"David Paffenholz (pictured left) and Ishan Gupta, then just 22 and 19, realized that LLMs could find talent faster and more efficiently. They built Juicebox, an AI-powered search engine that uses natural language to analyze professional profiles, personal websites, and other publicly available information to identify the most qualified candidates. After attending startup accelerator Y Combinator in the summer of 2022, Paffenholz and Gupta spent a couple more years refining their product."
"When their AI search engine, PeopleGPT, was ready in late 2023, it was quickly adopted by a wide range of customers, from small startups to large companies like OpenAI, Ramp, and Perplexity. In a short period of time, it was serving over 2,500 customers and achieving more than $10 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). On Thursday, Juicebox announced that it had raised $36 million in total funding, including a $30 million Series A round led by Sequoia."
Juicebox built PeopleGPT, an AI search engine that uses natural language to analyze professional profiles, personal websites, and other publicly available information to identify the most qualified candidates. David Paffenholz and Ishan Gupta were 22 and 19 when they realized LLMs could find talent faster and more efficiently. After attending Y Combinator in summer 2022, they refined the product and launched PeopleGPT in late 2023. The engine was adopted by startups and companies including OpenAI, Ramp, and Perplexity, serving over 2,500 customers and generating more than $10 million in annual recurring revenue. Juicebox raised $36 million in total funding, including a $30 million Series A led by Sequoia, which became interested after portfolio and internal hires used the product.
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