A daily app for the emotional reality of job searching
Job loss is one of the most destabilising experiences a person can face in the modern day career journey. Tendril is an AI-powered daily guide through the job search, holding you steady and meeting you where you actually are, not where you feel you should be.
Tendril sits at the intersection of emotional vulnerability and technology. That demands more than good intentions. Our Ethics & Wellbeing Board provides independent oversight: not buried in the terms & conditions, but at the very centre of how we operate.
"We believe technology at this level of human sensitivity requires human wisdom."
The board
Our board members bring a combined 65 years of frontline clinical experience across the NHS, academia, and independent practice.
What we believe
Tendril meets you where you are, not where a job board thinks you should be. Every interaction is shaped around your energy, not a checklist.
We've built in the understanding that rejection and silence are part of the process, not reflections of your worth. Tendril helps you hold that distinction.
Progress doesn't require relentless momentum. Tendril keeps you moving forward, gently, consistently, on your own terms.
About us
Tendril was built by people who have been through career transition themselves, personally navigating the job market in 2025 & 2026. They are not just observers.
That lived experience is baked into every aspect of Tendril's DNA: the language, the pacing, the things we chose not to include.
We know what it feels like when the silence stretches on, the slow erosion of confidence. When a form asks you to reduce yourself to listed achievements & bullet points. When you're performing optimism you don't quite feel. Tendril was built in response to all of that & more: not as an opportunity, but as a necessity.
"The job search isn't just practical or logistical. It is deeply, profoundly emotional & personal."The Tendril philosophy
"Job searching is exhausting work.Tendril
Most of it invisible to everyone around you."
Now in development
Join our early access list and help shape something built around your lived experience, not a hiring manager's expectations.