Your name is on every message. We treat it that way.
Stage 1 sends from your own LinkedIn and email, so protecting your accounts, your data and the people you reach is part of the product, not an afterthought.
Safe sending, by default.
Human pace
By default, up to 20 connection requests and 40 messages and 40 emails a day per sending account. You can lower any of these, and Stage 1 warns you before you hit a limit.
Working hours only
Messages go out during the hours you set, in your workspace's time zone, with weekends off unless you turn them on.
Spread out on purpose
People at the same account are contacted a day apart, so no company gets hit all at once.
Nothing sends without you
No one is contacted until you approve the account, and every draft can be edited before it goes. A booked meeting stops every remaining touch at that account.
Locked down and kept apart.
Encrypted connection keys
The keys and tokens that connect LinkedIn, email, HubSpot and Slack are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM, and never shown again after you save them.
Separate workspaces
Every account, contact, message and setting belongs to one workspace. Nothing is shared between customers.
Passwords and sessions
Passwords are hashed with scrypt. Session tokens are stored only as hashes, and cookies are HTTP-only.
Verified webhooks
Slack actions are checked against Slack's signing secret, and each workspace gets its own private address for incoming replies.
Drafting with Claude
Openers and replies are drafted with Claude through Anthropic's API, using your research and your Brain. Everything still runs without it, using built-in rules.
Stop means stop.
Permanent opt-outs
When someone asks to stop, they go on your opt-out list and nothing else is sent to them, on any channel. You can block a whole company domain too.
A way out in every email
Every email carries a one-line footer that lets the recipient reply stop.
No surveillance openers
Openers name public, professional activity like a post, a job opening or a new role. Never browsing behavior or anything personal.
Running a security review? Email hello@getstage1.com and we'll walk you through how Stage 1 handles your data.