Simplify (YC W21) — Helping a billion people build their dream career
Simplify is building the AI-enabled infrastructure to power the next generation of hiring – reimagining how people discover and secure their next career opportunity. We believe that everyone deserves an all-star talent agent helping them plan, manage, and accomplish their career goals, no matter their background, location, or education.
Simplify is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2021 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Helping a billion people build their dream career. The founders listed are Michael Yan (Founder), Ethan Horoschak (Founder), Rushil Srivastava (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 24, 2021).
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Simplify is building the AI-enabled infrastructure to power the next generation of hiring – reimagining how people discover and secure their next career opportunity. We believe that everyone deserves an all-star talent agent helping them plan, manage, and accomplish their career goals, no matter their background, location, or education.
Through our flagship product, Copilot, we've helped over 1M+ job seekers discover and apply to over 100 million jobs - and we've done this with a tight-knit team of just 7 people. We're rapidly expanding on both the candidate and recruiter fronts, focused on our vision of building a common app and personal AI agent for your career.
Backed by top-tier investors including Craft and YCombinator, we're a mission-driven team working to democratize the job search and disrupt the way hiring works today.
Michael Yan
Founder
Ethan Horoschak
Founder
Rushil Srivastava
Founder
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One of 19 companies held here in Consumer › Job and Career Services.
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