What Weekday does

Weekday is an AI-powered recruitment platform founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Francisco, with operational presence in Bengaluru, India. The company serves two sides of the hiring market: companies seeking tech talent (ranging from seed/Series A startups to enterprises such as Coinbase and Clipboard Health) and job-seeking candidates, primarily software engineers and tech professionals in India and Southeast Asia. As of public sources, Weekday has partnered with over 100 companies and operates across 7 countries with a database of 250M+ candidates covering approximately 80% of the Indian workforce.

The platform is built around a database of pre-vetted candidates accessed via AI-enabled smart filters, with a managed outbound layer that runs personalized email, WhatsApp, and phone campaigns on behalf of clients. Weekday describes fine-tuned AI for outreach email generation and claims 50%+ response rates on outbound campaigns and 30-40% on AI-driven campaigns. The product surface includes a candidate portal with AI-apply, salary finder, company culture reviews, an ATS resume scorer, and a resume builder, plus a free AI Resume Screener used as a top-of-funnel acquisition tool.

Revenue is generated primarily through two commercial models: a Contingency / AI-native recruitment agency tier charging a 15% success fee on annual salary (with a 60-day free replacement guarantee) and a Marketplace Subscription with usage-based outreach credits (10k-150k). Additional revenue comes from AI Training & Evals professional services. The company is Y Combinator-backed (W23 batch) and raised $2.2 million in seed funding in August 2023 led by Venture Highway (now GTM Global).

Name

Weekday

Legal name

Weekday

Website

https://hiringclub.weekday.works

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Weekday is an AI-native recruitment platform founded in 2021 that helps companies (startups to enterprises) hire tech talent from India and Southeast Asia via a managed marketplace, contingency recruiting, and multi-channel outbound campaigns, while serving candidates with AI-powered job search and resume tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Platform

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops) (BPACAKAG)

Keywords

• AI recruitment platform
• Talent sourcing marketplace
• Candidate outreach automation
• Tech hiring agency
• Recruitment software

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Contingency / AI-Native Recruitment Agency: White-glove recruiting service where Weekday's dedicated senior recruiter finds candidates, engages them, and schedules all interviews on behalf of the client. Charged as a success fee (15% of annual salary) with free placement if no hire is made, and a free 60-day replacement period if the candidate leaves. This is a performance-based, outcome-driven revenue stream.
2. Marketplace Subscription: Subscription-based access to Weekday's talent marketplace pool with outreach credits. Clients receive 10k-150k credits to run email, WhatsApp, and phone campaigns. Weekday still handles outreach on behalf of the client even on the subscription plan. Collaboration features for multiple team members are included. This provides recurring subscription revenue with usage-based credit consumption.
3. AI Training & Evals: Training and evaluation services for AI models related to recruitment processes.
4. AI Resume Screener (Free): Free tool provided to attract candidates and hiring managers to the platform, serving as a top-of-funnel acquisition mechanism rather than a direct revenue source.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Weekday is an AI-native recruitment platform that helps companies find, engage, and hire tech talent, primarily in India and Southeast Asia. It operates two core models: a contingency/white-glove recruiting agency service where dedicated senior recruiters source candidates and schedule interviews, and a marketplace subscription that provides access to a database covering approximately 80% of the Indian workforce with AI-enabled smart filters and automated multi-channel outreach (email, WhatsApp, phone) achieving 50%+ response rates. The platform also serves candidates with AI-powered job browsing, resume scoring, salary research, and company culture review tools.

Product overview

Weekday is an AI-powered recruitment platform offering two primary operating models: (1) Contingency/AI-native recruitment agency for white-glove end-to-end hiring services, and (2) Marketplace Subscription providing access to a talent database covering 80% of the Indian workforce with AI-enabled smart filters and outreach tools. The platform serves both companies (hiring solutions) and candidates (job search tools). For companies, it provides subscription access to candidate databases with outreach credits, contingency recruiting with dedicated recruiters, and AI training services. For candidates, it offers AI-powered job browsing, salary research, company culture reviews, resume scoring, and resume building tools. All services leverage AI for candidate matching, personalized email generation, and automated multi-channel outreach (email, WhatsApp, phone) achieving 30-40% response rates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Weekday Contingency (AI-Native Recruitment Agency) White-glove recruitment service where a dedicated senior recruiter finds candidates, conducts outreach via email/WhatsApp/phone, gets them interested, and schedules all interviews on the client's behalf. Charged as a 15% success fee of annual salary with free placement if no hire is made and a free 60-day replacement period if the candidate leaves. Designed for startups and enterprises without bandwidth to run hiring themselves.
• Weekday Subscription (Marketplace) Subscription-based access to Weekday's talent marketplace covering 80% of the Indian workforce with AI-enabled smart filters to find candidates. Clients receive 10k-150k outreach credits to run email, WhatsApp, and phone campaigns, with Weekday managing outreach on the client's behalf. Includes collaboration features for multiple team members.
• Weekday AI Training & Evals AI training and evaluation services to help companies build and assess their AI recruitment capabilities.
• Weekday Candidates Platform Job search platform for candidates featuring AI-powered job browsing and applications, salary research, company culture reviews, ATS resume scoring, and resume building capabilities. Targeted at active and passive job seekers in India.
• Weekday AI Resume Screener Free AI-powered tool that evaluates and scores candidate resumes against ATS requirements, available to hiring teams and candidates. Functions as a top-of-funnel acquisition mechanism for Weekday's paid services.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50%+ response rate on outbound recruiting campaigns
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Lusha: Lusha provides B2B contact and company data for sales and recruitment prospecting. Weekday explicitly compares itself against Lusha, both serving the candidate sourcing/prospecting use case for recruiters, with Weekday positioning as a more comprehensive AI-native alternative.
• Turing: Turing matches companies with remote software engineers globally, with strong India-based talent sourcing. Both Turing and Weekday target the same use case: helping companies (especially US-based) hire pre-vetted Indian tech talent with AI-enabled matching.
• Hirist: Hirist is a tech-focused job portal in India for IT/engineering roles. Both serve employers hiring tech talent in India, with Weekday differentiating via outbound AI outreach and peer reference verification versus Hirist's traditional job board model.
• Instahyre: Instahyre is an AI-driven talent marketplace focused on hiring tech professionals in India. Both platforms target employer hiring of Indian tech talent with AI matching, though Instahyre emphasizes inbound applications while Weekday emphasizes outbound engagement.
• Wellfound (AngelList Talent): Wellfound is a recruitment platform focused on startup hiring. Both target startup employers (especially seed/Series A) hiring tech talent, with overlapping customer bases including companies like those cited in Weekday's customer testimonials.
• Naukri (InfoEdge): Naukri is India's largest job site and a direct competitor for tech talent sourcing in the Indian market. Weekday differentiates with AI-native outbound engagement and peer reference checks versus Naukri's traditional resume database approach.

Broad incumbents

• Eightfold AI: Eightfold AI is an enterprise talent intelligence platform using AI for recruiting, retention, and workforce planning. Both apply AI to recruitment, though Eightfold targets large enterprise HR organizations while Weekday focuses on tech hiring teams and startups.
• LinkedIn (Talent Solutions / Recruiter): LinkedIn's Recruiter and Talent Solutions products are the dominant professional network-driven talent marketplace globally. Weekday explicitly positions against LinkedIn Recruiter with comparison pages, offering a more AI-native, multi-channel alternative particularly for India-based tech talent sourcing.
• ZipRecruiter: ZipRecruiter is an AI-enabled recruitment marketplace connecting employers with job seekers, primarily in the US. Both leverage AI for candidate matching, though ZipRecruiter focuses on SMB employers and inbound flow versus Weekday's outbound AI-native model.
• Indeed: Indeed is a global job search and recruitment platform with broad employer reach. While primarily inbound-driven versus Weekday's outbound model, both compete for the same employer hiring budget for tech talent acquisition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/weekdayworks
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@weekdayworks
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/weekdayworks
• Instagraminstagram.com/weekday.works

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors5 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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