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YC Recruiting and Talent Companies
46 Y Combinator recruiting and talent startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.
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46 companies
Company | Batch | Description | Status | Location | Team | Site | Founders | Reveal |
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Contrario | W25 | Fill critical roles faster with AI-empowered recruiters | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 10 | Arya Marwaha, Aditya Sood | Reveal | |
Olive | W25 | The context layer for your team | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Bardia Safari, Shrey Gupta | Reveal | |
Spott | W25 | AI-native ATS/CRM for recruiting firms | Active | — | 20 | Manu Vanderveeren, Lander Degreve, Samuel Smeys | Reveal | |
Tweeks.io | W25 | Lovable for Chrome Plugins | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Jason Madeano, Matt Stallone | Reveal | |
Alex | W24 | Your AI recruiter for interviewing and identifying the best talent | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 30 | Aaron Wang, John Rytel | Reveal | |
Airwork | W22 | On-demand labour that's actually good | Active | Toronto, ON, Canada | 4 | Gary Lin | Reveal | |
Dealls – Jobs & Mentoring | W22 | Indonesia's #1 ATS & Job Portal to match top talents & companies | Active | Jakarta, Indonesia | 127 | Andhika Sudarman | Reveal | |
Howdy.com | W21 | We help US tech companies hire and manage software engineers in LATAM | Active | Austin, TX, USA | 140 | Jacqueline Samira, Frank Licea | Reveal | |
Manara | W21 | Connecting top Middle East talent to global tech jobs | Active | Berkeley, CA, USA | 10 | Iliana Montauk, Laila Abudahi | Reveal | |
ModernLoop | W21 | ModernLoop helps teams automate and streamline recruiting operations | Active | San Mateo, CA, USA | 15 | Lydia Han, Christopher Triolo | Reveal | |
Pangea.app | W21 | Hire Fractional Marketing + Design Talent | Active | New York, NY, USA | 3 | Adam Alpert, John Tambunting | Reveal | |
Weekday | W21 | AI recruiter that runs outbound sourcing campaigns to find top talent | Active | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 38 | Amit Singh, Chetan Dalal, Anubhav Malik | Reveal | |
HireSweet | W20 | A talent acquisition software built for data-driven recruiting teams. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 27 | Paul Bachelier, Ismael Belghiti | Reveal | |
Humanly | W20 | We empower the world’s hiring teams to grow engaged, high-performing… | Active | Bellevue, WA, USA | 30 | Andrew Gardner, Prem Kumar, Bryan Leptich | Reveal | |
Mini Exhibitions | W20 | Virtual events for remote teams | Inactive | New York, NY, USA | 2 | John Friel | Reveal | |
Syncro | W20 | Intelligence layer for internal communications and culture | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA | 1 | Brian Chan | Reveal | |
Ashby | W19 | All-in-one recruiting platform that empowers hiring excellence in… | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 110 | Benjamin Encz, Abhik Pramanik | Reveal | |
Emi Labs | W19 | Helping great teams hire better frontline workers, faster. | Active | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 50 | Andres Arslanian, Mateo Cavasotto | Reveal | |
Forage | W19 | Online job simulations for companies to train, and then hire, students | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 65 | Thomas Brunskill | Reveal | |
Pyxai | W19 | An assessment tool that evaluates people to predict future success | Active | Boston, MA, USA | 5 | Angela Edwards | Reveal | |
Searchlight | W19 | Talent AI improving quality of hire | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 20 | Anna Wang, Kerry Wang | Reveal | |
Key Values | W18 | Helping software developers find teams that share their values. | Active | — | 1 | Lynne Tye | Reveal | |
Torch | W18 | — | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 130 | Cameron Yarbrough, Keegan Walden | Reveal | |
YouTeam | W18 | We make it easy for startups to hire engineers. | Acquired | Mountain View, CA, USA | 34 | Yura Riphyak | Reveal | |
Loop Support | W17 | Predict job applicant performance for entry-level support roles | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 7 | Dean Yim, Paul Gut | Reveal | |
Outrove | S25 | Ultra-realistic AI Recruiter | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Ahmed ElShireef, Saif Elhager | Reveal | |
Arcimus | S23 | A stream of engineering candidates who ship. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Hussein Syed | Reveal | |
Serra | S23 | Your 24/7 AI Recruiter | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 8 | Alan Wang, Albert Stanley | Reveal | |
Juicebox | S22 | AI-powered talent sourcing for recruiters | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 35 | David Paffenholz, Ishan Gupta | Reveal | |
Taro | S22 | Help high-growth tech companies hire strong engineers | Active | Redwood City, CA, USA | 6 | Rahul Pandey, Alex Chiou | Reveal | |
Crew | S21 | Next Gen ATS/CRM for Modern Recruitment Agencies | Active | Paris, France | 6 | Amine Skalli | Reveal | |
HENRY | S20 | We train AI engineers and connect them with companies. | Active | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 100 | Martin Borchardt, Manuel Barna Ferrés, Luz Borchardt, Leonardo Maglia | Reveal | |
Dover | S19 | Your startup's all-in-one recruiting solution | Active | New York, NY, USA | 12 | George Carollo, Max Kolysh, Anvisha Pai | Reveal | |
Flo Recruit | S19 | We help law firms hire the best legal talent faster | Active | Austin, TX, USA | 50 | Katherine Allen | Reveal | |
Hatchways | S19 | We make engineering interviewing look more like real work. | Active | Toronto, ON, Canada | 8 | Shums Kassam, Jaclyn Ling | Reveal | |
Vahan | S19 | AI recruiter for India's massive blue-collar workforce | Active | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 85 | Madhav Krishna | Reveal | |
10 By 10 | S17 | 10by10 is a unique marketplace in the recruiting agency industry for… | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 5 | April Chang, Robert Bartruff | Reveal | |
Candidately | S17 | The digital storefront for staffing and recruiting teams. | Active | New York, NY, USA | 9 | Jan Alexander Jedlinski, Benjamin Bartakovics, Daniel Bartakovics, Michael Ströck | Reveal | |
Gem | S17 | Talent engagement platform | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 200 | Steven Bartel | Reveal | |
Jopwell | S15 | Career advancement for Black, Latinx & Native American professionals. | Acquired | New York, NY, USA | 50 | Porter Braswell, Ryan Williams | Reveal | |
UserGems | S14 | AI-powered sales solution based on your best customers | Active | Austria | 60 | Christian Kletzl, Stephan Kletzl | Reveal | |
Lever | S12 | Talent Acquisition Suite that combines ATS + Talent CRM | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 225 | Nate Smith, Sarah Nahm, Brian Noguchi | Reveal | |
Lever | S12 | Talent Acquisition Suite that combines ATS + Talent CRM | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 225 | Nate Smith, Sarah Nahm, Brian Noguchi | Reveal | |
Job Alchemist | S08 | — | Inactive | — | 0 | Luke Groesbeck, Loc Ngo, Ben Wong | Reveal | |
HireGlide | F25 | The AI-native job board | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Theo Kitsberg, Axel La Pira | Reveal | |
Lightscreen AI | F24 | Voice + video AI interviewer | Active | — | 2 | Gavin Saldanha | Reveal |
About YC Recruiting and Talent Companies
Y Combinator has funded 46 recruiting and talent companies since its founding in 2005. These startups span from early-stage pre-launch to publicly traded companies, making YC one of the most prolific backers of recruiting and talent innovation globally.
36 of these companies are currently active. 7 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC recruiting and talent startup.
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