Simplify is building the AI-enabled infrastructure to power the next generation of hiring – reimagining how people discover and secure their next career opportunity. We believe that everyone deserves an all-star talent agent helping them plan, manage, and accomplish their career goals, no matter their background, location, or education. Through our flagship product, Copilot, we've helped over 1M+ job seekers discover and apply to over 100 million jobs - and we've done this with a tight-knit team of just 7 people. We're rapidly expanding on both the candidate and recruiter fronts, focused on our vision of building a common app and personal AI agent for your career. Backed by top-tier investors including Craft and YCombinator, we're a mission-driven team working to democratize the job search and disrupt the way hiring works today.
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$3.2M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2020
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o15 Capital Partners, through its o15 Emerging America Credit Opportunities fund, has announced a $28 million senior secured debt investment in Simplify Compliance Holdings, a portfolio company of Leeds Equity Partners.
Job searching is a drag by any measure. Entering the same information into applications over and over even more so. It feels like a process that is ripe for a digital update, and Simplify, an early stage startup is trying to do that by combining questionnaires, job scraping, job matching, auto filling applications and help with answering text-based questions in one program.Today, the W21 YC grads are announcing a $3 million seed as they continue to work with applicants and employers to try and build a business model around the idea.Company CEO and co-founder Michael Yan says it’s long overdue that we start applying for jobs more intelligently than we typically do today. “People are spending dozens of hours scrolling through job boards, finding opportunities, and often submitting hundreds of repetitive applications. So what are we doing? At Simplify we’re building what we like to call ‘an always on AI career agent,’” Yan told TechCrunch.He likens it to a Hollywood agent, who understands your career, your background and skills and your salary requirements and helps you find the right match. You can take a quiz to help the algorithms understand your skill set
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Millions of college students struggle to land their first job, and companies struggle to hire the right junior candidate, leading to the multi-billion dollar recruiting industry in need of better technology. Simplify allows applicants to seamlessly apply to multiple job openings at once.