DENVER, March 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Employ, the market-leading intelligent hiring platform and driving force behind JazzHR, Lever, and Jobvite, just supercharged hiring for its 23,000 customers with the acquisition of Pillar, a transformative AI interview intelligence platform.Employ is at the forefront of AI-powered innovation— “AI is not just a feature at Employ, it's in our DNA,” said Dara Brenner, Chief Product Officer at Employ. “AI is fundamental and core to driving efficiency in the hiring process, so much so that we wanted to own the interview intelligence roadmap to drive future developments that meet the needs of our customers. We don't see AI as a bolt-on; we believe it’s critical to have greater control of natively embedded capabilities to drive efficiencies throughout the entire workflow. With Pillar, customers can continue to harness the power of AI directly in their hiring workflows and finally ditch the guesswork.”Employ isn’t just leading the smarter hiring charge—it’s defining it. With intelligent and responsible AI, Employ is setting the gold standard for hiring that is not only faster and smarter but also fair and transparent. The future of talent acquisition isn’t just coming—it’s here, and Employ is rewriting the ‘hire smarter’ playbook with AI that’s both powerful and principled.Smarter

– USA, CA – Lever, a software company powering recruiting for more than 700 fast-growing companies around the world including Netflix, Lyft, Eventbrite and Shopify, has secured $20 million in Series B financing. Scale Venture Partners led the round with participation from existing Lever investors Matrix Partners and Index Ventures, as well as new investors Correlation Ventures and a syndicate led by Naval Ravikant, CEO and co-founder of AngelList. Lever will use the new funding to fuel product development, sales and marketing. Lever has raised $32.8 million to date.