Hippolyte

What Hippolyte does

Hippolyte (legal entity: Yes We Code SAS) is a French AI-powered social media recruitment platform founded in 2020 and headquartered in Amiens. The company enables enterprise clients to source, pre-qualify, and engage both active and passive candidates across 11+ social media platforms — including LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Waze, Spotify, Facebook, Twitch, Reddit, YouTube, Snapchat, and Pinterest — through a modular platform comprising Optimisation, Acquisition, Préqualification, Mise en relation, Marque employeur, Temps forts, Événements, and Pilotage & suivi modules. Its core AI stack includes a semantic pre-qualification engine that generates relevance scores (classified as a 'high-risk AI system' under EU AI Act Annex III), a conversational chatbot for candidate engagement, and the 2024-launched Toolkit AI module which applies generative AI to job description drafting, personalized outreach, interview preparation, evaluation grid generation, and interview debrief reports.

The technology is hosted on OVHcloud infrastructure in France with ISO 27001, HDS, and SOC 2 certifications, and integrates with 23+ ATS/HRIS/CRM systems including SmartRecruiters, Workday, iCIMS, Teamtailor, and HubSpot. Data is pseudonymized before AI processing, and a documented processing register is maintained for GDPR compliance. The platform has accumulated 8+ million sourced candidates, 2,500+ completed campaigns, and 600+ client companies since inception.

Hippolyte operates a SaaS + professional services model with quote-based annual pricing tailored to campaign scope, duration, and targeting requirements. Every campaign is supported by a dedicated Customer Success Manager providing daily optimization, monthly reviews, and KPI reporting. The company sells primarily through enterprise field sales complemented by a network of 18+ recruitment and communications agency partners (including Dentsu, TBWA Corporate, and Radancy). Its customer base skews to large French enterprises across transport (SNCF Réseau, Sogetrel, Hello Paris), healthcare (DomusVi), retail (Leroy Merlin, Stokomani), hospitality (Groupe Barrière), construction (Bouygues Construction), and energy (GRDF, Veolia), with first documented international deployments in Belgium and Germany. Hippolyte is founder-led by CEO Gauthier Bailleul, has 11–50 employees, and appears bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding rounds.

Name

Hippolyte

Legal name

Yes We Code SAS

Website

https://hippolyte.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hippolyte is a French AI-powered social media recruitment platform founded in 2020 in Amiens. It helps large enterprises source, pre-qualify, and engage candidates across 11+ social platforms via chatbot screening and generative AI tooling, serving 600+ clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI-powered recruitment software (social sourcing & candidate prequalification)

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Media Buying Agencies (541830)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

RPO Technology, ATS Administration & Recruitment Operations (BPACABAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Paid Social Advertising Management (MPAAACAC), Enterprise RPO (End-to-End Program Management) (BPACABAA)

Keywords

• AI recruitment platform
• Social media sourcing
• Candidate prequalification software
• Employer branding tools
• ATS integration recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

Amiens

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription Platform: Hippolyte operates as a SaaS recruitment platform. Clients access the platform and campaign management tools on a subscription basis, with dedicated CSM support and professional services for campaign setup and management. Pricing is quote-based, tailored to campaign scope, volume, and duration.
2. Professional Services & Campaign Management: Each campaign is accompanied by a dedicated CSM providing daily campaign piloting, performance optimization advice, monthly review meetings, and detailed KPI reporting. These services are bundled with platform access.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Hippolyte is a SaaS platform that enables companies to source, prequalify, and recruit candidates through social media channels (LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Waze, Spotify, Reddit, YouTube, Snapchat, Pinterest, Twitch). The platform combines multi-platform campaign management, an AI pre-qualification engine with conversational chatbots, a generative AI toolkit for recruiters, and event-driven recruitment tools (QR codes, job dating chatbots), with ATS/CRM integrations and dedicated Customer Success Manager support for every campaign.

Product overview

Hippolyte is a social recruitment platform operating as a unified product with modular components. The core Hippolyte platform provides social media recruitment campaign management, sourcing, and candidate prequalification. It is complemented by the Toolkit AI add-on module for generative AI-powered HR task automation. The solution architecture includes sourcing optimization, targeted acquisition, AI-assisted prequalification, real-time candidate messaging, employer branding, event-based recruitment, and dedicated campaign management modules. The platform integrates with 23 ATS/HRIS platforms and supports multi-platform deployment across LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Pinterest, YouTube, Reddit, Spotify, Waze, and Twitch. The company was founded in 2020, is based in Amiens, France, and operates under legal entity YES WE CODE SAS.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hippolyte Platform (Social Recruitment Platform) SaaS social recruitment platform that enables enterprise HR and talent acquisition teams to source, prequalify and recruit candidates through social media channels (LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Waze, Spotify, Facebook, Twitch, Reddit, YouTube, Snapchat, Pinterest, Netflix), with AI-powered candidate prequalification, ATS/CRM integration, geo-targeting, QR code event recruitment, and dedicated CSM-managed campaign delivery.
• Toolkit AI Generative AI add-on product for HR and recruiters that automates job ad drafting and optimization, personalized direct outreach message generation, interview question generation, candidate evaluation grid generation, and interview debrief report writing. Reported to save 1h15 per day per recruiter and increase applications by 28%.
• Pilotage & Suivi des campagnes (Campaign Management & CSM Service) Professional services bundle delivered with the platform: a dedicated Customer Success Manager (CSM) provides end-to-end campaign support including daily campaign piloting, performance optimization, and monthly review meetings with detailed KPI tracking (impressions, clicks, applications, qualification rates).

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 8 million candidates sourced, 2,500+ campaigns completed, 600+ client companies served
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers16 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

Integration23 records

AI capability9 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SmartRecruiterscoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial ATS integration partner. Hippolyte's candidate data and prequalification outputs flow directly into SmartRecruiters' recruitment workflow. Listed on SmartRecruiters Partner Marketplace.
• Talents'IncoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with DomusVi's Talents'In ATS, connecting Hippolyte's social sourcing campaigns to candidate management within DomusVi.
• OVHcloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationInfrastructure partner for data hosting. OVHcloud provides secured hosting on French servers with ISO 27001, HDS, and SOC 2 certifications. All candidate data is hosted exclusively in France.
• NéNocoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFirst attractiveness advisory agency partner. NéNo designed visuals and creative assets for Hello Paris campaign, with Hippolyte adapting formats for social media.
• RadancyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal talent acquisition technology partner. Joint go-to-market for social recruitment campaigns targeting enterprise customers.
• SeekubeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCombined solution with Seekube for Bouygues Construction's virtual forum, providing a fluid candidate experience across platforms.
• BrainsonicminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCreative agency that produced visuals for Leroy Merlin's apprenticeship campaign, which were then deployed within Hippolyte's digital strategy.
• IdemminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIndependent recruitment communications and employer brand agency partner.
• Axial Com RHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIndependent HR and corporate communications agency partner.
• CoSpirit MediaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIndependent media agency partner for campaign media planning and buying.
• DentsuminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal media and communications agency partnership for large-scale recruitment campaigns.
• Safari RHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFirst HR communications agency for the public sector, extending Hippolyte's reach into government recruitment.
• Welcom'RHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHR communications agency specialized in 3.0 sourcing, partner for digital recruitment campaign delivery.
• WATminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAgency under We Are Together group, the largest independent corporate and HR communications group, for co-delivering recruitment campaigns.
• WantedminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate and HR communications advisory agency partnership.
• Six Feet OverminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor360-degree HR communications agency partnership.
• TBWA CorporateminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate and integrated reputation and stakeholder adhesion strategy agency.
• TomorhowminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorForward-looking communications agency partnership.
• Ideuzo at_workminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHR advisory and communications agency partnership.
• Extreme AgencyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMulti-expert consulting firm focused on team and partner growth.
• dadaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIndependent strategic and creative communications agency amplifying organizational potential.
• MidwayminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdvisory agency specialized in internal and external communications for enterprises and institutions.
• NR ComminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMedia solutions and advertising agency of La Nouvelle République, regional media leader in center-west France.
• PrécontactminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHybrid agency serving communications and HR management challenges.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Appcast: Appcast is a programmatic recruitment marketing platform that buys and optimizes job advertising across channels including social, search, and display. It is the closest US analogue to Hippolyte's social-media recruitment campaign model, sharing the same core thesis of replacing traditional job boards with multi-channel paid acquisition.
• VONQ: VONQ is a European recruitment marketing platform offering job advertising, employer branding, and programmatic sourcing tools. As a Benelux-headquartered peer, it is directly comparable to Hippolyte in business model, target customer (European enterprise HR), and recruitment-marketing technology positioning.
• PandoLogic (Veritone): PandoLogic, now part of Veritone, offers AI-driven programmatic recruitment advertising and job-market optimization. It is a direct functional peer in automated, multi-channel paid recruitment marketing — overlapping heavily with Hippolyte's paid-social acquisition and AI-optimized campaign capabilities.
• SmashFly Technologies (Symphony Talent): SmashFly is a recruitment marketing automation platform covering CRM, career sites, and programmatic job advertising. It overlaps with Hippolyte's end-to-end campaign management, sourcing, and ATS integration stack targeting mid-market and enterprise recruiters.
• Recruitics: Recruitics is a recruitment marketing analytics and media-buying firm that helps employers optimize paid job advertising and employer brand campaigns. It shares Hippolyte's positioning as a recruitment-media specialist sitting between employers and ad platforms.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn Talent Solutions: LinkedIn Talent Solutions is the dominant social-recruitment incumbent, offering job postings, recruiter tools, and LinkedIn-native candidate sourcing. It is a broad incumbent competing with Hippolyte for the same enterprise recruitment-marketing budget — and is simultaneously a critical distribution channel Hippolyte depends on.
• SmartRecruiters: SmartRecruiters is a global ATS with built-in candidate sourcing, CRM, and marketplace integrations. It is both a Hippolyte ATS integration partner and a broad incumbent that could bundle social sourcing capabilities natively, threatening Hippolyte's value proposition.
• Indeed: Indeed is the world's largest job search engine with paid sourcing and employer brand products. As a broad incumbent, it competes for the same recruitment advertising budget Hippolyte captures and serves as both a substitute and an adjacent channel for employer recruitment spend.

Emerging players

• XOR: XOR is an AI-powered chatbot recruitment platform focused on candidate screening, scheduling, and engagement — directly overlapping with Hippolyte's conversational pre-qualification chatbot and AI toolkit as an emerging AI-first competitor.
• Textkernel: Textkernel is a European AI vendor specializing in CV parsing, semantic matching, and recruitment automation APIs. It is an emerging peer that competes with Hippolyte's AI pre-qualification engine in semantic candidate matching, particularly across European enterprise ATS workflows.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HippolyteRH
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hippolyterh
• Facebookfacebook.com/hippolyte.ai.jobs

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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