Intro Paths

Find your warmest path to anyone

Distill maps the real relationships behind every name — then shows you exactly who can make the intro, and the proof of why it's real.

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Frances LeVP of Eng @ DocSendinConnected
Kyle LuiGeneral Partner @ BlingYour Target
Frances & Kyle: how they're connected.
2018–2021 — Frances was VP of Engineering at DocSend while Kyle was an investor and board member. They've been connected on LinkedIn since July 2019.
inConnected since 2019
Overlapped at DocSend ~3 years

How Intro Paths works

From "who should I ask?" to a warm, evidence-backed intro in minutes.

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Search anyone

Enter a name, company, or role. Distill maps every route from your network to them — direct and through your team.

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See every warm path

Routes are ranked by relationship strength: recency, shared history, how well the two people actually know each other.

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Pool your org's network

When your team is on Distill, every coworker's relationships become a path you can use. The warmest intro might start two desks over.

Deep research

The proof behind every warm path

Distill doesn't just say two people are connected — it shows you why. It digs into shared history (same company, overlapping years, the same school, co-investments) and lays out the evidence so you can trust the intro before you ask.

Surfaces non-obvious signals: same board, same alma mater, the same cap table.
Every link comes with dated, sourced context — not a guess.
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Frances LeVP of Eng @ DocSendinConnected
Kyle LuiGeneral Partner @ BlingYour Target
Frances & Kyle: how they're connected.
2018–2021 — Frances was VP of Engineering at DocSend while Kyle was an investor and board member. They've been connected on LinkedIn since July 2019.
inConnected since 2019
Overlapped at DocSend ~3 years
Strength score

Ranked by who to ask first

Not every connection is equal. Distill weighs relationship strength, recency, and how the two people actually know each other — then ranks your paths so you lead with the person most likely to make the intro happen.

Sort every route by likelihood of a successful intro.
Stop guessing. Start with your strongest relationship.
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Frances LeVP of Eng @ DocSendinConnected
Kyle LuiGeneral Partner @ BlingYour Target
Strong
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Priya RamanCEO @ TwigferrinConnected
Kyle LuiGeneral Partner @ BlingYour Target
Medium
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Michael WeeSenior PM @ DistillYour coworker
Kyle LuiGeneral Partner @ BlingYour Target
Weak
Beyond LinkedIn

We look way beyond LinkedIn

LinkedIn is one signal. The best warm path often runs through a relationship that lives on no social graph at all — a shared classroom, a co-investment, a board seat. Distill finds those and shows its work.

Pulls from cap tables, education records, press, and shared roles.
Surfaces connections with zero mutual LinkedIn ties.
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Priya RamanCEO @ TwigferrInferred
Kyle LuiGeneral Partner @ BlingYour Target
Priya & Kyle — found beyond LinkedIn
2009–2011 — Priya and Kyle were classmates in Harvard Business School's MBA program, and have since co-invested in two rounds. None of this appears on either profile.
Harvard MBA alumni
Co-investors, 2 rounds
Quoted together, 2021
Team Intro Paths

Pool your whole org's network

When your team is on Distill, every coworker's relationships become a path you can use. You might not know Kyle — but your PM's old colleague does. We map the whole chain and prove each hop.

See multi-hop paths that run through your coworkers.
The warmest intro might start two desks over.

Try it — switch the route to Kyle:

Michael WeeSenior PM @ DistillYour coworker
Priya RamanCEO @ TwigferrConnected
Kyle LuiGeneral Partner @ BlingYour Target
Michael & Priya: how they're connected.
2013 & 2019 — Michael and Priya were coworkers twice, at Intuit and again at Andreessen Horowitz. Connected on LinkedIn since September 2024.
inConnected since 2024
Coworkers at a16z & Intuit
Priya & Kyle: how they're connected.
2009–2011 — Priya and Kyle earned their MBAs at Harvard Business School, overlapping as classmates. Connected on LinkedIn since June 2018.
inConnected since 2018
Harvard MBA alumni
Company paths

Reach the right person at any company

Targeting an account but not sure who to talk to? Distill finds the right person inside the company and your warmest path to them — with the evidence that makes the intro real.

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Bling Capital
bling.vc · San Francisco, CA, USA
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Frances LeVP of Eng @ DocSendinConnected
Kyle LuiGeneral Partner @ BlingPartner at Bling
Frances & Kyle: how they're connected.
2018–2021 — Frances was VP of Engineering at DocSend while Kyle was an investor and board member. They've been connected on LinkedIn since July 2019.
inConnected since 2019
Overlapped at DocSend ~3 years

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