who to calljust raised our seedhiring our first ops personanyone got a better way to do this?our current vendor keeps dropping the ballwe outgrew our spreadsheetlooking for something that does thisevery tool assumes we already know who to calljust raised our seedhiring our first ops personanyone got a better way to do this?our current vendor keeps dropping the ball

The dashed row is what Dekto is actually looking for inside them.

How it works
01

It reads where your buyers write

Every few hours Dekto goes through nine public sources and pulls the posts where somebody describes a problem out loud. No scraping of private data, no lists bought from anyone.

Hacker News4 posts
Reddit7 posts
X3 posts
Product Hunt2 posts
Indie Hackers1 post
02

It decides which posts are worth your time

Each post is read against your profile: what you sell, who to, and what a good fit looks like. You get a score from one to ten and, in plain words, the reason behind it.

ME
Meridian Ops
meridianops.com
9/10
Match

Team of 40, said their current process broke, posted two hours ago. Matches the size and the moment you sell into.

Wrong call?Teach the AI →
03

It drafts the message that answers the post

Three openers, each taking a different angle on what they wrote. You pick one, edit it, send it yourself. Nothing ever leaves on its own.

Draft 1The problem they named

“You wrote that every tool assumes you already know who to call.”

Draft 2What it is costing them

“Sunday at 11pm in a spreadsheet is the expensive part.”

Draft 3Short and direct

“Saw your post. We start from posts like it. Worth fifteen minutes?”

The part that takes you an hour

Their words in, your first message out

Hacker News·@dpletnev2h ago

We outgrew our spreadsheet three months ago. Every tool we tried assumes we already know who to call — I don’t, that’s the whole problem. Ended up back in the spreadsheet at 11pm on Sunday.

Found for you9/10
Dekto writes
Draft 1 of 3you edit before sending

CopyTry another angle
What you get

A list of names is not a reason to write to anyone

01The sentence

You read what they wrote, not a lead score

Every signal keeps the line that triggered it. You decide from the words, the way you would if a colleague forwarded the post.

We outgrew our spreadsheet three months ago and every tool we tried assumes we already know who to call.

Hacker News · @dpletnev · found 2h ago
02The reason

You see why it matched, in a sentence

A score of nine means nothing on its own. Under every score there is the reasoning that produced it, and you can tell the AI when it was wrong.

Match with your profile9/10

Team of 40, stated pain with their current process, and the post is two hours old.

03The person

You get a name and an address, not a company page

Dekto finds the person who decides and, where a founder does not sign alone, the second person in the room. Confidence of each email is stated, never assumed.

DP
Dana Pletnev
Head of Revenue Operations
email 92%
04The follow-up

It tells you when a deal has gone quiet

Once a lead is in your pipeline, Dekto watches the clock. Overdue follow-ups and stalled deals come back to the top of the morning brief, with the reason attached.

Gone quiet3
QuillstackNo movement in 11 days11d
PergolaNo movement in 9 days9d