Prism

What is Prism?

Prism (YC P26) is an AI-native recruiting agency that handles the entire hiring process on behalf of companies — from role scoping and candidate sourcing to outreach and screening. Unlike traditional recruiting agencies that charge 20–30% of a candidate's first-year salary upfront, Prism operates on a success-based model where clients only pay upon a successful hire. The platform combines automated outbound sourcing across the open web and major people datasets with intelligent candidate vetting, delivering a curated shortlist of interview-ready candidates at roughly half the cost of conventional agencies. It is also available as a SaaS product for independent recruiters who prefer to run their own operations.

Key Features

• End-to-End Hiring Management

  Handles the full recruitment workflow — role definition, sourcing, outbound outreach, and candidate screening — so companies don't need to manage individual steps themselves.

• Broad Candidate Sourcing

  Searches the open web and multiple major people datasets simultaneously to identify candidates beyond what any single job board or network can surface.

• Automated Outbound at Scale

  Runs candidate outreach at a volume no human recruiting team can match, ensuring only interested and pre-vetted candidates reach the client's shortlist.

• Pay-on-Hire Pricing

  No upfront retainer or placement fees — clients are charged only when a hire is successfully made, significantly reducing financial risk.

• SaaS Mode for Recruiters

  Independent recruiters and internal talent teams can access Prism's toolset directly as a self-serve platform to run their own hiring desks.

Use Cases

• Startup & Scale-Up Hiring : Early-stage and growing companies can fill roles quickly without building a dedicated recruiting function or committing to costly agency retainers.
• Tech Role Recruitment : Hiring managers in the tech industry can source pre-screened engineering, product, and design talent from a wide candidate pool with minimal internal effort.
• High-Volume Recruitment : Enterprises with multiple open positions benefit from Prism's automated outreach and screening capabilities that would otherwise require large HR teams.
• Independent Recruiting Desks : Freelance recruiters and boutique agencies can use Prism's SaaS offering to power their own candidate sourcing and screening workflows.

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