People Research

Discover professional profiles, company backgrounds, and career insights with AI-driven people search.

Overview

Iris helps you research people and organizations by aggregating publicly available professional information into structured, actionable profiles. Whether you are preparing for a meeting, evaluating candidates, or analyzing competitors, Iris delivers comprehensive background intelligence in seconds.

People Search

Search for individuals by name, title, or organization. Iris consolidates information from public web sources to build a profile that includes current role, work history, education, and notable achievements.

Current position — title, company, and tenure.
Career history — previous roles and organizations.
Education — degrees, institutions, and certifications.
Public presence — published articles, talks, and open-source contributions.

Company Research

Get a comprehensive overview of any organization. Iris gathers details on company size, funding history, leadership team, products, and recent news to give you a full picture before an engagement.

Career Exploration

Use Iris to explore career paths, role requirements, and compensation benchmarks. Ask about trending skills in a specific industry, typical career progressions for a role, or what qualifications employers are looking for in a given market.

Professional Profiles

Iris can compile structured professional profiles that summarize a person's background in a clean, readable format. These profiles are useful for pre-meeting briefs, candidate evaluations, and stakeholder mapping.

💡 Pro Tip: Ask Iris to format the profile as a table or bullet-point brief for easy scanning before meetings.

Example Prompts

"Research the leadership team at Stripe. Give me a brief profile for each C-suite executive including their background, previous roles, and tenure."

"Find information about Dr. Sarah Chen, AI researcher. Include her publications, current affiliation, and areas of expertise."

"Give me a competitive analysis of the top 5 companies in the observability space. Include founding year, total funding, and key product differentiators."

Use Cases

Talent Acquisition

Screen candidates, research their backgrounds, and prepare interview briefs. Iris can summarize a candidate's career trajectory and highlight relevant experience for the role.

Competitive Analysis

Map competitor leadership, track executive movements, and understand organizational structures. Combine with company research for a complete competitive intelligence picture.

Best Practices

Include context — add the company name or domain when searching for common names to improve accuracy.
Be specific about output — request a table, bullet-point brief, or narrative format depending on your use case.
Cross-reference — combine people research with web search for the most comprehensive results.
Respect privacy — Iris only surfaces publicly available information. It does not access private databases or non-public profiles.