
BrightHire is the first hiring excellence platform, transforming how the world's fastest-growing companies scale. Our powerful AI helps streamline the hiring process, making everything from job scoping to interviewing to onboarding faster, more equitable, and more human – ensuring a higher quality of hire and a better experience for the candidate.

BrightHire is the first hiring excellence platform, transforming how the world's fastest-growing companies scale. Our powerful AI helps streamline the hiring process, making everything from job scoping to interviewing to onboarding faster, more equitable, and more human – ensuring a higher quality of hire and a better experience for the candidate.
What they do: Interview-intelligence platform that captures and analyzes hiring conversations with AI copilots and screening tools
Founded: 2019
Founders: Ben Sesser and Teddy Chestnut
Recent funding: Series A $12.5M led by Index Ventures (May 2021)
Security: SOC 2 Type II certified
Hiring / talent acquisition — improving interview quality, efficiency, and fairness.
2019
HR technology / recruiting software
$12.5M
Round included participation from Next Play Ventures, Flybridge Capital, and Ground Up Ventures.
$20.5M
Round included participation from Index Ventures and Zoom Apps Fund.
$3M
Early round announced when emerging from stealth; included multiple angel/advisors.