Jonathan Daniels

Founder & Product Manager, NewLoop

Building AI-powered hiring tools that treat people like humans, not keywords. Founder of NewLoop, bridging recruiting, product, and machine intelligence to match great teams with the right talent.

Selected Projects

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NewLoop

NewLoop

An AI-first hiring platform that ranks and presents candidates the way a top recruiter would — combining work history, skills, personality, and intent into high-signal shortlists for venture-backed startups.

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Syna

Syna

A research and data system that maps companies, roles, and career paths to feed NewLoop's recommendation engine and help professionals navigate toward higher-leverage opportunities.

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Misc Projects

Misc Projects

A collection of smaller projects, experiments, and tools built along the way — from financial modeling for founders to design explorations.

Work Experience

Blog

Why I'm Building an AI Recruiter Instead of Another Job Board

The hiring market is flooded with dashboards and noise. This is my argument for outcome-based recruiting and AI that actually does the hard work.

Inside NewLoop's Matching Engine: Fit, Potential, and Fairness

How we think about ranking candidates for specific roles, balancing hiring manager preferences with candidate potential and long-term career outcomes.

The Emotional Reality of Being a Non-Technical Founder in Deep Tech

A candid look at building an AI-heavy product without a traditional engineering background — what's hard, what helps, and what I'd do differently.

From Recruiter to Founder: What I Learned Sitting on Both Sides of the Table

Lessons from years of recruiting for high-growth teams and how that experience shapes the product decisions behind NewLoop.

Data Moats for Humans

Why the most valuable part of an AI hiring platform isn't the model, but the layered, contextual data about people, companies, and timing.

Building an AI-First Hiring Stack with Next.js, FastAPI, and Supabase

A breakdown of the technical foundations behind NewLoop — how the stack supports ranking, real-time feedback, and agent-driven recruiting.

Designing Career Tools That Don't Gaslight You

Why most career products feel patronizing, and how I'm approaching transparency, expectations, and real tradeoffs in NewLoop's UX.

How I Think About Investors, Runway, and "Enough"

A straightforward view on angel checks, family money, and what "responsible risk" looks like when you're all-in on a company.

Exploring the Intersection of Design, AI, and Design Engineering

Design and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly intertwined, driving innovation across industries. As technology evolves, the role of design engineering is more critical than ever.

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