Outset

What drives engagement

Smart avg engagement per post across every post in this window. Gray rows at the bottom are under the sample floor (8+ posts per category, 8+ per format) — too few posts to trust the average.

Best day: Wednesday. Best time block: 3pm–6pm UTC. Timing detail is in the Cadence chart above.

Best performing posts

• 2025-12-10 · Michael Hess · Celebratory Announcement568 eng. (451 likes · 94 comments · 23 shares)

  Just six months after our Series A...I couldn’t be more excited to announce that Outset has raised $30M in Series B financing! 2025 has been…

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• 2026-01-28 · Michael Hess · Hiring / Recruiting392 eng. (296 likes · 82 comments · 14 shares)

  We’re hiring Backend and Frontend Software Engineers. Earlier this week, I shared that we’re opening up a VP of Engineering role. We haven’t…

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• 2026-02-06 · Michael Hess · Celebratory Announcement340 eng. (217 likes · 114 comments · 9 shares)

  We just raised Series B, and we're hiring 10+ engineers. Our investors said to "focus and be deliberate." We're doing both by hiring more. S…

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• 2026-03-02 · Michael Hess · Hiring / Recruiting285 eng. (197 likes · 84 comments · 4 shares)

  Every company I know is cutting its engineering team because of AI. We're hiring 10+ Engineers in March. A colleague called me last week, bu…

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• 2026-01-14 · Michael Hess · Hiring / Recruiting261 eng. (185 likes · 69 comments · 7 shares)

  We're a month into our Series B and already behind on hiring. If you're in GTM or engineering and want to join a fast-moving company, here's…

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Worst performing posts — settled posts only (published ≥7 days before the data edge)

• 2026-05-06 · Paige Younkin · Customer Highlight5 eng. (5 likes · 0 comments · 0 shares)

  Microsoft AI used Outset to run qualitative research at scale on Copilot, driving an estimated 5% increase in retention! At Copilot's scale,…

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• 2026-04-07 · Michael Hess · Hiring / Recruiting13 eng. (10 likes · 2 comments · 1 shares)

  We're hiring in New York for the first time! Our customer base on the East Coast is growing fast, and we want to be closer to the people we …

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• 2026-04-29 · Paige Younkin · Event14 eng. (14 likes · 0 comments · 0 shares)

  Here's where the Outset team is showing up next: April 28-30: IIEX NA, D.C. Putt & Connect: WIRe Kick-Off → https://lnkd.in/gmwDrFAG May 6-7…

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• 2026-05-05 · Paige Younkin · Industry Insight15 eng. (13 likes · 2 comments · 0 shares)

  I talked to dozens of researchers at Quirks in Chicago last month. Almost every single one told me the same thing: "I'm skeptical of AI in r…

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• 2026-02-26 · Michael Hess · Personal Story16 eng. (14 likes · 2 comments · 0 shares)

  Tackling a problem like fixing our incredibly broken healthcare system is EXACTLY what I'm most excited about in AI. We should be using this…

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