Compliance or regulatory need
The company mentions regulations, audits, safety, privacy, employment rules, or governance.
Shopify has the pain you solve · 5h agoPain-keyword intent
Hyundai is buying in the category · 3h agoCategory keyword
Shell is starting a sustainability program · 6h agoStrategic initiative
Samsung works in life sciences · 4h agoVertical or industry fit
Amazon is equipping a new warehouse · 2h agoEquipment or physical demand
Spotify measures retention · 3h agoMetric or outcome focus
Why it works
Regulations come with deadlines and audits a company can't push back. When its job posts start naming a standard, such as SOC 2 or a new privacy rule, it is staffing up to meet it and will need tools, advisers and reporting to get there.
How to act on it
Sell risk reduction, reporting, audit readiness, or process control.
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API
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curl -X POST https://api.theirstack.com/v1/companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"company_keyword_slug_or": ["soc-2"]
}'Use cases
- Outbound
Find buyers by what their job posts say they need
Find companies whose job descriptions name the problem, regulation, project or tool your product handles, and sell to them while they are hiring for it.
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Related signals
Role-based hiring
Hiring the role that owns, uses, or feels the pain your product solves.
ExampleFirst Head of RevOps role posted
Your buyer's problem gets an owner
Pain-keyword intent
The job describes a manual task, operational burden, or workflow your product removes.
Example"Reconcile invoices manually in spreadsheets" in a Finance Analyst post
The pain you remove, in their words
Category keyword
The company mentions a product category such as ERP, CRM, HRIS, or POS without naming a vendor.
Example"Help us select and roll out a new ERP" in an IT role
An ERP purchase is open, no vendor chosen
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