Outship
Hire amazing engineers by seeing how they use AI
Y CombinatorWinter 2025ActiveB2BRecruiting and TalentArtificial IntelligenceB2BRecruiting
What they do
Problem
Traditional software engineering hiring processes fail to measure how candidates effectively use AI tools and their real engineering process, leading to poor hiring decisions.
Solution
A recruiting platform that provides cloud coding workspaces and captures/analyzes candidates’ AI-assisted development workflows alongside final code for evaluation.
Who it's for
Engineering teams and recruiters at companies hiring software engineers.
Founders
Saner Cakir
Founder & CEO
now: outship.ai – hire amazing engineers by seeing how they use AI before: robot learning at Berkeley AI Research
Kayla Lee
Founder & COO
now: outship.ai – hire amazing engineers by seeing how they use AI before: nlp at Berkeley AI Research
Company timeline
- Founded2025
- YC batchWinter 2025
- StatusActive
- Team size3 people
- LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
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