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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"HireBound: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hirebound/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hirebound/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hirebound.md",
  "title": "HireBound: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "HireBound is on the AI hiring software map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated Feb. 24, 2026.",
  "period": "Feb. 24, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "name": "HireBound",
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    "site": "https://hirebound.io/",
    "summary": "\"AI Agents That Actually Recruit For You.\" HireBound sells AI recruiting agents to staffing firms and in-house talent teams in the US and India. The agents source from 30+ sources, engage candidates over WhatsApp, SMS, email and voice, screen and score them, schedule interviews and hand recruiters a ranked shortlist. Recruiters still review flagged edge cases and make the shortlist, reject and hire calls. It calls itself an execution layer, not a system of record, and syncs with existing ATS and HRMS tools.",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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    ]
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  "summary": {
    "text": "\"AI Agents That Actually Recruit For You.\" HireBound sells AI recruiting agents to staffing firms and in-house talent teams in the US and India. The agents source from 30+ sources, engage candidates over WhatsApp, SMS, email and voice, screen and score them, schedule interviews and hand recruiters a ranked shortlist. Recruiters still review flagged edge cases and make the shortlist, reject and hire calls. It calls itself an execution layer, not a system of record, and syncs with existing ATS and HRMS tools.",
    "source": {
      "name": "hirebound.io",
      "url": "https://hirebound.io/"
    },
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      "title": "The AI hiring software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hirebound",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "HireBound",
      "site": "https://hirebound.io/",
      "category": "AI recruiters and agents",
      "what": "\"AI Agents That Actually Recruit For You.\" HireBound sells AI recruiting agents to staffing firms and in-house talent teams in the US and India. The agents source from 30+ sources, engage candidates over WhatsApp, SMS, email and voice, screen and score them, schedule interviews and hand recruiters a ranked shortlist. Recruiters still review flagged edge cases and make the shortlist, reject and hire calls. It calls itself an execution layer, not a system of record, and syncs with existing ATS and HRMS tools.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "hirebound.io",
        "url": "https://hirebound.io/"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led",
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      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agents",
          "Candidate chat",
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          "Scheduling",
          "AI sourcing"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 3,
      "scale": "Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed ($2M seed led by Kalaari Capital (Feb 2026); company claims 3M+ candidate conversations and 200+ organisations)",
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        {
          "name": "hirebound.io",
          "url": "https://hirebound.io/"
        },
        {
          "name": "peoplematters.in",
          "url": "https://www.peoplematters.in/news/funding-and-investment/hirebound-raises-dollar2-million-to-automate-hiring-with-ai-48548"
        },
        {
          "name": "indianstartuptimes.com",
          "url": "https://www.indianstartuptimes.com/interviews/recruiting-reinvented-hirebounds-ai-agents-close-roles-autonomously/"
        },
        {
          "name": "kalaari.com",
          "url": "https://kalaari.com/insights-from-the-fronlines/why-we-invested-in-hirebound"
        },
        {
          "name": "antler.co",
          "url": "https://www.antler.co/blog/investing-in-hirebound-making-hr-more-human-with-the-help-of-ai"
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hirebound/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-02-24",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "HireBound raises $2M seed for AI recruiting agents",
      "summary": "HireBound raised a $2M seed round led by Kalaari Capital, with Antler, Infinyte Club and CareerNet. It positions its agentic AI as an execution layer for sourcing, engagement, screening and evaluation.",
      "kind": "Funding round",
      "from": {
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        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hirebound"
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      "source": {
        "name": "People Matters",
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