Karat vs Alex
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Seattle technical interviewing platform at $1.1B valuation from $248M total ($110M Salesforce Ventures/Serena Williams Series C 2022); acquired Triplebyte assessment tech Mar 2023, competing with HackerRank for enterprise engineering interview outsourcing.
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Karat is a Seattle, Washington-based technical interviewing platform — backed with $248 million in total funding including a $110 million Series C in April 2022 led by Salesforce Ventures and Serena Williams at a $1.1 billion valuation — providing enterprise technology companies and growth-stage startups with an outsourced technical interview service that deploys a global network of expert interview engineers (experienced software engineers who conduct interviews as a service) to conduct first-round technical interviews at scale, reducing time-to-hire and expanding diverse talent pipelines through standardized, bias-reduced interview methodology. Serving major tech companies, Karat acquired Triplebyte's adaptive assessment technology in March 2023, adding automated skills verification capabilities to its expert-led interview service.
AI recruiting platform automating candidate screening via phone and video interviews; $20M raised with 80% screening time reduction serving Fortune 100 financial and Big Four accounting firms.
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Alex (by Alex Recruiting) is an AI-powered candidate screening platform that conducts automated phone and video interviews for enterprise recruiting teams — using conversational AI to screen thousands of applicants simultaneously, detect interview fraud and candidate identity verification issues, and deliver structured evaluation data to recruiters, reducing the time-to-screen from weeks to hours. Founded by Aaron Wang in San Francisco, Alex has raised $20 million including a $17 million Series A led by Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India/SEA), serving Fortune 100 customers including major financial institutions and Big Four accounting firms.
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