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Searchlight

Talent AI improving quality of hire

Y CombinatorWinter 2019AcquiredB2BRecruiting and TalentMachine LearningSaaSAI

What they do

Problem

Companies struggle to assess candidates accurately and make high-quality hiring decisions.

Solution

An AI-powered talent assessment and hiring platform that helps improve quality of hire.

Who it's for

Recruiting and HR teams at companies seeking to improve their hiring outcomes.

Founders

Anna Wang
Founder

Anna is the Co-Founder & CTO of Searchlight. Searchlight is a Series A company backed by top-tier VCs including Dan Levine (Accel) and Keith Rabois. Before Searchlight, Anna worked at Google, McKinsey, and Uber in product management, business consulting, and software engineering roles. She has a BS & MS from Stanford in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, where she was Class President and a lecturer in Ethics and Artificial Intelligence.

Kerry Wang
Founder (acquired)

Exited founder/ceo of Searchlight (W19, AI SaaS for recruiting, acquired by Multiverse). Built v1 as an engineer, then became the #1 salesperson. Love chatting about 0 to 1 for both product and sales, and the intersection between the two. SF-based, LA-original (the 626). Moved to the Bay for Stanford (MS Computer Science).

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