PhantomBuster is a cloud-based automation and data extraction SaaS platform founded in 2016 and headquartered in Paris, France. The company helps sales and marketing teams automate lead generation and outreach across major social platforms including LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. It is bootstrapped, profitable, and operates with a team of 50 people across a remote-first, distributed structure.
The core product is a suite of over 130 automation scripts - called Phantoms - that enable businesses to scrape public social data, automate interactions, and build outreach pipelines at scale. The platform processes millions of data points daily and serves thousands of companies worldwide, saving customers tens of thousands of hours of manual work. PhantomBuster is currently transitioning from this automation catalog model toward an AI-powered sales coach product.
On the technical side, the platform spans cloud-based automation, web scraping, data processing, robotic process automation, and integrations with major social platforms. The company is actively incorporating AI and machine learning into its next product direction. Engineers work on systems that handle significant data volume and require reliable, high-throughput automation infrastructure.
PhantomBuster was co-founded by Guillaume Boiret and Martin Tapia while they were at university. The company operates a four-day workweek and maintains a remote-first culture.