Changelog
Track the latest improvements and features in Data Surfer
Version 4.0
March 10, 2026- •Claude MCP Server - run your full sales workflow inside Claude conversations
- •Interactive UIs for company profiles, lookup results, and research render directly in chat
- •Ground-up rebuild of AI outreach recommendations with consultative sales coaching
- •Structured email drafts with signal hooks, value bridges, and soft CTAs
- •Real-time research enrichment via Gemini with Google Search grounding on every email
- •Persona-aware LinkedIn commenting (thought leader, curator, announcer, engager)
- •Writer-checker quality gate auditing every recommendation against 6 criteria
- •Why Now, Cost of Inaction, and Urgency Decay context on every recommendation
- •Anti-spam and anti-hallucination checks on all AI-generated content
- •Closed-Lost Re-Engagement Pipeline with warming and nurturing recommendations
- •Gmail and Outlook email sync with automatic lead matching and thread history
- •Incremental email re-sync support
- •AI quality filter on company search removing irrelevant results
- •LinkedIn URLs supported as company search input
- •Auto deep search prompt when instant lookup returns sparse results
Version 3.9
February 4, 2026- •Public REST API with key management and interactive docs (api.data-surfer.com)
- •API endpoints for companies, contacts, search, research, and deep search
- •API available to Starter+ plans
- •New Chrome extension for LinkedIn lead engagement
- •Extension cycles through recommended actions on cold prospects or warm leads rapidly
- •Extension actions include following LinkedIn pages and contacts, commenting on posts
- •Extension suggests potential comments to leave
- •Extension auto-detects actions and moves to the next
- •Pipedrive integration with contact and company sync including data enrichment and research features
- •Two-way Pipedrive sync possible
- •LinkedIn URL now returned if available in deep search and company lookups
- •AI quality filter on company search results
- •Industry-specific terminology discovery
- •Rate limiting introduced
- •Sessions invalidated on password change
- •Password change email notifications
- •Minimum password length increased to 12
- •Notes & Guidance for cold outreach leads in Signals
- •Editable recommendation comments and drafts in Signals
- •View and restore dismissed recommendations in Signals
- •Ability to view recommendation history and actions taken in Signals
Version 3.8
January 4, 2026- •Cold Outreach System for tracking and warming up prospects (Labs/Beta)
- •Warm Leads tracking with deal values and nurture scoring (Labs/Beta)
- •Automations with trigger/action workflows and scheduling
- •Conversations Chat for refining ICP and templates via natural language
- •Points-based referral system with credit redemption
- •Several million new startups added to the database
- •Better toolbar positioning and actions
- •Improved tagging and tag management
- •Table column re-ordering and cleanup of empty columns
- •Improved mobile experience and element positioning
Version 3.6
December 2, 2025- •Instant Lookups for company search
- •Step-by-step onboarding checklist
- •Helpful reminder emails to getting started
- •Personalized suggestions based on your progress
- •One-click actions directly from emails
- •Smart tag naming for search features
- •Multiple User Experience improvements
- •Cleaner UI, more playful branding
- •More accurate industry filtering
- •Fixed tag filtering to properly maintain your selections and sorting preferences
- •Fixed contact sorting after enrichment completes
- •Fixed company search suggestions to focus on prospects instead of competitors
Version 3.5
November 14, 2025- •Simplified usage tracking - removed the credits system entirely, replaced with straightforward plan-based limits tied to your subscription
- •Usage now shows 'remaining capacity' instead of 'amount used' with real-time updates in the sidebar
- •Color-coded progress bars for each limit type
- •Renamed 'Surfer' to 'Research Template' throughout the app for clearer product language
- •Intelligent column mapping for imports that automatically detects your data structure
- •Enhanced signals with daily frequency option (in addition to weekly/monthly)
- •'Last Run' and 'Next Run' columns show when signals executed and will execute next
- •Redesigned contacts page action toolbar with better tag management and role dropdown for quick filtering
- •Significantly faster performance with large contact lists
- •Redesigned companies page action toolbar with inline tag editing
- •Website URLs automatically normalized on companies page
- •Faster deep search performance in Company Finder
- •Create research templates directly from the enrichment screen in Company Finder
- •Combined progress bar on dashboard showing all limits at a glance
- •Upgrade button for free plan users on dashboard and sidebar
Version 3.4
November 3, 2025- •Introduction of comprehensive contacts management system - find, filter, and enrich key decision makers, influencers, and champions
- •Access to 400m+ database of contacts with company data, emails, social media profiles, and phone numbers
- •Deep search tools for contact data with contextual understanding of your business
- •New admin panel bringing together integrations, company training, surfers, and team management
- •Smart detection tool to identify key decision makers fast
- •Optional fallback to source department/company contact information
- •Pipedrive CRM integration available via Pipedrive Marketplace for automatic enrichment
- •Smart dashboard with intelligent to-dos and suggestions for next steps
- •Tag merging to consolidate and organize tags
- •Auto-detection and removal of empty columns
- •Movable column reordering for custom table layouts
- •Improved notifications with friendly timestamps (e.g., '2 hours ago')
- •Cleaner action buttons and toolbars
- •Enhanced tooltips and contextual help throughout the platform
- •Doubled credits for all users to enable more efficient 'quick find' actions
- •Improved error handling and performance
Version 3.3
September 24, 2025- •Multiple users per company support - team mates and extra users can now be added to your company account
Version 3.2
August 12, 2025- •Search booster for external source enrichment including LinkedIn, Companies House, F6S, Crunchbase, PitchBook, SEC filings, government registries, business directories, and thousands of other quality data sources
- •UI updates to align surfer wizards with the purple brand theme
Version 3.1
August 9, 2025- •Smart Company Finder suggestions based on AI market analysis
- •Duplicate Reduction and data merge tools
- •Enhanced signal monitoring with AI explanations
- •Improved company discovery algorithms
Version 3.0
August 7, 2025- •Unified company views with comprehensive profiles
- •Intelligent tagging system for better organization
- •Intelligent SIGNALS for precision timing
- •Enhanced real-time company discovery
- •Advanced filtering and search capabilities
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