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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"VARIETAS: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/varietas/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/varietas/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/varietas.md",
  "title": "VARIETAS: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "VARIETAS is on the AI hiring software map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 13, 2026.",
  "period": "May 19 to Oct. 13, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
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    "slug": "varietas",
    "name": "VARIETAS",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://ai-interview.online/",
    "summary": "\"AI Interviewer\" (AI面接官) from Tokyo-based VARIETAS reads each applicant's submitted application, generates tailored questions and runs the first-round interview, scoring candidates on up to 16 criteria at once. It is sold to Japanese employers, mainly for new-graduate hiring. Customers named include Kirin Holdings, Lawson, Mitsubishi Chemical, Idemitsu Kosan, Daiwa House and JBIC. The AI interviewer is one of several AI agents in its TA Team recruiting platform.",
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    "categories": [
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    ],
    "status": "active",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "AI interviewers and screening"
    ]
  },
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  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
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  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "\"AI Interviewer\" (AI面接官) from Tokyo-based VARIETAS reads each applicant's submitted application, generates tailored questions and runs the first-round interview, scoring candidates on up to 16 criteria at once. It is sold to Japanese employers, mainly for new-graduate hiring. Customers named include Kirin Holdings, Lawson, Mitsubishi Chemical, Idemitsu Kosan, Daiwa House and JBIC. The AI interviewer is one of several AI agents in its TA Team recruiting platform.",
    "source": {
      "name": "ai-interview.online",
      "url": "https://ai-interview.online/"
    },
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      "map": "hiring-software",
      "title": "The AI hiring software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-varietas",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "VARIETAS",
      "site": "https://ai-interview.online/",
      "category": "AI interviewers and screening",
      "what": "\"AI Interviewer\" (AI面接官) from Tokyo-based VARIETAS reads each applicant's submitted application, generates tailored questions and runs the first-round interview, scoring candidates on up to 16 criteria at once. It is sold to Japanese employers, mainly for new-graduate hiring. Customers named include Kirin Holdings, Lawson, Mitsubishi Chemical, Idemitsu Kosan, Daiwa House and JBIC. The AI interviewer is one of several AI agents in its TA Team recruiting platform.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "ai-interview.online",
        "url": "https://ai-interview.online/"
      },
      "price": "not published; initial fee plus per-interviewee usage charge (per The Bridge)",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "AI interviews",
          "Screening and ranking"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 3,
      "scale": "Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed (JPY 600M Series A (Mar 2025, ALL STAR SAAS FUND and Global Brain); large Japanese enterprise customers; 33,467 candidate survey responses in Q1 2026)",
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      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "ai-interview.online",
          "url": "https://ai-interview.online/"
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        {
          "name": "thebridge.jp",
          "url": "https://thebridge.jp/2025/03/kirin-and-lawson-also-adopt-ai-interviewer-varietas-raised-600m-yen-from-allstarsaasfund-and-globalbrains"
        },
        {
          "name": "prtimes.jp",
          "url": "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000056.000079152.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "zaikei.co.jp",
          "url": "https://www.zaikei.co.jp/releases/3450803/"
        },
        {
          "name": "resemom.jp",
          "url": "https://resemom.jp/release/prtimes/20261013/219263.html"
        }
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/varietas/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-10-13",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "JBIC adopts VARIETAS AI Interviewer",
      "summary": "Japan Bank for International Cooperation adopted the AI Interviewer, one of the AI agents in VARIETAS's TA Team platform, in its recruitment process.",
      "kind": "Partnership",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-varietas"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release (PR TIMES repost)",
        "url": "https://resemom.jp/release/prtimes/20261013/219263.html"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/varietas/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-05-27",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "VARIETAS releases a quality framework and checklist for AI interviews",
      "summary": "VARIETAS released a quality evaluation framework for AI interview services (5 quality requirements, 7 evaluation categories) and a 100-question approval checklist for legal, HR and DX teams.",
      "kind": "Research",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-varietas"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release (Zaikei repost)",
        "url": "https://www.zaikei.co.jp/releases/3450803/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/varietas/#event-3",
      "on": "2026-05-19",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "VARIETAS publishes candidate satisfaction data for its AI Interviewer",
      "summary": "VARIETAS published survey results from 33,467 candidates who took its AI Interviewer in Jan to Mar 2026: average 4.1 of 5, 89.5% positive; March 2026 interview volume was about 10 times March 2025.",
      "kind": "Research",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-varietas"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release (PR TIMES)",
        "url": "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000056.000079152.html"
      }
    }
  ]
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