Contrario

AI hiring platform powered by expert recruiters

Y CombinatorWinter 2025ActiveB2BRecruiting and TalentArtificial IntelligenceSaaSRecruiting

What they do

Problem

Companies struggle to hire top talent quickly and reliably in an increasingly competitive, speed-driven recruiting market.

Solution

An AI-powered recruiting platform that combines a network of expert recruiters with vertical AI agents purpose-built for hiring to source, evaluate, and place candidates.

Who it's for

Fast-growing companies and hiring teams that need to scale recruiting and make high-quality hires quickly.

Founders

Arya Marwaha

Founder & CEO

Founder & CEO at Contrario. Stanford BS (left MS early). Previously built an edtech startup to six-figure ARR, worked in product dev at BCG, and conducted research at Stanford HCI.

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Aditya Sood

Founder

Founder & CTO at Contrario. Stanford AI student turned dropout. Led NLP at NASA, published AI research in defense tech, researcher at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) x Anthropic lab.