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Humanly

AI-driven recruitment platform automating screening

Overview

Humanly provides an AI platform that automates the initial stages of the hiring process, such as candidate screening and interview scheduling. The platform uses an embeddable, multi-language chatbot that interacts with applicants on job boards and social media to qualify candidates and book meetings automatically. Unlike traditional recruitment tools, Humanly focuses on saving recruiters up to 60 hours per position while maintaining a high candidate satisfaction score through responsive, automated communication. The company's goal is to increase hiring efficiency and improve the candidate experience by removing administrative burdens from HR teams.

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About Humanly

Simplify's Rating
Why Humanly is rated
B+
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated A on Growth Potential
Rated B on Differentiation

Industries

Data & AnalyticsEnterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$49.2M

Headquarters

Kirkland, Washington

Founded

2019

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Humanly raised $25 million in April 2026, signaling investor conviction and fresh runway.
  • Revenue grew 3.9x over seven months, while customer count exceeded 120.
  • SEEK-backed expansion into pay-per-hire and service-as-software opens larger contract values.

What critics are saying

  • Paradox, hireEZ, and newer agentic platforms attack Humanly's screening niche with broader automation.
  • Humanly's quote-only pricing and per-candidate economics invite switching when volumes fall.
  • Outcome-led staffing positioning creates execution risk if hires disappoint before the 2027 budgeting cycle.

What makes Humanly unique

  • Humanly combines screening, scheduling, interviewing, and post-hire engagement in one workflow.
  • Microsoft uses Humanly's AI avatar coach for neurodiversity interview practice in 2026.
  • Its structured interviewing targets hourly hiring, where consistency beats generic ATS features.

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Funding

Total Funding

$49.2M

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

6 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Series B funding is typically for startups that have proven their business model and need more funding to expand rapidly—often by entering new markets or adding more products. Investors are usually venture capital firms that specialize in later-stage investments.
Series B Funding Comparison
Below Average

Industry standards

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Parental Leave
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Wellness Program
  • Professional Development Budget
  • Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

6%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

0%
The Next Web
Oct 14th, 2026
Humanly acquires CareerArc, adding recruitment marketing to its AI hiring tools.

Humanly acquires CareerArc, adding recruitment marketing to its AI hiring tools. It is the fifth acquisition in two years, no price was disclosed, and the category is one European law treats as high-risk October 14, 2026 - 3:01 pm Humanly has acquired recruitment marketing company CareerArc, its fifth acquisition since 2025, with no price disclosed. The AI hiring tools it is consolidating fall into the EU AI Act's high-risk employment category, whose duties were delayed to December 2027. Humanly has bought CareerArc, its fifth acquisition in two years. No price was disclosed, and the buyer employs 50 people. The deal pairs Humanly's automated chat, screening and interview tools with CareerArc's social recruiting software and interactive career-site maps, GeekWire reported. Humanly is based in Bellevue, Washington, and was founded in 2018. CareerArc dates to 2009 and sits in Burbank, California. Nine of CareerArc's 13 staff are joining. Humanly bought Sprockets, Qualifi and HourWork in 2025, and the employee engagement platform Anthill earlier this year. It has raised $52M in total, including $25M in April, and counts Microsoft, Domino's and MGM Resorts among more than 120 customers. What it is assembling is a category European law treats separately. Annex III of the AI Act makes AI used for recruitment and selection high-risk, including screening applications and evaluating candidates. Those duties were pushed to December 2027 by the Omnibus, from August this year, alongside six other categories. One obligation did not move. The AI Act's transparency rules took effect on 2 August and apply whether or not a system is high-risk, which reaches candidate-facing chat of the kind Humanly sells. European employers are the most reluctant buyers. A Morgan McKinley survey found more than half of UK employers do not use AI to hire, against 36% across seven markets. Candidates are warier still. Some 23% said being assessed by AI would make them far less likely to apply, rising to 28% in the UK, and only 5% would accept a decision made by AI alone. Another 44% would accept one with a human involved. London has its own entry. Ethos raised $22.75M from Andreessen Horowitz to match experts to work, and lists possible high-risk classification under the AI Act among its own risks. The consolidation logic is volume. Humanly sells to high-volume employers, and a quarter of employers in the same survey said rising application numbers are slowing their screening. Generative AI is part of why, with 78% of jobseekers in that survey using it to look for work. What the deal does not come with is a number. There is no price, no revenue figure, and nothing on how many of the five acquired products survive as products. Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week.

GeekWire
Oct 14th, 2026
Humanly acquires CareerArc to connect recruitment marketing with AI hiring

The deal announced Wednesday brings together Humanly's automated chat and interview systems with CareerArc's social media recruiting and career-site mapping platforms.

Humanly
May 26th, 2026
Humanly raises $25M Series B to transform frontline hiring.

Humanly raises $25M Series B to transform frontline hiring. on May 26, 2026 4 min. read Today marks an exciting milestone for Humanly. Humanly HR Inc. is proud to announce that Humanly has raised a $25 million Series B led by SEEK Investments, with new strategic participation from MassMutual Catalyst Fund and follow-on capital from existing investors Drive Capital and Zeal Capital Partners in continued support of the company's future growth. This funding will help Humanly HR Inc. accelerate its mission: helping companies hire faster, retain talent, and stay fully staffed through AI-powered hiring infrastructure designed specifically for frontline, hourly, and high-volume recruiting. Hiring has become a speed problem. Across industries like healthcare, retail, logistics, hospitality, and customer support, hiring teams are under constant pressure to fill roles quickly while maintaining a strong candidate experience. But most recruiting systems were never built for the realities of high-volume hiring. Recruiters are overwhelmed with repetitive work. Candidates are left waiting days for responses. Qualified applicants drop out before interviews even happen. And companies struggle to maintain the staffing levels needed to operate effectively. The result is a hiring process that is too slow, too manual, and increasingly difficult to scale. Humanly HR Inc. believe AI changes that. Building AI infrastructure for hiring. At Humanly, Humanly HR Inc. is building AI hiring infrastructure that helps companies engage every applicant, qualify candidates efficiently, and move people through the hiring process faster. Its platform combines: * AI Recruiter to engage, screen, and schedule candidates 24/7 * AI Interviewer to conduct structured interviews at scale * CRM capabilities to build talent pools and re-engage candidates through SMS and email * ATS workflows to manage pipelines, hiring decisions, and recruiter operations in one system Today, Humanly engages more than 250,000 candidates each month and has conducted over five million interviews. Across its customers, teams are seeing: * Up to 8x faster time-to-hire * 20+ hours saved per recruiter every week * Candidate experience scores averaging 4.8 out of 5 * Up to 82% improvement in 90-day retention rates Humanly's structured interviewing approach also helps companies create more consistent candidate evaluations, contributing to stronger retention outcomes over time. Most importantly, companies can maintain stronger staffing levels while providing candidates with a faster, more responsive hiring experience. From software to hiring outcomes. Recruiting teams don't want more disconnected tools. They want systems that actually help them hire. That shift is shaping how Humanly HR Inc. think about the future of Humanly. Humanly HR Inc. is expanding beyond automation software toward a service-as-software model where hiring outcomes are delivered, not just enabled. That means helping customers maintain a reliable flow of qualified candidates through continuous engagement, structured evaluation, and intelligent automation throughout the hiring lifecycle. Humanly HR Inc. is also evolving its pricing models to align more directly with customer outcomes through options like pay-per-candidate and pay-per-hire. What comes next. This new funding will help Humanly HR Inc. continue investing in: * conversational AI across chat, phone, and video * candidate engagement and re-engagement * end-to-end hiring infrastructure * workforce retention and staffing outcomes * scalable automation for frontline and hourly hiring Humanly HR Inc. is incredibly grateful to its customers, partners, investors, and team for helping Humanly HR Inc. reach this point. Hiring is one of the most important operational challenges businesses face today, and Humanly HR Inc. believe AI will fundamentally reshape how companies build and retain their workforce. Humanly HR Inc. is just getting started. On this page

Humanly
Apr 17th, 2026
All-in-One AI Recruiting Platform & Talent CRM

Humanly's AI Recruiter and Talent CRM engage, screen, schedule, and interview candidates—automating high-volume hiring so teams hire up to 8x faster.

GeekWire
Apr 14th, 2026
Humanly acquires Anthill to add post-hire engagement to AI hiring platform

Humanly, an AI-powered hiring startup, has acquired Anthill to expand its capabilities beyond recruitment into employee engagement. The acquisition adds post-hire engagement features to Humanly's existing platform, which helps organisations attract, screen and interview job candidates. The deal marks Humanly's expansion from purely recruitment-focused AI tools into broader workforce management. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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