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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"HackerRank: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hackerrank/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hackerrank/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hackerrank.md",
  "title": "HackerRank: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "HackerRank is on the AI hiring software map. We record 4 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 5, 2026.",
  "period": "July 9, 2025 to Oct. 5, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "slug": "hackerrank",
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    "site": "https://www.hackerrank.com/",
    "summary": "\"Hire for the agentic era.\" Technical hiring platform for engineering teams: coding tests (Screen), live pair-programming interviews (Interview), and Chakra, an agentic AI interviewer that became generally available in October 2026. Candidates can use an AI assistant inside the IDE, and HackerRank grades how they use it. An AI Add-on sells proctoring, a lockdown desktop app and plagiarism checks. Customers can also hire directly from its community of 30 million+ developers. It does not sell an ATS.",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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      "Skills assessments"
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  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
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  "summary": {
    "text": "\"Hire for the agentic era.\" Technical hiring platform for engineering teams: coding tests (Screen), live pair-programming interviews (Interview), and Chakra, an agentic AI interviewer that became generally available in October 2026. Candidates can use an AI assistant inside the IDE, and HackerRank grades how they use it. An AI Add-on sells proctoring, a lockdown desktop app and plagiarism checks. Customers can also hire directly from its community of 30 million+ developers. It does not sell an ATS.",
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      "name": "HackerRank",
      "site": "https://www.hackerrank.com/",
      "category": "Skills assessments",
      "what": "\"Hire for the agentic era.\" Technical hiring platform for engineering teams: coding tests (Screen), live pair-programming interviews (Interview), and Chakra, an agentic AI interviewer that became generally available in October 2026. Candidates can use an AI assistant inside the IDE, and HackerRank grades how they use it. An AI Add-on sells proctoring, a lockdown desktop app and plagiarism checks. Customers can also hire directly from its community of 30 million+ developers. It does not sell an ATS.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "hackerrank.com",
        "url": "https://www.hackerrank.com/"
      },
      "price": "not verified in this pass; AI features sold as an AI Add-on",
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      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agents",
          "AI interviews",
          "AI assessments",
          "Fraud and identity",
          "MCP and agent APIs",
          "Interview notes"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (More than 3,000 business customers and 30M+ developer community (TechCrunch, 2026-10-05); 2,500+ customers in July 2025 release.)",
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          "name": "hackerrank.com",
          "url": "https://www.hackerrank.com/blog/hackerranks-ai-day-2025-product-launch-recap/"
        },
        {
          "name": "prnewswire.com",
          "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/empowering-future-ready-teams-hackerranks-ai-driven-solutions-modernize-tech-talent-strategies-302500667.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "hackerrank-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com",
          "url": "https://hackerrank-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com/articles/8474307750-october-2025-release-notes"
        },
        {
          "name": "hackerrank-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com",
          "url": "https://hackerrank-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com/articles/8142080826-july-2026-release-notes"
        },
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          "name": "techcrunch.com",
          "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hackerranks-ai-interviewer-offers-a-glimpse-into-what-job-interviews-could-become/"
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      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hackerrank/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-10-05",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "HackerRank makes Chakra AI interviewer generally available",
      "summary": "Chakra, HackerRank's agentic AI interviewer, reached general availability after a six-month beta of more than 500,000 interviews; companies that tried it include Snowflake, Snorkel and Capgemini. HackerRank says suspicious-activity flags were 70% to 80% lower than in traditional assessments.",
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        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hackerrank"
      },
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        "name": "TechCrunch",
        "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hackerranks-ai-interviewer-offers-a-glimpse-into-what-job-interviews-could-become/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hackerrank/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-07-01",
      "date_precision": "month",
      "title": "HackerRank adds MCP server and gaze detection",
      "summary": "July 2026 release notes add a \"read-only Model Context Protocol (MCP) server\" in limited availability, Diff View and Plan Mode in the IDE, and Gaze Detection as a proctoring signal.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hackerrank"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor changelog",
        "url": "https://hackerrank-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com/articles/8142080826-july-2026-release-notes"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hackerrank/#event-3",
      "on": "2025-10-01",
      "date_precision": "month",
      "title": "AI-assisted IDE comes to HackerRank tests, plus a lockdown desktop app",
      "summary": "October 2025 release notes add an AI-assisted IDE in Tests, a Desktop App that locks the screen and flags anomalies, auto-scored code reviews and Scorecard Assist summaries.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hackerrank"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor changelog",
        "url": "https://hackerrank-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com/articles/8474307750-october-2025-release-notes"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-4",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hackerrank/#event-4",
      "on": "2025-07-09",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "HackerRank opens AI interviewer and AI proctoring to customers",
      "summary": "HackerRank's AI interviewer became \"Now available for initial candidate screening\" with real-time hints and thought-process evaluation, alongside Proctor mode, which \"provides AI-powered assessment integrity\" with session replay.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hackerrank"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release (PR Newswire)",
        "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/empowering-future-ready-teams-hackerranks-ai-driven-solutions-modernize-tech-talent-strategies-302500667.html"
      }
    }
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