# Spark Hire AI recruiting features, agents and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/spark-hire/
Updated: 2026-10-28
First published: 2026-10-28
Company: Spark Hire (https://www.comeet.com/)
Category: Applicant tracking systems
Map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/

> The map puts Spark Hire in applicant tracking systems, from its own headline, "Finally, an ATS that hiring managers love to use" [1]. Its core hiring stages are Screen and Interview [2]. Since May 2025 the map dates 6 events for Spark Hire, 6 of them product launches [2]. The latest launch is "Recruit MCP connection in beta" (beta), dated Oct. 12, 2026 [3].

## Spark Hire at a glance

|  | Spark Hire |
| --- | --- |
| Category | Applicant tracking systems [1] |
| Core stages | Screen and Interview [2] |
| Partial stages | Source [2] |
| AI capabilities sold | AI assessments, Assistant, Job posts and ads, Screening and ranking, MCP and agent APIs, Interview notes, AI outreach, Rediscovery, Scheduling, AI sourcing [2] |
| Agent or always-on launches since May 2025 | 0 [2] |
| Scale | Tier 2, established. Part of Spark Hire, which reported 7,000+ customers; Comeet had nearly 800 customers at the 2023 merger. [2] |
| Price on record | Published, billed annually: Recruit Pro from $335/month (up to 200 employees), Recruit Growth from $499/month (up to 500), Enterprise custom. [2] |
| Site | https://www.comeet.com/ |

## What Spark Hire sells

"Finally, an ATS that hiring managers love to use." Comeet, a collaborative ATS, joined Chicago-based Spark Hire in June 2023 and is now sold as Spark Hire Recruit to lean, globally distributed hiring teams. Spark Hire AI reviews and ranks resumes, writes job descriptions, drafts interview questions and scorecards, takes interview notes (add-on), scores one-way video interviews and suggests candidate follow-ups. A Recruit MCP connection is in beta. [1][2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

**Its AI.** Spark Hire AI in Recruit reviews and prioritizes resumes, drafts job descriptions, interview questions and scorecards, searches and rediscovers candidates, summarizes evaluations and suggests follow-up messages; AI Video Review scores one-way video interviews and feeds the ATS; an AI Notetaker is an add-on; MCP access for ChatGPT and Claude is in beta. [2]

The AI capabilities it sells today, as the map reads its site: AI assessments, assistant, job posts and ads, screening and ranking, MCP and agent APIs, interview notes, AI outreach, rediscovery, scheduling and AI sourcing [2].

## Where Spark Hire fits in hiring

Core means the product is built on that stage of hiring. Partial means the stage is there but secondary. Not found means the map did not find it on Spark Hire's own site.

| Stage | Spark Hire | What the stage covers |
|---|---|---|
| Source | Partial | Find and attract candidates: sourcing, job ads, career sites, CRM, outreach. |
| Screen | Core | Decide who moves on: resume review, matching, chat screening, AI interviews, assessments. |
| Interview | Core | Run the interviews: scheduling, interview intelligence, notes, scorecards. |
| Hire | Not found | Close and start: offers, background checks, onboarding, compliance, HR records. |
| Report | Not found | Report on hiring and the workforce: recruiting analytics, people analytics, workforce planning. |

## Every dated event since May 2025

The map dates 6 events for Spark Hire, newest first [2]. Each links to the page that prints its date.

- **Oct. 12, 2026.** Recruit MCP connection in beta. "Spark Hire Recruit now supports a secure MCP connection" so teams can query live candidate, position and pipeline data from ChatGPT and Claude, with role-based access. Assistive, beta. [3]
- **Sept. 25, 2026.** Spark Hire AI Notetaker gets consent controls. AI Notetaker (beta) adds candidate consent requests, manual add or remove, and transcript downloads. Assistive, beta. [3]
- **Sept. 14, 2026.** AI-suggested candidate follow-ups. In Recruit, "Spark Hire AI suggests a follow-up message that you can enable with a click" to re-engage candidates who have not answered invites. Assistive, live. [3]
- **Sept. 14, 2026.** Spark Hire AI suggests assessment competencies. Predictive Behavioral Assessment: the AI Assistant suggests a behavioral profile from the job description. Assistive, live. [3]
- **Aug. 11, 2026.** Spark Hire adds role-aligned AI ratings. AI Video Review now uses the job description, scorecard and questions "to generate role-specific ratings and takeaways" for one-way video answers (beta). Assistive, beta. [3]
- **Aug. 7, 2025.** AI Video Review scores one-way video interviews. Spark Hire launched AI Video Review, which "scores candidates' one-way video interview submissions against several key factors"; its insights "are fed back into the ATS." Assistive, live. [15]

## Scale and ownership

The map puts Spark Hire in scale tier 2, established. Its basis is this: Part of Spark Hire, which reported 7,000+ customers; Comeet had nearly 800 customers at the 2023 merger. [2]

Spark Hire is owned by Spark Hire (backed by private equity firm Boathouse Capital) [2].

## On the map

Spark Hire is one of 35 companies in applicant tracking systems on [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-spark-hire) [2]. [The company profiles](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/) list every company on the map with a profile.

Alternatives: [Spark Hire alternatives](https://www.newsprint.com/alternatives/spark-hire/).

## What this profile does not cover

### Hire not found on its site

The map did not find a product for the Hire stage on Spark Hire's own site. The map defines that stage this way: Close and start: offers, background checks, onboarding, compliance, HR records.

### Report not found on its site

The map did not find a product for the Report stage on Spark Hire's own site. The map defines that stage this way: Report on hiring and the workforce: recruiting analytics, people analytics, workforce planning.

### Not flagged for hourly, technical or compliance-heavy hiring

The map flags a company for hourly, technical or compliance-heavy hiring only when its own pages say so. Spark Hire's pages did not, as the map read them.

### Events before May 2025

The map dates events from May 2025 on. Earlier launches and deals are not on this page.

### We did not test the product

This profile is built from Spark Hire's own pages and dated announcements, as recorded on the map. We did not use or test the product.

## Questions people ask

### What does Spark Hire sell?

The map puts Spark Hire in applicant tracking systems [1]. "Finally, an ATS that hiring managers love to use." Comeet, a collaborative ATS, joined Chicago-based Spark Hire in June 2023 and is now sold as Spark Hire Recruit to lean, globally distributed hiring teams. [2]

### Has Spark Hire launched an AI agent?

Not on the map's record. None of its 6 dated product launches since May 2025 is labelled agent or always-on [2].

### How big is Spark Hire?

The map puts Spark Hire in scale tier 2, established. Part of Spark Hire, which reported 7,000+ customers; Comeet had nearly 800 customers at the 2023 merger. [2]

### Does Spark Hire publish its prices?

Yes, at least in part, as the map records it. Its price note: Published, billed annually: Recruit Pro from $335/month (up to 200 employees), Recruit Growth from $499/month (up to 500), Enterprise custom. [2]

### Which companies are comparable to Spark Hire?

On the map, other companies in applicant tracking systems with profiles include iCIMS, Greenhouse and Ashby. Side-by-side pages: https://www.newsprint.com/alternatives/spark-hire/.

## Sources

1. [comeet.com](https://www.comeet.com/). comeet.com. Read 2026-10-28.
2. [Spark Hire on the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-spark-hire). Newsprint. Read 2026-10-28.
3. [Spark Hire adds role-aligned AI ratings](https://sparkhire.canny.io/changelog). Vendor changelog. Read 2026-10-28.
4. [sparkhire.com/applicant-tracking-system](https://www.sparkhire.com/applicant-tracking-system/). sparkhire.com. Read 2026-10-28.
5. [sparkhire.com/news/spark-hire-and-comeet-merger](https://sparkhire.com/news/spark-hire-and-comeet-merger). sparkhire.com. Read 2026-10-28.
6. [sparkhire.com/news](https://www.sparkhire.com/news/). sparkhire.com. Read 2026-10-28.
7. [sparkhire.canny.io/changelog/your-ai-tools-connected-to-recruit-via-mcp](https://sparkhire.canny.io/changelog/your-ai-tools-connected-to-recruit-via-mcp). sparkhire.canny.io. Read 2026-10-28.
8. [sparkhire.canny.io/changelog/automate-follow-ups-with-spark-hire-ai](https://sparkhire.canny.io/changelog/automate-follow-ups-with-spark-hire-ai). sparkhire.canny.io. Read 2026-10-28.
9. [sparkhire.com](https://www.sparkhire.com/). sparkhire.com. Read 2026-10-28.
10. [sparkhire.com/ai](https://www.sparkhire.com/ai). sparkhire.com. Read 2026-10-28.
11. [sparkhire.com/pricing](https://www.sparkhire.com/pricing/). sparkhire.com. Read 2026-10-28.
12. [sparkhire.com/about](https://www.sparkhire.com/about/). sparkhire.com. Read 2026-10-28.
13. [sparkhire.canny.io/changelog/prioritize-candidates-with-role-aligned-ai-ratings-and-tak...](https://sparkhire.canny.io/changelog/prioritize-candidates-with-role-aligned-ai-ratings-and-takeaways). sparkhire.canny.io. Read 2026-10-28.
14. [sparkhire.canny.io/changelog/ai-notetaker-enhancements](https://sparkhire.canny.io/changelog/ai-notetaker-enhancements). sparkhire.canny.io. Read 2026-10-28.
15. [AI Video Review scores one-way video interviews](https://www.sparkhire.com/news/ai-video-review/). Vendor blog. Read 2026-10-28.

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