About the role
Hi, We are Asendia AI!
The global staffing industry is $600B+ and still runs on manual phone calls and gut feelings. We built an AI agent that screens, interviews, and scores candidates 24/7, live, in real time, at a fraction of the cost. Already running thousands of AI-powered screens for staffing agencies across the US and Europe. Clients place candidates within days of going live. We cut screening costs by 90%.
YC P25. Seed-stage. Years of runway. AI penetration in staffing is under 1%.
The Opportunity
US staffing agencies spend $20B+ annually on manual screening alone. Globally, it's multiples of that. There's no dominant AI platform yet, no "Salesforce of AI recruitment." The closest comps: Bullhorn ($4B+ valuation), HireVue ($100M+ revenue), Veritone (acquired $170M), all legacy platforms bolting on AI. We're AI-native from day one.
Asendia has a realistic path to becoming a $1B+ platform. Early equity here is how careers get transformed.
What You'll Own
You're not filling a role. You're building the product.
- Real-time voice systems: AI phone interviews with sub-300ms latency using FastAPI, WebSockets, and LLM orchestration.
- Candidate scoring pipelines: Turning messy voice conversations into structured, reliable scores.
- ATS integrations: Two-way syncs with Applicant Tracking Systems that enterprise clients depend on.
- Recruiter dashboards: React/Next.js interfaces where staffing teams manage workflows, analytics, and reports.
- : A framework where every client customizes their own AI screening workflows and voice personalities.
