What Cedar AI does

Cedar AI (legally Cedar AI Agents, Inc.) is a private, British Columbia-incorporated software company that provides an AI-powered employee referral automation platform for organizations with HR departments. The product runs inside the customer's Slack workspace, where Cedar conducts AI-assisted employee interviews, processes employee and candidate data, and routes qualified referrals to applicant tracking systems such as Greenhouse via the Merge.dev integration connector. Its core technology is built on Google Cloud Platform and relies on Google Gemini for AI inference, with Vapi.ai handling voice transcription for interview sessions; Cedar explicitly states it does not use customer data to train any AI or machine learning model. The business operates as a B2B SaaS, selling through negotiated Order Forms with quote-based, non-publicly-disclosed pricing and offering free trial or evaluation periods prior to subscription. The company's go-to-market posture is deliberately narrow — its public site states 'Introductions only,' indicating a selective, referral-based acquisition motion rather than broad outbound sales — and it is currently pursuing SOC 2 Type II certification with a target completion of Q3 2026 to enable enterprise procurement.

Cedar was founded in 2024 in Vancouver, Canada, and has between 1 and 10 employees. It disclosed a single seed financing of $145,000 on August 6, 2024, from Forum Ventures and Right Side Capital Management. No revenue figures, named customers, ARR figures, or management team are disclosed in the available data. The company's geographic footprint is currently North America, though its privacy framework references Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers from the EEA, UK, and Switzerland, indicating anticipated cross-border customer support.

Name

Cedar AI

Legal name

Cedar AI Agents, Inc.

Website

https://getcedar.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cedar AI provides an AI-powered employee referral automation platform that runs inside Slack and connects to applicant tracking systems via Merge.dev, helping organizations identify, qualify, and route employee referrals. Founded 2024 in Vancouver, Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Technology / Recruitment Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Integration & Orchestration Platforms (Connectors, Workflow, iPaaS for AI) (HDAEANAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), iPaaS & Workflow Automation (BPAMAOAB)

Keywords

• Employee referral automation
• AI recruitment platform
• ATS integration software
• Slack HR tools
• Referral management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based SaaS: Fees for the Service are set forth in applicable Order Forms or agreements between Cedar and customer organizations. The service offers free trial or evaluation periods, after which subscription fees apply based on organizational subscription terms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Cedar AI provides an AI-powered employee referral automation platform that operates through a Slack-based interface. The platform conducts AI-assisted employee interviews, enriches profile data with publicly available professional history, and routes qualified referrals to applicant tracking systems including Greenhouse via the Merge.dev integration connector. AI inference runs on Google Gemini (Google Cloud Platform) under Google's Enterprise DPA and is used solely to generate recommendations; hiring decisions remain with the customer organization.

Product overview

Cedar AI is a single unified product—an AI-powered employee referral automation platform. The platform integrates directly with Slack as the primary user interface to conduct AI-assisted employee interviews, and connects to applicant tracking systems (ATS) including Greenhouse and other ATS platforms via Merge.dev to identify, qualify, and route employee referrals. All AI-generated recommendations are advisory only; hiring decisions remain with the organization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cedar AI Platform AI-powered employee referral automation platform that integrates with Slack and applicant tracking systems (ATS) to help organizations identify, qualify, and route employee referrals. Conducts AI-assisted employee interviews via Slack, enriches profiles with professional history, and routes qualified referrals to ATS platforms including Greenhouse via Merge.dev. AI outputs are advisory only; hiring decisions remain with the customer.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Google Cloud PlatformcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides infrastructure, hosting, and AI inference capabilities for Cedar's service. AI inference runs on Google Cloud under Google's Enterprise DPA, which prohibits Google from using customer data for model training.
• Merge.devcoreTechnology or IntegrationHR system integration connector that enables Cedar to connect with applicant tracking systems including Greenhouse and other ATS platforms.
• Slack TechnologiescoreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary user interface for Cedar's service. The AI-powered employee referral automation operates through Slack workspace integration, conducting AI-assisted interviews and notifications via Slack.
• GreenhousecoreTechnology or IntegrationApplicant tracking system integrated with Cedar's platform, enabling referral routing and ATS data synchronization via Merge.dev connector.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• RolePoint: Employee-referral and internal-mobility platform with ATS integrations. Closely comparable product surface to Cedar's referral automation, targeting the same HR-tech buyer with similar integration-led GTM.
• EmployeeReferrals.com: Dedicated employee-referral SaaS platform. Directly comparable to Cedar because it focuses exclusively on automating and optimizing the same referral workflow Cedar targets, and competes for the same HR buyer.
• Boon (Sterling): AI-powered referral and candidate-management platform, now part of Sterling. Directly comparable to Cedar as an AI-enabled referral platform with ATS connectors and a workflow-automated approach to employee referrals.

Broad incumbents

• Greenhouse: Enterprise ATS and hiring-suite vendor — also a Cedar integration partner. Comparable because it offers in-product referral functionality and could absorb Cedar's workflow into its own platform.
• iCIMS: Enterprise talent-acquisition suite that includes referral modules. Comparable as a broader HR-tech incumbent whose bundled referral features compete with Cedar's standalone proposition.
• HireVue: AI-assisted hiring, interviewing, and assessment platform. Comparable to Cedar's AI-assisted interview functionality and recruiting automation positioning, with an overlapping enterprise HR buyer base.
• Eightfold AI: AI talent-intelligence platform covering sourcing, referral, internal mobility, and DEI. Comparable because it operates in the same AI-for-talent category and competes for HR-tech budget, though at much broader scope.
• Jobvite: Talent-acquisition suite with a long-standing employee-referral module (Jobvite Refer). Comparable to Cedar because it sells a referral product into the same enterprise HR buyer with similar ATS integration requirements.
• Workable: Mid-market ATS and recruiting platform with built-in employee referral functionality. Comparable to Cedar because it serves the same HR buyer with an overlapping referral workflow, often at lower price points.

Emerging players

• Paradox: Conversational AI assistant (Olivia) for recruiting that runs inside chat surfaces. Comparable to Cedar's Slack-native AI interview concept and adjacent AI-for-recruiting positioning, though broader in scope (sourcing, scheduling, screening).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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