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A hiring decision should rest on something that was tested, not on something that was written down and never checked.
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About Xakal
We started with one question.
Can this person do the job? Fifteen years of hiring, and the honest answer was almost always no, not until we interview them. So we built the thing that interviews them.
The problem
Both sides are working hard. Neither gets what it needs.
Candidates send hundreds of applications and hear almost nothing back. Recruiters receive thousands of resumes and can verify none of them.
The shortage was never applicants or roles. It was a trusted way to establish whether someone can do the work, available before anyone spends an hour in a room. That is the layer Xakal builds.
We started in March 2024 and built it without outside capital. The platform now carries 380k+ registered candidates, 500+ companies and 50k+ completed AI interviews, and it is only the first phase.
Our vision
To become the trusted interview intelligence layer connecting education, talent and employment.
Next time, the candidate and the recruiter meet on day one. That is the company we are building. India first, built to scale globally.
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What we believe
Four principles the product is built on.
Free where it matters
Recruiters do not pay to post or to hire. Candidate supply is what makes a network worth joining, so we do not tax it.
The record belongs to the candidate
Verification a candidate cannot carry is verification that gets repeated at every company. We built it the other way round.
India first, built to scale globally
The problem is sharpest where hiring volume is highest. We solve it here first and take the same engine outward.
The market
Built for a market this size.
Xakal is India first and built to scale globally. These are the numbers we build against. They are market figures, not platform figures.
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Professionals in the addressable market
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MSMEs hiring across India
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India hiring and assessment spend a year
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Digital first startups and SMBs adopting AI led screening
Market sizing is an internal estimate built from India MSME and HR technology benchmarks. Platform traction is shown separately.
Where we are
One engine, two markets, both running.
Rolled out
Hiring. AI interviews for real roles.
Live across corporates, students and working professionals. Verifying real skills for the people who need to prove them and the people who need to assess them.
Live now
Education. MBA admissions and campus programmes.
The same interview system, retrained for MBA admissions panels and case interviews, and running inside colleges alongside aptitude tests, training and internships.
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Year the platform launched
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People on the core team
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Users reached in India
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Companies hiring on Xakal
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