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    BrightHire

    BrightHire provides AI built for exceptional hiring, transforming hiring quality and efficiency with AI copilots and agents that elevate every search, interview, and decision.

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    At a Glance

    1Tool Listed
    5Products
    34Tool Views
    8Capabilities
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    New York, NYHeadquarters
    2019Est.
    57Employees
    $39MRaised
    Focus Areas
    AI Recruiting
    Conversational Agents
    Workflow Automation
    Connect
    Latest News
    Zoom acquires BrightHire to expand AI-powered hiring capabilitiesNov 13, 2025
    Harvard Business Review: Job Interviews Aren't Evaluating the Right SkillsAug 1, 2025
    Markets
    • Enterprise
    • High-growth startups
    • Talent Acquisition teams

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    BrightHire

    AI Interview Intelligence Platform

    AI RecruitingConversational AIWorkflow Automation

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    Latest News

    11/13/2025

    Zoom acquires BrightHire to expand AI-powered hiring capabilities

    zoom.com
    08/01/2025

    Harvard Business Review: Job Interviews Aren't Evaluating the Right Skills

    hbr.org
    01/01/2024

    BrightHire launches BrightHire Screen: The AI Interviewer

    brighthire.com
    04/08/2025

    CNBC: Fake job seekers use AI to interview for remote jobs

    cnbc.com

    Products & Services

    5
    Plan

    AI-assisted creation of inclusive job descriptions and structured interview plans.

    Screen
    2024

    BrightHire Screen is an AI interviewer that conducts automated, two-way first-round interviews.

    Interview

    Provides real-time interview guidance, recording, transcription, and AI-generated notes.

    Decide

    AI-powered candidate summaries and decision-support tools to evaluate candidate performance.

    Market Position

    A pioneer in the 'Interview Intelligence' category, BrightHire differentiates itself through responsible AI, seamless ATS integrations, and a focus on removing bias while improving recruiter productivity.

    Leadership

    Founders

    BS

    Ben Sesser

    Co-founder & CEO. Previously at Enigma Technologies and attended Cornell University. Childhood friend of co-founder Teddy Chestnut.

    TC

    Teddy Chestnut

    Co-founder & COO. Previously Senior Manager of Insights at LinkedIn, and held roles at Activate Networks, Garten Rothkopf, and CEB (Corporate Executive Board).

    Executive Team

    BS

    Ben Sesser

    Co-founder & CEO

    Previously at Enigma Technologies; leads BrightHire's vision and strategy.

    TC

    Teddy Chestnut

    Co-founder & COO

    Former LinkedIn Insights leader with deep expertise in people analytics.

    Board of Directors

    AG
    Adam Grant
    Advisor; Wharton Professor and Author
    JF
    Jan Fiegel
    Board Member
    RD
    Rosanna Durruthy
    Advisor; VP of Global Diversity at LinkedIn

    Founding Story

    BrightHire was founded in 2019 by childhood friends Ben Sesser and Teddy Chestnut. The pair sought to eliminate the 'black box' of job interviews by leveraging AI to provide structure, reduce bias, and deliver data-driven insights, ensuring a fairer and more efficient hiring process.

    Business Model

    Revenue Model

    B2B SaaS model focusing on enterprise subscriptions and recruitment enablement.

    Acquired by Zoom in 2025

    Target Markets

    Industries & Segments
    • Enterprise
    • High-growth startups
    • Talent Acquisition teams
    Use Cases
    • Scaling high-volume candidate screening
    • Reducing unconscious bias in hiring
    • Improving quality of hire through data-driven decisions
    • Standardizing interview processes across large teams
    Notable Customers
    • Canva
    • SoFi
    • HubSpot
    • Instacart

    Quick Facts

    Headquarters
    New York, NY
    Founded
    2019
    Entity Type
    Inc.
    Employees
    57
    Total Funding
    $39M
    Investors
    Index Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners
    Office Locations
    New York

    Funding History

    Seed$3M
    July 2019
    Index Ventures
    Flybridge Capital Partners
    Seed$3M
    September 2020
    Flybridge Capital
    RTP Ventures
    Series A$12.5M
    May 2021
    Index Ventures

    History & Milestones

    November 2025

    Acquired by Zoom to integrate into the Zoom Workplace platform.

    2024

    Launched BrightHire Screen, an AI-powered first-round interviewer.

    May 2021

    Raised $12.5M Series A funding.

    October 2021

    Raised $20.5M Series B funding led by Zoom Apps Fund.

    2019

    Company founded in New York City.

    Key Capabilities

    8
    AI interview notes
    Real-time interview guidance
    Automated scorecards
    Bias detection
    Structured interview plans
    Candidate summaries

    Integrations & Partnerships

    Platform Integrations

    • Greenhouse
    • Lever
    • Workday
    • Slack
    • Microsoft Teams
    • Zoom Workplace

    Key Partnerships

    Zoom (Owner)
    Greenhouse
    Lever

    Connect

    Website
    brighthire.com
    X / Twitter
    brighthireai
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    brighthire4500

    AI Topics

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    Conversational Agents(1)
    Workflow Automation(1)
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