Vahan

Why it ranks #180

Vahan, an AI recruiter from YC S19, ranks #180 of 999 AI agents and #9 of 15 in Recruiter, with a score of 3.8 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works · Score wrong? Suggest a change

1. Proof

   Do customers use it? 30% of the score

   0

   No public claims of customers or revenue yet.

   Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)

2. Scale

   Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score

   8

   85 people, raised $10M.

   • +6
     85 people on its YC page50 to 99 people
   • +2
     Largest of 2 rounds: $10MVahan: Recruitment platform Vahan raises $10 million in funding led by Khosla Ventures - The Economic TimesSource · 18 Sep 2024

3. Momentum

   Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score

   2

   Shows hiring.

   • +2
     Hiring: 4 open rolesLead Product Designer, Senior Product Manager, Director of ProductYC page

   Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2), a batch in the last year (it is YC Summer 2019) (+1)

4. Autonomy

   How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score

   6

   Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

   • +6
     Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
   What the model read

   • Acts in other systems: 42% likely
   • Finishes whole tasks: 10% likely
   • Calls itself an agent: 7% likely
   • Level 1 from the model's reading of its pages; the evidence review found, with quotes, that its AI acts in the work, so the level is 2
   • An AI-native service: it sells the finished work, so it counts as an agent at any level

   Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Vahan

AI recruiter for India's massive blue-collar workforce

Founders

• MKMadhav KrishnaFounder

Launches and news

1. News4 May 2025OpenAI backs Indian startup Vahan's tech to automate blue-collar hiring with voice AI - The Economic Times
2. News18 Sep 2024Vahan: Recruitment platform Vahan raises $10 million in funding led by Khosla Ventures - The Economic Times
3. Launch YC22 Jun 2023Vahan - Super cheap data annotation serviceGet your data annotated at super low costs while maintaining required quality standards
4. News14 Sep 2021Vahan bags $8 million funding led by Khosla Ventures - The Economic Times

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