The AI hiring software map

AI recruiters and agents

22 companies on the AI hiring software map. Updated Nov. 2, 2026.

An AI recruiter is an agent that does several steps of a recruiter's job on its own. Given a role, it sources candidates, writes outreach, holds a first screen and books interviews. The map's report finds that vendors still stop short of the hiring decision.

Some agents work for candidates as well as employers. Jack & Jill pairs Jack, a voice agent for candidates, with Jill, an agent for hiring teams. Finlay works in Slack, and Carefam is built for hiring clinicians.

Alfa AI

"The #1 AI Recruiting Platform." London-based Alfa sells AI agents to recruiters and hiring teams. It scans "over 800 million profiles", writes and posts job ads and reaches out on its own. Lisa, an AI avatar, then runs audio or video interviews as soon as candidates apply and scores each one for fit. It syncs two ways with Greenhouse, Workday, Lever, Bullhorn and 70+ other ATSs. Recruiters review the scored candidates and interview recordings and move people through their pipeline.

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Carefam

"Hire Clinicians with AI Built for Healthcare." Sold to hospitals, long-term care and home care employers. AI assistants source candidates, run round-the-clock AI screening calls and auto-credential them. They match, schedule interviews and nudge no-shows. They confirm offers, automate onboarding paperwork and check in with new hires through day 90. Complex or sensitive decisions go to human HR staff. It is not a staffing agency and is free for clinicians. It claims to "reduce time-to-hire by 3X."

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Carv

"Build, deploy & manage recruitment agents at scale". Carv is an agent platform for high-volume recruiting at staffing firms and large employers in logistics, retail and contact centres. A library of agents covers screening, job discovery, rediscovery, scheduling, onboarding and compliance. Its voice agent calls applicants as soon as they apply and runs first-round phone screens in 99 languages, then logs transcripts to the ATS. It bought conversational AI firm Recrubo (WhatsApp, SMS and voice bots) in March 2025.

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Clera

Calls itself "the first AI talent agent". The agent learns what each candidate wants in a conversation over chat, WhatsApp, iMessage or email. It matches them to startup roles and sends a warm intro straight to the hiring manager. It also helps with interview prep and with negotiating salary, equity and start date. Candidates use it free; companies pay 15% of first-year base salary only on a hire. The hiring manager runs the interviews and decides. It covers 900+ venture-backed startups in US and European hubs.

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Contrario

"Hire great talent faster." A company uploads a job description or syncs its ATS. A vetted network of 500+ expert recruiters sources and vets candidates. AI agents run the "follow-ups, scheduling, and coordination behind the scenes." Vetted candidates land in the client's ATS pipeline and Slack "within days." The client still interviews and decides. The vendor claims "20 days to meet the candidate you hire." Buyers are mostly startups hiring engineers and designers.

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Dex

"The talent agent for senior software engineers." Every candidate has a voice or text conversation with Dex's AI agent about their experience, goals and deal-breakers. An employer briefs Dex once on what "great" looks like. Dex's matching engine and its human "matchmaker and talent team" then send a small flow of warm, opt-in introductions through Ashby, Slack or the existing process. Dex does not sell software to recruiters; it charges a placement fee. The employer runs the interviews and makes the offer.

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Finlay

"Your AI Recruiter Teammate." Finlay sells an AI recruiter that lives in Slack and a web app. An employer briefs a role, and the agent sources candidates, runs LinkedIn outreach from the employer's connected account, pre-screens by AI voice call and presents the results in Slack. The team makes the hiring decisions. Employers can sign up themselves on a free plan or pay for Finlay Recruiter. A managed plan adds Finlay's own recruiters. It charges no success fees.

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GoPerfect

"One Agent. Your Entire Hiring Pipeline. Running Right Now." GoPerfect (also called Perfect) sells in-house talent teams and agencies one AI recruiter that builds talent pools, sources candidates, writes and sends multi-step outreach by email, LinkedIn and phone, runs a first-round AI interview on inbound applicants, and keeps its own ATS and CRM in sync. The agent can send outreach without per-message approval. A human recruiter calibrates searches, approves sends in marketing campaigns, and makes every hiring decision.

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HireBound

"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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Hunar.AI

"Turn conversations into better workforce outcomes." Voice and WhatsApp AI agents for large frontline employers in India, such as Swiggy, Zepto and Croma. Named agents screen all applicants, run AI interviews and assessments, schedule and remind, and collect and validate documents. They verify each hire "before Day 1, with a full audit trail," then train and survey workers. Agents speak 20+ Indian languages. The vendor says recruiter coordination hours drop to zero but does not say what recruiters still do.

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Jack & Jill

"Jack is the AI agent for careers. Jill is the AI agent for hiring." Candidates talk to Jack, a voice agent, about what they want, and Jack scans millions of jobs. An employer briefs Jill with a job description, notes or a conversation. Jill sharpens the role, writes a rubric and job description, matches it against Jack's network and introduces opted-in candidates directly, skipping the application stage. It works over email and Slack and connects to ATSs such as Ashby. The hiring team still interviews and makes the offer.

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Jooba

"The AI-native recruiting firm that runs your entire top-of-funnel." Jooba builds a custom AI sourcing agent for each open role. The agent searches candidates and sends outreach in the founder's name. Human "talent engineers" review and approve each pipeline before outreach. Jooba's team handles replies, scheduling, follow-ups and ATS updates. The client approves candidates in Slack and runs the interviews. It charges a flat monthly fee per role, not a placement fee. It claims "22hrs to first intro" and "52% faster to hire."

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Metaview

"Metaview is the Agentic Recruiting Platform built for radically efficient hiring, end to end." It began as an AI interview notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes interviews, and now sells agents for sourcing, application review, screening, outreach, job posts and reports. Its autonomous outbound agent, fillmore, sources candidates and books screening calls. Buyers are in-house talent teams; it does not sell an ATS or background checks.

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Pluto

"LinkedIn for agents." Pluto is a YC Summer 2026 talent network. A free AI voice agent calls or texts a professional for a 10-minute talk and builds a searchable profile. Companies tell Pluto who they want to meet; Pluto searches its network and the wider market, checks fit on both sides, confirms interest privately and makes a warm introduction. The hiring team still runs interviews and decides. No self-serve employer product or price is published.

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Serra

"The trades job board that lands you your first hire in under two weeks." Serra (YC S23) began as a general AI recruiter and now sells hiring for skilled trades such as diesel technicians, heavy-equipment mechanics, CDL drivers and field-service techs. The employer sends the role and jobsite. Serra matches and ranks candidates, reads every resume, contacts only people the employer approves and books interviews on the employer's calendar. The employer hires directly. Pricing starts at $10k a month with no placement fees.

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Torre

"The global job network." Employers post jobs for free. Its AI talent agent Emma "attracts professionals, engages them, helps them apply, screens them, filters them, runs tests, ranks them, checks references, presents them to you with detailed reports" and helps book interviews. The hiring team sets criteria, reviews the reports and runs the interviews. Paid headhunting and managed tiers add reach. An API and MCP allow automated recruiting. It claims "Up to 3x faster recruiting."

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Lantern AI

"AI Recruiting Platform for Connected Hiring," sold to enterprises. Agents share one hiring context across sourcing, application review, AI interviews with follow-up questions, meeting notes and analytics. They work beside the existing ATS. Humans set the hiring standard, review the evidence, approve changes to the bar and make the final decision. The vendor publishes no speed claims. It also sells a people-data product for AI agents.

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NauWork

"Meet your AI recruiting team." NauWork sells AI recruiting for tech and engineering teams, with semiconductor and chip companies such as Intel and SiFive among its logos. AI recruiters on its NauMatch platform search, match and screen candidates, and senior human recruiters review the shortlist before delivery. Employers pay a contingent fee per hire, a retainer, or for embedded recruiters. It is a search service, not self-serve software, and targets design and engineering roles rather than fab technicians.

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Noon

"Noon is an autonomous AI recruiting agent that sources, screens, and reaches out to qualified candidates." Built by Portal Inc. in New York and sold to in-house teams and agencies. Its agents search the web and the ATS, screen inbound applicants, check for fraud, contact candidates by email and SMS, book interviews, run first screening interviews and take notes. Recruiters set up roles, accept or reject ranked candidates and, in Noon's words, "focus on interviewing and hiring."

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Perfectly

"Fill roles in days, not months." An AI recruiting service for startups. After a 45-minute intake, its agent Paul sources candidates with a recommendation model. Paul sends personal outreach by LinkedIn, email and text and AI-screens the matches. Interview-ready candidates arrive in Slack, and approved ones book their own interviews. A forward-deployed human recruiter calibrates the role and the outreach tone. The client gives feedback and interviews. It claims "4x faster" fills than agencies.

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Prism

"Qualified talent leads. A lot faster." An AI-native recruiting agency. The client briefs Prism once. Prism opens the role and sources from its pre-screened pool, the client's network and ATS, and the open web. It screens candidates and sends one ranked, interview-ready shortlist. The client runs the interviews and makes offers. The site does not say which steps are automated and which are done by people. Pricing is a monthly retainer plus a fee on a signed offer.

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Standout

"Agentic hiring marketplace." Every candidate and every company gets an agent. A company enters its URL. The agent reads its team, stack and stage, searches LinkedIn and GitHub, and pre-screens inbound applicants. It sends warm intros to Slack with a note on fit and books a 30-minute call. It also sends follow-up and rejection emails. Candidates run a CLI ("npx standout") that assesses how they build. Candidates stay anonymous until they accept an intro. Companies pay only on success.

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