Autopilot gives you a starting point for outreach on a technology. Describe the technology, or upload documents about it, and Autopilot finds companies that are a positive fit, the people to contact at each one, applicable markets to enter into it and a one-page summary of the technology. Everything it finds is saved as a project you can come back to, share, and export.
What a run gives you
Companies. Up to 30 of the best-matching companies, ranked, each with the reasons it matched.
People. 2–3 contacts at each company to start with. You can add more people afterwards.
Market reports. Around six markets where the technology is applicable, with their size, growth, and major players.
Summary. A plain-language summary of the technology.
Two targeting modes
You choose a Targeting Mode at the top of the launch form.
Research & Partnerships looks for innovation, R&D, and technology leaders at companies that could license or partner on a technology.
Career Services looks for HR, recruiting, and talent acquisition contacts at companies that suit your students or graduates. You describe the student's academic background, skills, and career goals instead of a technology. Results include a Job Openings tab instead of market reports and a summary.
How a run works
Each launch is a single run, not a search that keeps running in the background. Autopilot reads your input, searches for candidate companies, scores how well each one fits, and then finds contacts at the best ones.
A run takes a few minutes. You don't have to wait on the page. Each run is saved as a project under My Projects, so you can open it again at any time. Contacts can keep arriving for a little while after the companies appear (these take the longest to load). A banner says Autopilot is still running until they're done.
Credits
Contacts' email addresses aren't revealed automatically. Revealing one uses an email credit. See Understanding Email Credits.
If you run out of email credits, contact your Customer Success Manager.
Where to find it
In the left sidebar, under Projects, choose Autopilot to start a run. Your past runs are under My Projects in the same section.
If your institution uses Minuet, you can also run Autopilot from a technology record in Minuet, using the Prospecting Agent tab.