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Vahan

AI-powered recruiting platform for India's blue-collar and gig workforce · Bengaluru, India
Artificial IntelligenceHR TechGig EconomyY Combinator (S2019) / Series A-B85 people employeesHybrid

WellHired's take

Vahan is solving a hiring problem for a workforce segment (blue-collar and gig workers) that most HR tech companies overlook in favour of white-collar recruiting, which makes for a genuinely differentiated and large addressable market. The core product runs largely over conversational channels like WhatsApp rather than a traditional web app, so expect interesting problems around AI at scale over messaging infrastructure - a good fit if you're interested in AI applied to workforce and labour-market problems with real social impact.

About Vahan

Vahan is an artificial intelligence startup backed by Y Combinator (S2019), headquartered in Bengaluru, building an AI-driven recruiting platform focused on sourcing and hiring for India's blue-collar and gig economy workforce. The platform uses AI-powered conversational sourcing (largely over WhatsApp) to reach and screen candidates for roles like delivery, driving, and warehouse work at scale, addressing a hiring problem that's historically been manual, slow, and expensive for large gig-economy employers.

Make hiring for India's blue-collar and gig workforce faster, fairer, and more accessible at scale.

Values & culture

Scale and accessibility

AI-driven efficiency

Candidate-first sourcing

Operational rigour

Overlooked, not unimportant

building seriously for the blue-collar workforce most tech companies ignore.

AI at conversational scale

solving hiring through AI-driven WhatsApp conversations, not web forms.

Speed and fairness together

faster hiring shouldn't come at the cost of a fair candidate experience.

Leadership team

FT

Founding team (Y Combinator S2019 batch)

Benefits

ESOPsFlexible work hoursLearning and development budget

Open roles (0)

No open roles right now.

At a glance

FundingY Combinator (S2019) / Series A-B
Total raisedNot disclosed
Team size85 people employees
Founded2019
HQBengaluru, India
Work modelHybrid
Backed byY Combinator

Industries

PrimaryArtificial Intelligence
AlsoHR Tech
AlsoGig Economy
MarketB2B, Artificial Intelligence, HR Tech

Open roles

Total0 roles

Location

CityBengaluru
CountryIndia
Global officesBengaluru, India (HQ)
Remote policyHybrid

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