Karat

It is a Seattle-based unicorn ($1.1B valuation) that pioneered "Interviewing-as-a-Service" — conducting live technical interviews on behalf of companies hiring software engineers. Founded in 2014 by an ex-Microsoft XBOX executive and former Chief of Staff to Melinda Gates, the company has conducted 350,000+ technical interviews for clients like HSBC, Citibank, Walmart, Atlassian, Indeed, Coinbase, and Adobe. Backed by $143M+ in funding from Tiger Global, Norwest Venture Partners, 8VC, and Serena Williams. It uses a global network of vetted "Interview Engineers" who conduct structured, consistent technical interviews 24/7 via video, freeing up client engineering teams from interviewing duties. Currently expanding aggressively in India and exploring staff augmentation partnerships to scale interviewing capacity for enterprise clients.