Hirebound
AI/SaaS
HRTech
Investing Stage & Year
Seed, 2026
Seed, 2026
Founding Year
2024
Status
Active
AI/SaaS
HRTech
AI/SaaS

The Execution Layer for Recruiting

HireBound deploys autonomous sourcing, screening, and evaluation agents that engage candidates over voice and chat end-to-end. It's building the execution layer recruiting has been missing β€” the default infrastructure for modern, high-velocity hiring.

Leadership

Kumar Vikramaditya
Kumar Vikramaditya
CTO
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Sharad Vij
Sharad Vij
CEO
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Why Did Kalaari Invest in Hirebound?

HireBound is being built by founders who have lived both sides of the problem: HRTech domain depth and AI-first product execution.HireBound has started with the India–US staffing corridor, where speed and volume make automation ROI immediate. The company Β has powered over 3 million candidate conversations and is trained on 2M+ resumes and 30,000+ job openings

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What the

founder says

What the

founder says

We were looking for investors who didn’t just see recruiting as a software category, but as an execution layer ready to be transformed by AI. Kalaari immediately understood that HireBound isn’t just automating workflows β€” we’re fundamentally redefining how hiring gets done.
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Sharad Vij
Co-founder and CEO
Kalaari’s conviction showed early β€” not just in the idea, but in the details. Vani flew to Mumbai to see our backend firsthand. That level of curiosity and belief from an investor is rare.
Gaurav Singh Kushwaha
Founder & CEO, BlueStone
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