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ApolloHacks '25 : Part I

Unlocking new growth, Apollo’s latest edition of their annual hackathon ApolloHacks 2025 delivered two game-changing projects: a multi-lingual website to reach non-English speaking markets, and a mobile-first experience that empowers sales teams to access data and update leads from anywhere. With these innovations, Apollo IO is now more global and truly on the go.

June 4, 2025

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Engineering

June 4, 2025

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Speedy Search Via 2-Phase Scoring

How We Tamed Complex Queries Without Slowing Down the Universe If you’ve ever built a search engine that supports custom scoring , you’re probably familiar with the “Latency Monster” that shows up as your scoring logic grows more complex. At Apollo, our users define intricate scoring criteria—“Give me +30 points ...

May 27, 2025

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Software

May 27, 2025

Engineering

Software

Fighting Noise In Email Tracking

Email engagement signals like opens and clicks help sales teams trigger workflows and prioritise leads. But providers like Google and Apple now use bots to scan emails, inflating open rates and distorting real engagement. Apollo solves this by filtering out bot activity, helping teams focus only on genuine human interactions and drive better conversions.

April 24, 2025

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Software

April 24, 2025

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Cross-Entity Searching

Cross-Entity Searching - Part 1

Cross-Entity Searching

At Apollo, our mission to build a leading Sales Platform brings with it a variety of complex customer use cases. Our goal is to support these use cases in the most intuitive and user-friendly manner possible. One such intricate challenge is enabling searches across multiple Apollo entities ...

April 2, 2025

Engineering

Product

April 2, 2025

Engineering

Product

Apollo IO

A fresh look at Apollo: elevating our visual identity

Apollo IO

Apollo’s design refresh unifies brand and product, enhancing clarity, usability, and aesthetics with a new identity, dark mode, and a scalable design system. Learn how Apollo’s design and engineering team pulled it off!

February 21, 2025

Design

Engineering

Product

Visuals

February 21, 2025

Design

Engineering

Product

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Design

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Overcoming Boreout In Remote Teams

A before and after of a person at a laptop, first frustrated but then happy.

Apollo is an all-remote company, and we have team members working in 30+ countries. We are constantly building on our offerings and readjusting or reevaluating processes to support all team members the best way we can, but remote collaboration can sometimes be challenging. So, how can we best collaborate and continue to move fast while working across different time zones? Or, more importantly, how can we avoid reaching Zoom fatigue and the seemingly inevitable state of understimulated ‘boreout’?...

February 5, 2024

Culture

Design

February 5, 2024

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Design

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Engineering Offsite: Sun, Code & Celebrations

Few people sitting on a rock near a beach. Few boats are visible in the sea and an old man is doing something in the background,

Apollo’s global remote-first team gathered in Goa for our biggest offsite yet. Over 150 teammates from Engineering, Product, and People came together to learn, connect, and celebrate in person—stepping away from Zoom and Slack for real conversations, collaboration, and community.

April 13, 2025

Culture

April 13, 2025

Culture

Distinguished Engineer Series: Aidan Li, Sr Director - Product, Platform & Growth

Today, we talk about Aidan Li, Apollo’s Director of Engineering for Core Product, Platform, and Growth, who embodies technical excellence and leadership. Starting as a Software Engineer in 2019, Aidan has been a driving force behind Apollo’s growth—building company-wide frameworks, improving incident management, and leading key product initiatives. His people-first approach, mentorship, and problem-solving make Apollo a place where engineers thrive and innovate. If you’re looking for a place to grow with exceptional leaders, Apollo is the perfect fit.

January 10, 2025

Culture

Engineering

Leadership

Software

January 10, 2025

Culture

Engineering

Leadership

Software

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