Overview
Karat builds the Interviewing Cloud, an always-on, scalable platform that combines human interviewers with technology to run predictive, fair, and enjoyable technical interviews around the clock. It uses a global network of Interview Engineers, market intelligence, and purpose-built interviewing infrastructure to expand the candidate pipeline, reduce pedigree bias, and improve access for underrepresented candidates. Competitively, Karat differentiates itself with a scalable, 24/7 Interviewing Cloud powered by its network and data-driven insights, aiming to provide consistent interview quality across customers. The company’s goal is to help enterprises increase hiring capacity, free up developers to focus on coding, and raise overall engineering quality so they can innovate and grow.
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What believers are saying
- October 2026 NextGen launch targets AI-era hiring, expanding product relevance for enterprise buyers.
- Karat's 2026 Harris Poll research says companies reinvest AI gains into engineering capacity.
- Workday integration and 16 open roles signal active productization and hiring momentum.
What critics are saying
- AI-native assessment vendors and internal ATS suites commoditize Karat's interviewing layer by 2027.
- The 2023 47-person layoff exposes dependence on enterprise budget discipline and growth funding.
- If customers automate technical screening in-house, Karat's core interviewing service loses strategic necessity.
What makes Karat unique
- Karat's 600,000+ interviews create proprietary benchmarking data competitors cannot replicate quickly.
- NextGen pairs live interviewers with AI assistants, matching how engineers now work.
- Byteboard and Triplebyte acquisitions extend Karat from interviews into top-of-funnel assessment.
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