Rho was moving fast.
In its first 48 hours using Talentpluto, Rho had 10 interviews set up for its San Francisco go-to-market team. Within the first five days, the team had already met someone it would hire.
The company had already built a finance platform for business banking, corporate cards, spend management, treasury, bill pay, invoicing, and accounting automation. Publicly, TechCrunch reported Rho's $75M Series B in 2021, bringing total equity and debt financing reported at the time to $205M.
Inside the company, the hiring challenge was immediate. Rho was opening its San Francisco office and needed to build its go-to-market team quickly.
For Devonaire Ortiz, who heads People and Talent at Rho, the constraint was familiar.
"Hiring great people is hard. When you enable a talent team with technology, you make it possible for them to not just fill a seat, but raise the team's leverage one great hire at a time." - Devonaire Ortiz
At a startup, every hire has to raise the bar. But the team still has limited time, a high volume of profiles to review, and a narrow window to separate good from exceptional.
That is where Pluto came in.
Rho first started working with Talentpluto while opening its San Francisco office and building out the GTM team there. The impact showed up quickly.
"Within the first 48 hours of using Talentpluto, we had 10 interviews set up for our San Francisco go-to-market team." - Devonaire Ortiz
Within the first five days, Rho had already met someone the team would hire.
The speed mattered, but Devonaire's testimonial is really about signal. Pluto did not operate like a cold resume funnel. It helped Rho understand what differentiated each person before the first conversation.
"What matters most when you're moving quickly is understanding what actually differentiates each person." - Devonaire Ortiz
Over time, Pluto got sharper. It learned what Rho looked for in GTM candidates, which strengths mattered, and where the team needed to dig deeper.
"Pluto has gotten stronger and sharper at reading what Rho is looking for in the go-to-market organization." - Devonaire Ortiz
That changed the starting point for each conversation. Instead of beginning from a cold profile, Rho could enter each warm intro with more context on the person, their strengths, and the fit.
"Working with Pluto is really easy. It fits right into our existing workflow. It feels conversational." - Devonaire Ortiz
Pluto also helped Rho see fit outside a narrow job description. The team met candidates across levels, from associate roles to someone they brought on as GM for vertical banking.
In one case, Pluto surfaced a candidate who was so clearly aligned with the business that Rho created a unique role around the person.
"It surfaced a candidate who was very obviously an excellent fit for the business. We actually crafted a unique role for this candidate." - Devonaire Ortiz
That is the difference between sourcing for a title and recognizing talent that can create leverage.
The candidate experience was warmer too. When Rho met candidates through Pluto, they already understood the business and came in with real context.
"When we meet candidates through Pluto, they already have context on the business. We know they've already learned about Rho, know what we do, and they're excited to learn even more." - Devonaire Ortiz
For a talent leader, that means less time rebuilding the same narrative and more time assessing what matters.
"We have a partner in Pluto in getting candidates up to speed more quickly and knowing that they're aligned with where we're going." - Devonaire Ortiz
Devonaire had seen plenty of recruiting tools. His summary of the category was blunt.
"There's a lot of noise in the recruiting ops and hiring tools world, and a lot of overpromising and underdelivering." - Devonaire Ortiz
Talentpluto stood out because it delivered quickly and made the hiring process warmer, more contextual, and easier to act on.
"Our partnership with Talentpluto has been refreshing because not only have they delivered, but it's always been fast." - Devonaire Ortiz
Pluto helped Rho move from cold starts to warm intros, from resume review to candidate context, and from role-based sourcing to talent fit.
Tell Pluto who you're hiring. Start with candidates who already have context.