# Eightfold AI: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/eightfold-ai/
Covers: May 8, 2025 to July 15, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
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Cite as: Newsprint, "Eightfold AI: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/eightfold-ai/, updated 2026-11-11

> Eightfold AI is on the AI hiring software map. We record 7 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated July 15, 2026.

"Talent intelligence, human-led." Eightfold sells a talent intelligence platform to large employers and governments for talent acquisition, talent management and resource management. A skills model trained on what it says are 1.6 billion career trajectories matches people to roles. Since 2025 it has added a family of Talent Agents: an AI Interviewer that runs voice interviews, a Recruiter Agent for high-volume hiring, a Candidate Agent on SMS and WhatsApp, an AI Interview Companion for human interviews, and TalentForge for building custom HR apps. Source: [eightfold.ai](https://eightfold.ai/).

## Facts

- Site: [eightfold.ai](https://eightfold.ai/)
- Category: Sourcing and talent intelligence
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-eightfold-ai)

"Talent intelligence, human-led." Eightfold sells a talent intelligence platform to large employers and governments for talent acquisition, talent management and resource management. A skills model trained on what it says are 1.6 billion career trajectories matches people to roles. Since 2025 it has added a family of Talent Agents: an AI Interviewer that runs voice interviews, a Recruiter Agent for high-volume hiring, a Candidate Agent on SMS and WhatsApp, an AI Interview Companion for human interviews, and TalentForge for building custom HR apps. Source: [eightfold.ai](https://eightfold.ai/).

- Category: Sourcing and talent intelligence
- Price: not published; sales-led
- AI capabilities: Named agents, AI interviews, AI analytics, AI assessments, Candidate chat, Assistant, Screening and ranking, Interview notes, AI outreach, Scheduling, Skills and planning and AI sourcing
- Scale: Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Raised more than $410M including a $220M Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (June 2021); says a third of its customers are Fortune 500 companies.)

Sources: [eightfold.ai](https://eightfold.ai/), [eightfold.ai](https://eightfold.ai/company/press/press-releases/eightfold-ai-launches-ai-interviewer-to-deliver-faster-and-more-equitable-hiring/), [eightfold.ai](https://eightfold.ai/company/press/press-releases/eightfold-ai-launches-recruiter-agent-built-for-hyper-personalized-always-on-high-volume-hiring/), [eightfold.ai](https://eightfold.ai/company/press/press-releases/eightfold-ushers-in-the-golden-age-of-hr-software-with-launch-of-talentforge/), [eightfold.ai](https://eightfold.ai/company/press/press-releases/eightfold-ai-grows-talent-agents-to-2-0/) and [unleash.ai](https://www.unleash.ai/ai-talent-platform-eightfold-raises-220m-series-e).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Eightfold launches Candidate Agent in Talent Agents 2.0

Launch, July 15, 2026. Candidate Agent is "the candidate-facing front door": one conversation across job discovery, application, scheduling and follow-ups, then handoff to AI Interviewer, on channels such as SMS and WhatsApp.

Source: [Vendor release](https://eightfold.ai/company/press/press-releases/eightfold-ai-grows-talent-agents-to-2-0/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-eightfold-ai).

### Eightfold launches TalentForge and 360 Interview

Launch, May 12, 2026. TalentForge lets enterprises "build, deploy, and scale HR technology with talent intelligence"; 360 Interview "combines multiple interview types into a single conversation" (functional, coding and language).

Source: [Vendor release](https://eightfold.ai/company/press/press-releases/eightfold-ushers-in-the-golden-age-of-hr-software-with-launch-of-talentforge/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-eightfold-ai).

### Eightfold AI Interviewer embedded in Oracle Fusion Cloud Recruiting

Partnership, May 7, 2026. Oracle Recruiting customers can use Eightfold AI Interviewer for screening, functional and coding rounds inside their Oracle workflows.

Source: [Vendor release](https://eightfold.ai/company/press/press-releases/eightfold-ai-announces-integration-of-agentic-interviewing-with-oracle-fusion-cloud-recruiting/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-eightfold-ai).

### Eightfold adds AI Interview Companion for human-led interviews

Launch, April 8, 2026. AI Interview Companion is "a new intelligent agent designed to enhance human-led interviews with real-time guidance, structured insights", extending Talent Agents across the interview journey.

Source: [Vendor release](https://eightfold.ai/company/press/press-releases/eightfold-ai-expands-talent-agents-across-the-full-interview-journey-introducing-ai-interview-companion-and-new-interview-capabilities/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-eightfold-ai).

### Eightfold AI Interviewer made available to firms of all sizes

Launch, Oct. 8, 2025. Eightfold made AI Interviewer "available to both SMBs and large enterprises starting today"; it "conducts thousands of structured interviews in parallel" and gives hiring teams transcripts and summaries.

Source: [Vendor release](https://eightfold.ai/company/press/press-releases/eightfold-ai-launches-ai-interviewer-to-deliver-faster-and-more-equitable-hiring/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-eightfold-ai).

### Eightfold launches Recruiter Agent for high-volume hiring

Launch, Aug. 19, 2025. Recruiter Agent lets enterprises "engage, evaluate, and advance talent autonomously", with voice AI interviews and an SMS assistant that answers applicant questions and sends reminders.

Source: [Vendor release](https://eightfold.ai/company/press/press-releases/eightfold-ai-launches-recruiter-agent-built-for-hyper-personalized-always-on-high-volume-hiring/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-eightfold-ai).

### Eightfold unveils AI Interviewer and Digital Twin at Cultivate 2025

Launch, May 8, 2025. Eightfold introduced AI Interviewer, which autonomously interviews candidates 24/7, and Digital Twin, a personalized model of an employee's knowledge and skills.

Source: [Vendor release](https://eightfold.ai/company/press/press-releases/talent-intelligence-to-talent-advantage-eightfold-ai-revolutionizes-hr-through-agentic-ai/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-eightfold-ai).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology