candidate fyi

candidate fyi

Automates interview scheduling across ATS integrations

Overview

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It provides an AI-powered scheduling and candidate experience platform for recruitment, automating interview coordination and candidate communications for recruiting teams. Its main product is a personalized candidate portal that connects with 40+ ATS and calendar tools to automate interview scheduling and give real-time status updates. It differentiates itself with broad ATS integrations and a focused scheduling portal that reduces manual work and miscommunications. Its goal is to shorten hiring timelines, cut resource waste in recruiting, and improve overall recruitment quality by making scheduling and communication easier and more reliable.

About candidate fyi

Simplify's Rating
Why candidate fyi is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$1.3M

Headquarters

Hempstead, New York

Founded

2022

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What believers are saying

  • Customer stories show Yext, Synthesia, Automattic, Bally's, and Intercom using the platform.
  • Candidate.fyi claims 257,946 scheduling events in 2025 and 82% unsupervised resolution.
  • Updated 2026 pages show expanding integrations and enterprise traction across security-sensitive employers.

What critics are saying

  • Workday's October 2025 Paradox acquisition raises competitive pressure from a deeper enterprise suite.
  • SelectSoftwareReviews cites about $30,000 yearly for 1,000-employee customers, slowing mid-market adoption.
  • Heavy reliance on recruiting coordination creates existential vulnerability if ATS vendors copy scheduling workflows.

What makes candidate fyi unique

  • ATS-agnostic scheduling across Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, and Oracle Recruiting Cloud.
  • Candidate portal centralizes interview prep, scheduling, status updates, and feedback for enterprise hiring.
  • fyi automates 80%+ of scheduling requests without human intervention, reducing coordination toil.

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Funding

Total Funding

$1.3M

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Industry Average

Funded Over

1 Rounds

Seed funding is usually the first official round after pre-seed, when a startup has a prototype or concept. It’s typically used to develop the product, test the market, and start building the team. Investors here are often angel investors or early-stage venture capitalists.
Seed Funding Comparison
Below Average

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Headcount

6 month growth

↓ -2%

1 year growth

↑ 0%

2 year growth

↑ 0%
Newsworthy AI
Oct 10th, 2023
candidate.fyi Offers SaaS Solution Designed to Transform the Candidate Experience

Software Provides All-in-One Candidate Engagement Platform for Thorough Transparency during the interview process.

AlleyWatch
Oct 9th, 2023
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 10/9/2023

candidate.fyi, a candidate engagement platform to make the interview process more seamless, has raised $1.3M in Pre-Seed funding led by SuperAngel.Fund.

Business Insider
Oct 7th, 2023
A Googler who quit amid mass layoffs says hiring is 'broken.' Check out the pitch deck he used to secure $1.3 million for his startup Candidate.fyi.

Connors said the broader layoffs spree influenced his and his brother's decision to form a startup "earlier than expected."

Business Insider
Oct 7th, 2023
A Googler who quit amid mass layoffs says hiring is 'broken.' Check out the pitch deck he used to secure $1.3 million for his startup Candidate.fyi.

check out the pitch deck he used to secure $1.3 million for his startup candidate.fyi.

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