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Juicebox

San Francisco, CA, USA35+ employeesSeries A raised
AI-powered talent sourcing for recruiters

AI-powered talent sourcing for recruiters

YC S22

About the Company

Juicebox is on a mission to help teams win the talent war.

In the age of AI, human ingenuity is the ultimate scarce resource. Recruiting is a zero-sum game where you either compete or lose.

Teams at Ramp, Perplexity, and leading AI labs use Juicebox to power their hiring, alongside 3,000+ customers from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies.

We’ve crossed $10M in ARR with 20%+ monthly growth, powering thousands of searches every day and making Juicebox one of the fastest-growing AI SaaS companies in the world.

Juicebox has raised $36M in funding, including a $30M Series A led by Sequoia Capital. Additional investors in Juicebox include Coatue, NFDG, Lux Capital, Y Combinator, and BOND Capital.

Tech Stack

Our current tech stack includes:

  • Next.js + React
  • Node.js
  • Firebase, OpenSearch (ElasticSearch)
  • AWS SQS, Glue, etc.
  • Open Source + OpenAI LLMs

Founders

Ishan Gupta
Ishan Gupta

Ishan is the Co-founder of Juicebox, an AI recruiting platform trusted by 3,000+ customers that automates the manual aspects of recruiting with LLM-powered search. Previously, Ishan worked as a Software Engineer at BlueLearn. Ishan studied Computer Science at Dartmouth College before leaving to focus on building Juicebox through Y Combinator (S22).

David Paffenholz
David Paffenholz

David is the Co-founder & CEO of Juicebox, an AI recruiting platform trusted by 3,000+ customers, including major AI Labs, Fortune 500, and leading recruiting agencies. Previously, David worked on Growth at Snap. David holds a Bachelor's in Economics from Harvard University.

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