# VARIETAS: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/varietas/
Covers: May 19 to Oct. 13, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "VARIETAS: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/varietas/, updated 2026-11-11

> VARIETAS is on the AI hiring software map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 13, 2026.

"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: [ai-interview.online](https://ai-interview.online/).

## Facts

- Site: [ai-interview.online](https://ai-interview.online/)
- Category: AI interviewers and screening
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

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

"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: [ai-interview.online](https://ai-interview.online/).

- Category: AI interviewers and screening
- Price: not published; initial fee plus per-interviewee usage charge (per The Bridge)
- AI capabilities: AI interviews and Screening and ranking
- 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)

Sources: [ai-interview.online](https://ai-interview.online/), [thebridge.jp](https://thebridge.jp/2025/03/kirin-and-lawson-also-adopt-ai-interviewer-varietas-raised-600m-yen-from-allstarsaasfund-and-globalbrains), [prtimes.jp](https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000056.000079152.html), [zaikei.co.jp](https://www.zaikei.co.jp/releases/3450803/) and [resemom.jp](https://resemom.jp/release/prtimes/20261013/219263.html).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### JBIC adopts VARIETAS AI Interviewer

Partnership, Oct. 13, 2026. Japan Bank for International Cooperation adopted the AI Interviewer, one of the AI agents in VARIETAS's TA Team platform, in its recruitment process.

Source: [Vendor release (PR TIMES repost)](https://resemom.jp/release/prtimes/20261013/219263.html). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-varietas).

### VARIETAS releases a quality framework and checklist for AI interviews

Research, May 27, 2026. 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.

Source: [Vendor release (Zaikei repost)](https://www.zaikei.co.jp/releases/3450803/). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-varietas).

### VARIETAS publishes candidate satisfaction data for its AI Interviewer

Research, May 19, 2026. 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.

Source: [Vendor release (PR TIMES)](https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000056.000079152.html). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-varietas).

## Methodology and corrections

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