What they do:
Hire amazing engineers by seeing how they use AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Recruiting and Talent Startups
This list has 76 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 16 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (38), New York (8), and Toronto (4). Largest teams: Instawork, HackerRank, and Lever.
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What they do:
AI-native recruiting agency
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
Helping your company find 10x engineers.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
A stream of engineering candidates who ship.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
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Voice + video AI interviewer
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Lovable for Chrome Plugins
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Founder led hiring for London startups
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What they do:
Helping software developers find teams that share their values.
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Lever
Acquired
What they do:
Talent Acquisition Suite that combines ATS + Talent CRM
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Gem
Acquired
What they do:
Talent engagement platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bluecrew
Acquired
What they do:
Bluecrew is a web based staffing agency.
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HQ: Chicago, IL, United States
Triplebyte
Acquired
What they do:
Intelligent technical hiring.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Forage
Acquired
What they do:
Online job simulations for companies to train, and then hire, students
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Jopwell
Acquired
What they do:
Career advancement for Black, Latinx & Native American professionals.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
HigherMe
Acquired
What they do:
Helping restaurant employers find & hire better employees faster
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Headstart
Acquired
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Headstart uses Machine Learning to help companies decide on who to…
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
YouTeam
Acquired
What they do:
We make it easy for startups to hire engineers.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Ascen
Acquired
What they do:
EOR for the staffing industry
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Searchlight
Acquired
What they do:
Talent AI improving quality of hire
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hackermeter
Acquired
What they do:
Replacing resume screening with code challenges.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pomello
Acquired
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Analytics software that helps companies measure organizational…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Loop Support
Acquired
What they do:
Predict job applicant performance for entry-level support roles
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
CSPA
Acquired
What they do:
The Computer Science Proficiency Assessment (CSPA™) is a…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Taro
Acquired
What they do:
Help high-growth tech companies hire strong engineers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
SharpestMinds
Acquired
What they do:
Peer-to-peer mentorships through income-share agreements.
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VoiceGem
Acquired
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Voice messaging platform - Acquired by Palantir in 2013
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Interviewed
Acquired
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Job simulations and assessments. See candidates in action doing the…
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
YC S15Early stage
Torch
Shut down
What they do:
Torch is a learning and development company that helps employers manage and measure employee growth at scale. Customers can draw from a pool of over 6000…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
The Muse
Shut down
What they do:
The Muse is values-based job search & hiring for 7M+ monthly
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Alana
Shut down
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Staff management software for retail, manufacturing and hospitality
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HQ: Mexico City, Mexico
Fastpad
Shut down
What they do:
Hiring Software for India
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Talentdrop
Shut down
What they do:
Your personal hiring page.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Snaptalent
Shut down
What they do:
Snaptalent powers a distributed job advertisement network primarily meant for developer listings. Job ads submitted to Snaptalent are displayed on the…
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Joberator
Shut down
What they do:
Joberator was formed to tackle head-on the growing challenges and connection-gap issues in the STEM employment and recruitment marketplace. Our goal is to…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Prophecy Sciences
Shut down
What they do:
Predicting workplace performance through neuroscience
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
StrongIntro
Shut down
What they do:
StrongIntro helps recruiters turn their entire company into a source…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States