LinkedIn · Jan 2026
Rami Ghanem described Candid as a private talent platform for exceptional people and said he was opening a small number of invites.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Candid is an early-stage, founder-led embedded hiring partner that uses AI agents to source, outreach, and schedule candidates for hard-to-fill engineering, product, design, and go-to-market roles.
Primary product
AI agents for embedded hiring / recruiting
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Onsite
Industry
HR Tech
Sub-industry
Embedded recruiting / AI hiring automation
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
B2B
subscription
success fee
embedded hiring partner
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$3.5M
Latest round
Early Stage VC · Mar 2025
Latest amount
$3M
Mar 2025
Jan 2025 · Y Combinator
Jan 2025 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Founder
Work & culture
Early-stage, founder-led, high-urgency hiring team; public signals emphasize in-person San Francisco hiring and high-bar hard-to-fill roles.
Work style
Onsite
Compensation
Public hiring post advertised a Founding Engineer at $250k-$300k plus 2-5% equity and a Talent Engineer at $200k-$250k plus 1-3% equity, both SF-only and in-person.
Product & market
Pricing
$500/month per role plus a 15% success fee
Differentiators
- —Embedded hiring partner model
- —AI agents handle sourcing, outreach, and scheduling
- —Learns the hiring bar from role preferences, target companies, and job descriptions
- —Slack-integrated scheduling
- —25+ ATS integrations
- —SOC 2 Type II with isolated data
- —Calibrated via RLHF
Technology
Vercel
AWS
Slack integrations
ATS integrations
RLHF
SOC 2 Type II
isolated data
browser and desktop agents
Customers
companies hiring engineering, product, design, and go-to-market talent
teams filling high-bar, hard-to-fill roles
Latest news
LinkedIn · Jan 2026
Candid launched a talent scout program that rewards scouts who refer top talent when their referrals get placed.
LinkedIn · Jan 2026
Founder Rami Ghanem posted that he is hiring at Candid, calling out a Founding Engineer and a Talent Engineer, both SF-only and in-person, with compensation ranges and equity.
Reforgers
Third-party profile describing Candid as a 2025-founded B2B talent-acquisition platform and a Winter 2025 Y Combinator participant.
Jobs and careers at Candid
11 jobs at Candid
Director of Strategy & Operations
On-site
Strategy & Operations
United States; Other
4w ago
On-site
Full-time
Dental Account Executive - Minneapolis
On-site
Sales
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Other
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Executive - Northern Los Angeles
On-site
Sales
Northern Los Angeles, California; Other
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Executive - British Columbia & Alberta, Canada
On-site
Sales
British Columbia & Alberta, Canada; Other
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Executive - Toronto, Canada
On-site
Sales
Toronto, Canada; Other
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Manager, Strategy & Operations
On-site
Strategy & Operations
New York; Other
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Associate Account Executive - Northern Los Angeles
On-site
Sales
Northern Los Angeles, California; Other
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Associate Account Executive - Northern New Jersey
On-site
Sales
Northern New Jersey and Westchester County; Other
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Associate Account Executive - New Mexico and West Texas
On-site
Sales
New Mexico and West Texas; Other
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Executive - New Mexico and West Texas
On-site
Sales
New Mexico and West Texas; Other
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Dental Account Executive - General Inquiry
On-site
Sales
United States
8mo ago
On-site
Full-time