# SeekOut (SeekOut)

> AI-powered talent sourcing and recruiting platform for sourcing, screening, and engaging candidates at scale.

## Facts
- **Website:** http://seekout.com
- **Headquarters:** Bellevue, Washington, USA
- **Country:** United States
- **Founded:** 2017
- **Founder:** Anoop Gupta, Aravind Bala, John Tippett, Vikas Manocha
- **Employees:** 201-500
- **Funding stage:** Series C; over $189M total funding raised (including a $115M Series C), with investors including Tiger Global and Madrona Venture Group
- **Total funding:** $188.6M
- **Categories:** AI Recruiting & Sourcing, Talent Sourcing

## Overview
SeekOut is a recruiting platform that uses AI to help talent-acquisition teams source, screen, and engage candidates from a large database of candidate profiles. Its offerings include SeekOut Recruit for sourcing and screening and SeekOut Sam for evaluating inbound applicants. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the company serves large enterprises and has raised over $189 million in funding.

## Products
SeekOut Talent Intelligence Platform, AI-Powered Talent Sourcing (800M+ profiles), Diversity Sourcing & Analytics, Internal Talent Marketplace, Talent Analytics & Planning, Candidate Engagement & Outreach, Talent Rediscovery, Pipeline Management, Skills-Based Matching, ATS/CRM Integration, Browser Extension, Executive Search

## Leadership
- Anoop Gupta — founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/anoop-gupta))
- Aravind Bala — founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/aravind-bala))
- John Tippett — founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/john-tippett))
- Vikas Manocha — founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/vikas-manocha))

## Sources
- [SeekOut - About](http://seekout.com/about) — company
- [SeekOut - About](http://seekout.com/about) — company
- [SeekOut - About](http://seekout.com/about) — company
- [SeekOut - About](http://seekout.com/about) — company
- [SeekOut - About](http://seekout.com/about) — company
- [SeekOut - About](http://seekout.com/about) — company
- [SeekOut official website](https://www.seekout.com/) — official
- [SeekOut Recruit](https://www.seekout.com/solutions/recruit/) — official
- [SeekOut external sourcing](https://www.seekout.com/products/external-sourcing) — official
- [SeekOut #1 diversity hiring (G2)](https://blog.seekout.com/seekout/seekout-rated-the-1-diversity-hiring-software-by-g2/) — official
- [SeekOut MCP](https://www.seekout.com/solutions/mcp/) — official
- [SeekOut security](https://www.seekout.com/security) — official
- [SeekOut SOC 2 compliance](https://www.seekout.com/blog/seekout-is-now-soc-2-compliant) — official
- [SeekOut $115M Series C](https://www.seekout.com/blog/announcing-our-115-million-in-series-c-funding-accelerating-our-vision-for-talent-optimization/) — official
- [SeekOut customers](https://www.seekout.com/customers/) — official
- [SeekOut case study: ExtraHop](https://cdn.featuredcustomers.com/CustomerCaseStudy.document/seekout_extrahop_561123.pdf) — official
- [GeekWire: SeekOut $1.2B unicorn](https://www.geekwire.com/2022/latest-unicorn-sighting-in-seattle-seekout-lands-115m-to-expand-recruiting-software/) — reporting
- [GeekWire: SeekOut CEO transition (2026)](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/seekouts-anoop-gupta-steps-down-as-ceo-hands-reins-of-ai-recruiting-company-to-tech-vet-sean-thompson/) — reporting
- [Josh Bersin: SeekOut brings GPT-4 to recruiters](https://joshbersin.com/2023/04/seekout-brings-gpt4-to-recruiters-eightfold-launches-copilots-for-hr/) — reporting
- [G2: SeekOut reviews](https://www.g2.com/products/seekout/reviews) — marketplace

## FAQ
**What does SeekOut do?**

SeekOut is an AI-powered talent sourcing and talent intelligence platform enabling teams to source, screen and engage candidates at scale across 1B+ profiles (LinkedIn, GitHub, academic publications, patents and the customer's ATS). Known for deep candidate search, diversity hiring, talent analytics and internal mobil…

**Where is SeekOut headquartered?**

SeekOut is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA, United States.

**When was SeekOut founded?**

SeekOut was founded in 2017.

**Who founded SeekOut?**

SeekOut was founded by Anoop Gupta, Aravind Bala, John Tippett, Vikas Manocha.

**How many employees does SeekOut have?**

SeekOut has 201-500 employees.

**How much funding has SeekOut raised?**

SeekOut has raised $188.6M (Series C; over $189M total funding raised (including a $115M Series C), with investors including Tiger Global and Madrona Venture Group) to date, per DHRMap records.

**What kind of HR technology is SeekOut?**

SeekOut is categorized under AI Recruiting & Sourcing, Talent Sourcing on DHRMap.

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