AI startup Perfect lands $23M to solve hiring bottlenecks and cut recruitment time by 75% with AI

Recruitment is a mess—too many inefficiencies, skill gaps, and outdated processes bog down hiring teams. It’s no surprise that 88% of HR leaders say they’re struggling to find the right candidates. A new AI startup thinks it has the fix.

Perfect is stepping in with an AI-driven approach that handles the tedious parts of hiring—sourcing, interviewing, and matching candidates—cutting hiring time by 75% and improving candidate-to-company matches by 90%. The goal? Let recruiters focus on the people, while AI deals with the grunt work.

The company just pulled in $23 million in total Seed funding, with Hanaco Ventures leading the latest round. Joule Ventures and Samsung Electronics’ former president, Young Sohn, also backed the round, signaling confidence in Perfect’s approach. The funds will go toward advancing its AI and expanding its reach.

Automating the Hiring Grind With Agentic AI

Hiring the right talent has always been a high-stakes game, with 77% of HR professionals pointing to skill shortages as a major challenge. Finding the right person at the right time can make or break a company, and hiring teams are drowning in manual work.

Perfect automates the entire process—sourcing, outreach, interview scheduling, and matching candidates to roles in seconds. Recruiters save up to 25 hours per week, freeing them to focus on relationship-building and strategic hiring.

The AI doesn’t just recommend candidates—it actively manages the pipeline. That means fewer bottlenecks, faster placements, and better hiring decisions.

A Platform Built for Recruiters

Founded by Eylon Etshtein, Perfect is designed to make hiring faster and fairer. Recruitment firms, hiring managers, and businesses already use the platform to streamline hiring without compromising on quality.

Perfect is live in North America and select European markets, with an expansion into APAC planned next year. The company is also gearing up to launch an AI worker for recruitment teams—a digital recruiter designed to handle repetitive hiring tasks.

“Our goal is not to replace humans but to make them superhuman,” said Eylon Etshtein, CEO & Co-Founder of Perfect. “With unfilled roles costing companies an average of $500 per day, speed and accuracy in hiring are no longer optional. Perfect makes that possible by taking over the busywork, so recruiters can focus on what really matters.”

Hanaco Ventures sees Perfect as a game-changer in the recruitment industry. “Outdated, manual workflows and ineffective AI tools have held hiring back for too long,” said Lior Prosor, Partner at Hanaco Ventures. “Perfect’s approach integrates into existing hiring systems while automating the majority of recruiters’ daily tasks. Its ability to scale across entire organizations, instead of the traditional ‘seat-based’ model, is a major advantage.”

Itai Goldich, Director of Talent Acquisition at Optimove, agrees: “Perfect’s AI has transformed our hiring process. We’ve cut out repetitive tasks, connected with better candidates faster, and improved our overall talent pipeline. Now, we can focus on meaningful conversations, not paperwork.”

The Future of AI in Hiring

Perfect takes AI hiring beyond passive recommendations—it actively runs the recruitment workflow. From analyzing job descriptions to shortlisting candidates, crafting outreach messages, and scheduling interviews, the system removes friction from the process.

The platform scans millions of candidate profiles, building predictive career paths and assessing skill alignment. It also automates outreach with customized messaging and pre-screening questions, creating a seamless pipeline that improves fairness and diversity by evaluating candidates on skills and experience alone.

With demand for AI-driven hiring solutions growing, Perfect is betting that companies will embrace automation to stay competitive. The latest funding round gives the company the resources to scale its impact—and reshape how recruitment works.