
Tengai AB offers an automated recruitment screening solution that uses an AI avatar to conduct structured interviews, generating validated competency data for unbiased, data-driven hiring decisions. The platform automates CV screening, phone interviews, and administration, significantly speeding up recruitment while improving candidate quality and compliance with GDPR and ethical AI principles. Tengai's technology is validated by psychometric experts and designed to reduce unconscious bias, providing recruiters with scientific shortlists to select the best candidates efficiently. The company originated from TNG, a Swedish recruitment firm, and collaborates with Furhat Robotics for its conversational AI platform. Tengai serves clients across sectors including recruitment agencies, public sector, hospitality, retail, and logistics, aiming to create a fair, inclusive, and sustainable labor market.

Tengai AB offers an automated recruitment screening solution that uses an AI avatar to conduct structured interviews, generating validated competency data for unbiased, data-driven hiring decisions. The platform automates CV screening, phone interviews, and administration, significantly speeding up recruitment while improving candidate quality and compliance with GDPR and ethical AI principles. Tengai's technology is validated by psychometric experts and designed to reduce unconscious bias, providing recruiters with scientific shortlists to select the best candidates efficiently. The company originated from TNG, a Swedish recruitment firm, and collaborates with Furhat Robotics for its conversational AI platform. Tengai serves clients across sectors including recruitment agencies, public sector, hospitality, retail, and logistics, aiming to create a fair, inclusive, and sustainable labor market.
Product: Automated AI-avatar screening and structured early-stage interviews
Founded / Origins: Incorporated 2019 (originated 2017 within TNG/TNGx)
Founder & CEO: Elin Öberg Mårtenzon
Funding: Total reported: USD 2650000.00 (last recorded: 2020-06-01, Seed)
Employees: 9
Conversational AI avatar interviews, psychometric assessments (Big Five), GDPR/ethical AI
HR technology — recruitment screening and early-stage candidate assessment focused on reducing bias and improving shortlist quality.
2019
HR tech
USD 2650000.00