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What it is

Connect The Dots builds a relationship graph from a team's connections to find warm paths to people and companies. Its individual product organizes, scores and deduplicates a professional network so it can be searched from AI tools. Relationship scoring uses email activity and LinkedIn data, with some paths also drawing on public career-overlap information. The service ranks possible introductions and can draft an email for the connector to review and send. It tracks job changes among direct connections and can alert users when someone moves. Listed integrations include Gmail, Outlook, LinkedIn, Salesforce, HubSpot, Claude through MCP, Zapier and an open API. The iPhone and Android app includes Dottie, an AI network assistant. CTD says it reads email metadata by default and does not store email bodies; optional body access supports showing requested emails and retrieving signature contact details. Users can export or delete data, manage network sharing and mark contacts private. The Free plan has monthly limits; Professional costs $20 a month.

Spec sheet

What it does
Connect The Dots maps, scores and activates professional relationships so users can find warm introduction paths.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Purpose
Connect The Dots builds a relationship graph from a team's connections to find warm paths to people and companies.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Audience
The product is positioned for individuals, companies, sales and go-to-market teams, venture capital firms and private equity firms.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Integrations
The maker lists Gmail, Outlook, LinkedIn, Salesforce, HubSpot, Claude through MCP, and an open API; it also mentions Zapier.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Security
CTD states it has SOC 2 Type II audits and encrypts data in transit using TLS 1.2+ and at rest using AES-256.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Founded
Crunchbase says the company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
API documentation
The API page describes an interactive explorer and lists GET, POST and PATCH operations covering path search, stages, connectors and introduction workflows.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
API limits
Paid plans include unlimited API and MCP usage subject to standard rate limiting; Professional has basic functionality and Business exposes the full API and MCP.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Apple system requirements
The iPhone app requires iOS 15 or later; Mac use requires macOS 12 or later with an Apple M1 chip or newer.Read 14 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Business rollout
Business plans can connect an email workspace once and automatically build relationship graphs for employees and new hires.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Company headquarters
LinkedIn lists San Francisco, California as headquarters and Belgrade, Serbia as another location.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Company size
LinkedIn lists Connect The Dots as a privately held company with 51–200 employees.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Custom lists
Users can create personal lists such as marketers, CEOs or engineers to organize contacts.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Data compliance
CTD says it complies with GDPR and CCPA requirements.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Data rights
Users can export their relationship data and permanently delete their accounts, according to the security page.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Email access
CTD says it reads email metadata by default and does not store email bodies; optional body access is used to show requested emails and retrieve signature contact details.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Email privacy
By default CTD stores email metadata rather than message bodies, and says bodies are only retrieved on demand without being stored.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
External members
Business customers can invite unlimited advisors, investors, board members and customer champions without per-seat charges.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Founders
Crunchbase names Drew Sechrist and Ian Swinson as founders, with Sechrist listed as CEO and Swinson as co-founder and head of design and research.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Funding profile
Crunchbase lists three funding rounds and four investors, including Norwest and Cloud Apps Capital Partners, but hides the dollar amounts.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Ghost emails
CTD drafts an introduction for another person to review and send, with templates and bulk actions available in the mobile release notes.Read 14 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Google integration
Gmail integration scores relationships from mail history, stores headers by default and supports Google Workspace domain-wide delegation for company rollouts.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Google Play availability
The Android app is free for individuals, supports Gmail, Outlook and LinkedIn contacts, and was updated on August 27, 2026.Read 14 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
HubSpot integration
The HubSpot connector synchronizes selected companies, contacts and deals daily and enriches them with relationship intelligence.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Individual product
The individual product organizes, scores and deduplicates a professional network and makes it searchable from AI tools.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Interaction timeline
Each contact can show a combined history of emails, LinkedIn messages and other interactions across accounts and jobs.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Job changes
CTD tracks job changes across direct connections and can alert users when someone moves.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Job-change alerts
The product tracks job moves among direct connections and notifies users when someone changes roles.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Legal entity
Crunchbase identifies the legal name as CONNECT THE DOTS, INC. and the operating status as active.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Limit: introduction outcome tracking
A G2 reviewer wanted CTD to track the success rate of introductions and said that capability appeared to be on the roadmap.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: search modes
A G2 reviewer said users sometimes need to try AI, regular and company search separately to find the answer.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: setup and syncing
A G2 reviewer reported that initial integration was time-consuming and that occasional syncing delays could be frustrating.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
MCP support
CTD provides an MCP server for Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients; the documented server URL is https://app.ctd.ai/mcp.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Mobile
The mobile app is available for iPhone and Android and includes the Dottie AI network assistant.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Notable upcoming sources
The maker marks calendar, WhatsApp, SMS and Apple Contacts support as coming soon.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Outlook integration
Outlook integration scores relationships from Microsoft 365 mail history and supports metadata-only or read-only permission scopes.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Praise: ease of use
Several G2 reviewers describe setup and everyday use as easy, intuitive and time-saving, including quick drafting of introduction notes.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Praise: support and responsiveness
A G2 reviewer says customer support is responsive and that the product has improved quickly in response to feedback.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Praise: warm-path discovery
G2 reviewers repeatedly praise the network graph and ranked paths for finding people who can introduce them to target customers or executives.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Privacy controls
Users can export or delete their data, manage network sharing and mark individual contacts private.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Public API
CTD offers a REST API using an API key and client-ID header, with endpoints for people, companies, paths, job changes and ghost emails.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Rating on Apple App Store
No rating overview is displayed because the app has not received enough ratings or reviews.Read 14 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Rating on G2
4.9 out of 5 from 9 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Relationship scoring
Relationship strength is calculated from two-way email activity, recency, LinkedIn messages and career-overlap signals.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Salesforce integration
The Salesforce connector imports accounts, owners and opportunities daily and writes relationship scores, warm paths and contact data back to records.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
SDK availability
The API quickstart explicitly says no SDK installation or OAuth flow is required.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Security controls
CTD states that it has SOC 2 Type II certification, TLS 1.2-plus in transit, AES-256 at rest, OAuth-only connections and role-based access controls.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Unified contacts
The individual product combines Gmail, Outlook and uploaded LinkedIn contacts, removes duplicates and builds one profile per person.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Warm introductions
CTD ranks warm paths and can draft introduction emails for the connector to review and send.Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Warm-path search
Users can search a company and see ranked colleagues or contacts who can introduce them to people there.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai

Plans and prices

Free Free $0/mo forever 10 AI contact searches / mo · Up to 5 ghost emails / mo · Up to 2 lists · Up to 5 "How do I know" summaries / mo · Job-change tracking for direct connections Read 28 Sep 2026 · ctd.ai
Free Free $0/mo forever Unlimited email and LinkedIn data sources · 10 AI contact searches/mo · 5 ghost emails/mo · 2 lists · 5 “How do I know” summaries/mo · job-change tracking for direct connections Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Professional $20 a month $20/mo Everything in Free · unlimited AI contact searches · faster refreshes · unlimited ghost emails, lists and summaries · basic API and MCP Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai
Business Priced on request Custom Company-wide network search · probabilistic paths · CRM integration · SSO · unlimited external members · full API and MCP · custom API · dedicated CSM and Slack support Read 14 Oct 2026 · ctd.ai

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Ranks warm paths and can draft introduction emails.
  • Tracks job changes among direct connections.
  • Users can export or delete their data.
  • Mobile apps include the Dottie AI assistant.

Limits

  • Free AI contact searches are limited to 10 monthly.
  • Free ghost emails are limited to 5 monthly.
  • Business pricing is custom, with no amount listed.
  • Calendar, WhatsApp, SMS and Apple Contacts are coming soon.

Who it suits

It suits individuals, sales and go-to-market teams, companies, venture capital firms and private equity firms seeking to use network connections for introductions and relationship discovery. Business plans are aimed at organization-wide network search and CRM integration.

Connect The Dots in depth

Read the full write-up

Overview

Connect The Dots turns professional connections into a searchable relationship graph, helping users find people and companies through warm paths. It suits professionals and teams that rely on trusted introductions; its strongest case is combining network search with contact management, while its free tier is tightly capped for regular prospecting.

An individual product also organizes, scores and deduplicates a professional network, making it searchable from AI tools. The offering is aimed at individuals, sales and go-to-market teams, venture capital firms and private equity firms.

Key features

Relationship search and introductions

CTD draws on multiple network sources and scores relationships using email activity and LinkedIn data, with public career overlap contributing to some paths. It ranks potential connectors and can draft an introduction email for that person to review and send. That keeps the connector in control, but the tool prepares the route rather than ensuring an introduction will happen.

Users can also track job changes among direct connections and receive alerts when someone moves. For professionals who want to act on changes in their network, that makes the graph useful beyond one-off contact searches.

Integrations and privacy

Connections include Gmail, Outlook, LinkedIn, Salesforce and HubSpot, as well as Claude through MCP, an open API and Zapier. The mobile app for iPhone and Android includes Dottie, an AI network assistant. Calendar, WhatsApp, SMS and Apple Contacts support are marked as coming soon.

CTD says it reads email metadata by default and does not store email bodies. Optional body access supports showing requested emails and retrieving signature contact details. Users can export or delete their data, manage network sharing and mark individual contacts private. CTD states that it complies with GDPR and CCPA requirements, has SOC 2 Type II audits, and encrypts data in transit with TLS 1.2+ and at rest with AES-256.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing, billed $0/mo forever. It includes 10 AI contact searches per month, up to 5 ghost emails per month, 2 lists, 5 “How do I know” summaries per month, and job-change tracking for direct connections. This is a reasonable fit for occasional searches, but the monthly quotas constrain sustained outreach and network organization.

Professional costs $20 a month, billed $20/mo. It removes the search, ghost email, list and summary limits, adds faster contact-data refreshes, and provides basic API and MCP functionality. It is the more practical choice for an individual who searches regularly; paid plans include unlimited API and MCP usage subject to standard rate limiting.

Business has custom pricing. It adds company-wide network search, CRM integration, SSO, unlimited external members, full API and MCP functionality, and dedicated CSM and Slack support. This is the team-oriented tier for organizations needing shared search and broader integrations, though its custom pricing makes costs less predictable than Professional. Professional provides only basic API and MCP functionality; Business exposes the full versions.

Platforms

CTD supports Android, iOS, web and API access. The mobile apps are for iPhone and Android, while the API and MCP options extend access to integrations and AI tools.

Who it's for

Choose CTD if finding warm routes through a professional network matters more than working from a conventional standalone contact list. It is relevant to individual professionals and relationship-driven sales, go-to-market, venture capital and private equity teams. The Free tier works for light use; regular searchers are better served by Professional, while organizations seeking company-wide visibility, SSO or full API and MCP functionality should consider Business.

Pros and cons

Pros: Relationship scoring draws on email activity and LinkedIn data, with public career overlap used for some paths, giving users several signals for finding a connector.

Pros: Ranked warm paths, draft introductions and direct-connection job-change alerts support both outreach and ongoing network maintenance.

Pros: Users can export or delete data, control network sharing and mark contacts private; CTD also describes its email metadata defaults and encryption measures.

Cons: Free limits searches, ghost emails, lists and summaries, so frequent users will likely need the $20 a month Professional plan.

Cons: Professional has basic API and MCP functionality; full access and company-wide features require Business with custom pricing.

Cons: Calendar, WhatsApp, SMS and Apple Contacts support are not current capabilities; they are marked as coming soon.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, see Relationship Intelligence Software.

Polinode is worth considering for public-network analysis: its free plan includes 1 user, 5 public networks and 6 basic metrics, while its Lite plan costs $40 a month. Kumu offers a free workspace for unlimited public projects, collaborators, maps and views, making it a fit for public mapping projects. ExecAtlas is presented as an Equilar product, and Equilar describes itself as an executive intelligence provider.

Happenstance offers a free plan with usage-limited chat and unlimited connected accounts, friends and groups; its Team plan costs $24 a month. Introd may suit users focused on syncing email, contacts and calendars: its Google and Microsoft add-ons each cost $15 a month. Andsend combines a LinkedIn and email inbox with AI action suggestions and job-change signals; its Pro plan costs €49 a month.

Draftboard offers free network mapping with 50 quality paths, then charges $0.30 path. 4Degrees is another paid relationship-intelligence option, with pricing by request.

Verdict

Connect The Dots is a strong fit for professionals and teams that want to search a shared or individual network for warm introduction routes, then keep that network current through job-change alerts. Its combination of relationship scoring, integrations and privacy controls is the main reason to choose it. Look elsewhere if you need a free tier for regular high-volume searches, or if you need full API and MCP functionality without moving to custom-priced Business.

Verdict

Connect The Dots combines relationship discovery with network management and integration options. The Free plan has monthly limits, while Professional is listed at $20 a month; Business pricing is custom.

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