LinkedIn's search bar has been broken for years. Looking for an investor with FDA experience in healthcare? Better know their exact job title. Trying to locate an NYC startup founder you vaguely remember meeting? Impossible unless you can construct the perfect filter combination.
The process has been brittle, keyword-dependent, and often futile. But that has just ended. This week, LinkedIn launched AI-powered people search, a tool that reimagines how professionals discover each other on the world's largest professional network.
The feature marks the most significant integration of AI into LinkedIn's core product since the company began its two-year quest to infuse AI across its platform. But unlike previous AI additions, this one targets LinkedIn's most valuable real estate, the search bar used by hundreds of millions of professionals every month.
