| File:Company logo for Eightfold.png | |
| Company type | Private Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software as a Service |
| Founders | Ashutosh Garg, Varun Kacholia |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, CA , USA |
Key people | Ashutosh Garg (CEO, Co-Founder) Varun Kacholia (CTO, Co-Founder) Kamal Ahluwalia (President) York Poon (CPO) |
| Products | Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform |
| Website | www |
Eightfold.ai is a privately held technology company based in Mountain View, California. Eightfold offers a SaaS-based Talent Intelligence Platform, a system for talent management at mid-size and enterprise organizations based on artificial intelligence and machine learning that enables recruiters and hiring managers to improve talent acquisition and retention, enhance diversity and inclusion programs, and deliver personalized career sites.
History
edit[Ashutosh Garg] and Varun Kacholia founded Eightfold.ai in September 2016[1] after raising seed funding. Dr. Garg came to Eightfold after working on search and personalization at both Google and IBM Research. Mr. Kacholia previously worked on ranking at Google, search at YouTube, and the News Feed at Facebook. The two co-founders account for more than 6000 research citations and over 80 search and personalization patents[2][3].
The company most recently completed a Series B funding round for $18 million in April of 2018 led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Foundation Capital[4][5]. Eightfold launched the first version of its platform in March 2018[6][7].
External Links
edit- Corporate Website (www.eightfold.ai)
- Two Facebook and Google Geniuses Are Combining Search and AI to Transform HR, Jonathan Shieber, TechCrunch, April 2018
- Talent Intelligence Platform Eightfold.ai Raises $18 Million Series B, WSJ Venture Capital, April 17, 2018
- Eightfold.ai Lands $18M In Series B, Silicon Tap, April 18, 2018
- Term Sheet – Wednesday April 18, Fortune, Robert Hackett, April 18, 2018
- Former Google, Facebook Execs Launch AI Human Resources Firm to ‘Remove Human Bias', Tyler O’Neill, PJ Media, April 18, 2018
- Eightfold Launches New Platform and Announces $18 Million in Series B Funding, HR Technologist, April 20, 2018
- Eightfold uses AI to match job seekers with open positions, Kyle Wiggers, Venture Beat, November 2, 2018
- Meet the New Chief Human Resources Officer, Forbes, November 29, 2018
- A.I. as Talent Scout: Unorthodox Hires, and Maybe Lower Pay, Noam Scheiber, New York Times, December 6, 2018
- Solving the Talent Gap: Indian American-founded Eightfold AI Helping to Get Individuals Hired in Hard-to-Fill Positions, Giovanni Albenese, Jr., India West, March 4, 2019
References
edit- ^ Shieber, Jonathan. "Two Facebook and Google Geniuses Are Combining Search and AI to Transform AI". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Ashutosh Garg". Google Scholar.
- ^ "Varun Kacholia". Google Scholar.
- ^ "Talent Intelligence Platform Eightfold.ai Raises $18 Million Series B". WSJ Venture Capital. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ^ "Eightfold.ai Lands $18M in Series B". Silicon Tap. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "Eightfold Launches New Platform and Announces $18 Million in Series B Funding". HR Technologist. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ O’Neill, Tyler. "Former Google, Facebook Execs Launch AI Human Resources Firm to 'Remove Human Bias'". PJ Media. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
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