Polymath uses your AI tools' knowledge to land you career opportunities
Your AI knows you better than your resume — now it can fight for your career.
Polymath, built by Akshay Iyer, taps into the data that your AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code) have already collected about you—your thinking, writing, and work patterns. The analysis runs entirely locally on your own AI subscriptions, so privacy is maintained. If the system determines you have strong potential, it takes action: arranging introductions to influential people and facilitating referrals to high-quality companies. This effectively turns your AI into a personal career advocate, requiring no additional interviews, applications, or time investment from you.
Iyer’s path to Polymath was shaped by four failed experiments over 10 months. He first built an AI-powered audiobook converter, but found continuous learning wasn’t mission-critical for most people. Next was an AI tutor and a resume-building apprenticeship, but students were too busy with university prep to commit. Then he tried a 2-hour AI assessment to route talent to startups, but employers wanted deeper domain-specific signals. The key lessons: upfront time commitment must be nearly zero, and outcomes must be immediate and concrete. Polymath solves both by using data already gathered by your AI, eliminating any extra effort from you.
- Polymath runs analysis locally on your own AI subscriptions (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex) — no data leaves your machine.
- Instead of resumes or assessments, it uses the deep knowledge your AI has of you from your interactions.
- If you pass its criteria, you get direct intros and referrals to top companies — zero additional work required.
Why It Matters
Polymath could bypass broken hiring and education systems by letting your AI advocate for you based on real work, not credentials.