Bengaluru-based AI-driven recruitment platform Expertia AI has secured Rs 20 crore in a pre-Series A funding round led by Rockstud Capital, with participation from Flipkart, Endiya Partners, and Chiratae Ventures.
This funding follows the Rs 9 crore the company raised in 2021 from its existing investors. The fresh capital will be utilized to enhance product development and expand its technology team, as per the company’s statement.
Founded in 2021 by Kanishk Shukla and Akshay Gugnani, Expertia AI provides an agentic AI platform that automates talent discovery, sourcing, screening, assessments, and interviews across 35+ job platforms, reaching a network of over 220 million professionals.
With the global HR tech market projected to double from $40.5 billion in 2024 to $81.8 billion by 2032, AI-driven hiring solutions like Expertia are poised for significant growth.
Leveraging proprietary deep learning algorithms and natural language processing (NLP), Expertia AI surfaces the most relevant talent in real time, moving beyond traditional resume-based hiring to a skill-first approach for precise candidate-job matching.
Expertia integrates:
- Applicant tracking
- Organic sourcing
- Skill-based assessments
- Candidate engagement
- Bot-assisted interviews
- Hiring analytics
The company claims its agentic AI technology helps recruiters close vacancies 80% faster than conventional hiring methods.
Since its inception, Expertia has:
Processed 25 million+ applications
Facilitated hiring for 230,000+ job openings
Built a user base of 18,000+ companies
Targeting enterprises with 500+ employees, Expertia has onboarded key clients like Reliance Retail and Jio. With strong momentum, the company aims to achieve 3x revenue growth in FY25 compared to FY24.
With this latest funding, Expertia AI is set to further its mission of transforming talent acquisition with AI-driven precision and efficiency.
