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AI recruiter conducts thousands of interviews daily. Alex raised $17M Series A led by Peak XV Partners. The YC startup automates initial job screening through voice AI, serving Fortune 100 companies, financial institutions, and restaurant chains. Key metrics: • Thousands of interviews conducted daily • Fortune 100 clients including Big 4 accounting firms • $3M seed → $17M Series A in 18 months • Peak XV Partners led with YC participation How it happened: • Aaron Wang (ex-Facebook, quant background) identified recruiter bottleneck • Built voice AI for autonomous video/phone screening • Targeted enterprise clients with compliance needs • Leveraged YC network for customer acquisition • Proved daily volume at scale before Series A • CHROs from Fortune 500 companies joined funding round Takeaway: Automate the grunt work, not the relationship building. Source: TechCrunch Brewed by Startup Beaker.