# Humanly: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/humanly/
Covers: May 7, 2025 to Oct. 14, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Humanly: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/humanly/, updated 2026-11-11

> Humanly is on the AI hiring software map. We record 7 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 14, 2026.

"AI Recruiting Platform for High-Volume Hiring". Humanly sells an AI Recruiter that engages, screens and schedules candidates around the clock, an AI Interviewer that runs structured video and phone interviews, an AI Notetaker, a talent CRM and an ATS. Buyers are hourly and frontline employers in retail, restaurants, healthcare, logistics and manufacturing. In 2025 and 2026 it bought Sprockets, Qualifi, HourWork, Anthill and CareerArc. With its 2026 Series B it is also building a pool of pre-interviewed job seekers for employers. Source: [humanly.io](https://www.humanly.io/).

## Facts

- Site: [humanly.io](https://www.humanly.io/)
- Category: AI interviewers and screening
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

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

"AI Recruiting Platform for High-Volume Hiring". Humanly sells an AI Recruiter that engages, screens and schedules candidates around the clock, an AI Interviewer that runs structured video and phone interviews, an AI Notetaker, a talent CRM and an ATS. Buyers are hourly and frontline employers in retail, restaurants, healthcare, logistics and manufacturing. In 2025 and 2026 it bought Sprockets, Qualifi, HourWork, Anthill and CareerArc. With its 2026 Series B it is also building a pool of pre-interviewed job seekers for employers. Source: [humanly.io](https://www.humanly.io/).

- Category: AI interviewers and screening
- Price: not published; sales-led (ROI questionnaire and demo)
- AI capabilities: Named agents, AI interviews, Candidate chat, Interview notes, AI outreach and Scheduling
- Scale: Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed ($52M raised to date; more than 120 customers including Microsoft, Domino's, MGM Resorts; about 9,000 interviews per day (GeekWire, April 2026).)

Sources: [humanly.io](https://www.humanly.io/), [geekwire.com](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/humanly-raises-25m-to-put-ai-to-work-for-job-seekers-not-just-the-companies-hiring-them/), [humanly.io](https://www.humanly.io/blog/humanly-raises-7m-to-fuel-growth-and-innovation), [geekwire.com](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/meet-your-ai-interviewer-seattle-startup-humanly-unveils-video-bot-that-grills-job-applicants/), [hypepotamus.com](https://hypepotamus.com/startup-news/humanly-acquires-sprockets-qualifi-hourwork-ai-hiring-platform/), [humanly.io](https://www.humanly.io/blog/humanly-expands-to-create-an-end-to-end-conversational-ai-hiring-platform) and [4 more on the map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-humanly).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Humanly acquires CareerArc

Acquisition, Oct. 14, 2026. Humanly bought CareerArc, a recruitment marketing firm (HireSocial social recruiting, Job Maps career sites), to reach candidates earlier.

Source: [GeekWire](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/humanly-acquires-careerarc-to-connect-recruitment-marketing-with-ai-hiring/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-humanly).

### Humanly acquires Anthill

Acquisition, April 14, 2026. Humanly bought Anthill, a frontline employee engagement platform, to add post-hire engagement. Terms were not disclosed.

Source: [GeekWire](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/ai-powered-hiring-startup-humanly-acquires-anthill-to-boost-employee-engagement/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-humanly).

### Humanly raises $25M Series B and pivots to supplying candidates

Funding round, April 8, 2026. Humanly raised a $25M Series B with SEEK Investments, Drive Capital, Zeal Capital Partners and Converge ($52M to date). It is repositioning as a "service-as-a-software" company that delivers "pre-vetted, ready-to-hire job seekers on demand" and launched a job seeker coaching product.

Source: [GeekWire](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/humanly-raises-25m-to-put-ai-to-work-for-job-seekers-not-just-the-companies-hiring-them/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-humanly).

### Humanly updates its conversational AI platform

Launch, Nov. 20, 2025. Humanly released an updated platform with chat qualification, automated phone screens and AI video interviews, trained on five years of interview data.

Source: [PR Newswire via StaffingHub](https://staffinghub.com/press-releases/humanly-launches-updated-conversational-ai-platform-to-accelerate-high-volume-enterprise-hiring/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-humanly).

### Humanly acquires Sprockets, Qualifi and HourWork

Acquisition, Oct. 14, 2025. Humanly bought Sprockets (frontline hiring platform), Qualifi (automated phone and voice screening) and HourWork (post-hire retention for hourly workers). Terms were not disclosed.

Source: [Hypepotamus](https://hypepotamus.com/startup-news/humanly-acquires-sprockets-qualifi-hourwork-ai-hiring-platform/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-humanly).

### Humanly unveils AI video interviewer

Launch, July 23, 2025. Humanly launched an AI Interviewer that interviews "every candidate over video, any time of day", then scores the candidate and recommends whether to advance them.

Source: [GeekWire](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/meet-your-ai-interviewer-seattle-startup-humanly-unveils-video-bot-that-grills-job-applicants/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-humanly).

### Humanly raises $7M

Funding round, May 7, 2025. Humanly raised a $7 million round from Drive Capital, Y Combinator, Zeal Capital, Spark Growth Ventures and Alumni Ventures, bringing total funding to $24 million.

Source: [Humanly blog](https://www.humanly.io/blog/humanly-raises-7m-to-fuel-growth-and-innovation). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-humanly).

## Methodology and corrections

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