Landed
LANDED is an AI-driven hiring platform designed to revolutionize the recruitment process for restaurants and hospitality businesses. The platform aims to decrease manual work, streamline internal processes, reduce turnover, and increase both candidate quality and quantity. Key features include Generative AI for candidate sourcing, Customizable Vetting, and Intelligent Match to automatically provide the best candidates. LANDED also focuses on rapid engagement through text messaging, reducing ghosting, and improving candidate experience with AI-powered conversations. They boost application volume through job board and social media advertising, offer talent acquisition strategy, and provide hiring data reporting and analysis. The company is trusted by over 500 brands, including McDonald's, CAVA, Chick-fil-A, Starbucks, and Wendy's, and has been recognized in Gartner’s 2024 Hype Cycle for High-Volume Hiring & Generative AI.
Landed
LANDED is an AI-driven hiring platform designed to revolutionize the recruitment process for restaurants and hospitality businesses. The platform aims to decrease manual work, streamline internal processes, reduce turnover, and increase both candidate quality and quantity. Key features include Generative AI for candidate sourcing, Customizable Vetting, and Intelligent Match to automatically provide the best candidates. LANDED also focuses on rapid engagement through text messaging, reducing ghosting, and improving candidate experience with AI-powered conversations. They boost application volume through job board and social media advertising, offer talent acquisition strategy, and provide hiring data reporting and analysis. The company is trusted by over 500 brands, including McDonald's, CAVA, Chick-fil-A, Starbucks, and Wendy's, and has been recognized in Gartner’s 2024 Hype Cycle for High-Volume Hiring & Generative AI.
TL;DR
Product: AI-powered, end-to-end recruiting platform for restaurants, hospitality, and hourly/blue-collar hiring
Customers: Trusted by 500+ brands, with examples including McDonald's, CAVA, Chick-fil-A, Starbucks, and Wendy's
Marketplace scale: Company-reported worker marketplace ranging from 100K+ to 1.5M+ hourly workers
Funding: At least $8.4M raised across reported seed rounds (2021, 2022)
Company snapshot: Founded 2019; ~45 employees
Company Overview
Problem Domain
High-volume hourly hiring for restaurants, hospitality, and other blue-collar/hourly employers
Founded
2019
Industry
Recruiting software (hourly hiring)
Funding Track Record
$1.4M
Participation reported from Y Combinator, Palm Drive Capital, and angel investors.
$7M
Participation reported from Lightspeed Venture Partners and other investors/angels.
Investor Signal
“Backed by venture investors including Javelin Venture Partners and Blockchain Capital (co-leads), with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Palm Drive Capital, and additional strategic and angel backers (including Good Friends fund and ThinkFood Group founders).”