VILS AIT

What VILS AIT does

VILS AIT Pvt. Ltd is an India-based, remote-first AI company that builds behavioral analytics products for talent acquisition, student employability, and workplace management. Founded around 2018-2019 as a research project analyzing social media sentiments through the lens of psychological theory, the company developed a proprietary AI behavioral model that assesses individuals across three dimensions — personal, social, and negative side — and now applies it through a suite of seven products spanning academic testing (Acadsense), skill evaluation (SkillAsses), student career preparation (StudentPro, VILS Buddy), institutional placement management (Placement Portal, Placements Pro), and enterprise HR/talent acquisition (HR Pro). Its core technology combines AI and machine learning with multimodal analysis of text, video, and audio to evaluate facial expressions, verbal cues, tone, and word choice during interviews and assessments.

The company operates a hybrid go-to-market: a self-serve registration portal at buddy.vils.ai targets individual students and job seekers (PLG), while inside sales via contact forms targets educational institutions and enterprise HR departments for Placements Pro and HR Pro. Revenue is generated through SaaS subscriptions across these product lines, though pricing is not publicly disclosed. VILS serves three primary segments — educational institutions (colleges and universities seeking improved placement outcomes), enterprise HR departments (organizations seeking data-driven hiring), and individual job seekers/students. Named customers include Deloitte alongside smaller Indian organizations (Yasoda, TechHall, C-Start, Crash Meal, Felica, Leiutus, Global ERP Solutions).

The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding, no subsidiaries, and no public M&A activity. Its headquarters is in Hyderabad, India, and the team is small (11-50 employees) and globally distributed. Core product launches occurred in 2023 (VILS Buddy, Placements Pro, HR Pro), marking the transition from a research initiative to a multi-product commercial platform. The competitive positioning rests on its domain specialization in behavioral science applied to recruitment and career development, though it faces significant scaling, funding, and validation challenges relative to better-capitalized competitors in the HR tech and edtech assessment markets.

Name

VILS AIT

Legal name

VILS AIT Pvt. Ltd

Website

https://vils.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

VILS AIT is an India-based AI company that provides behavioral analytics products for talent acquisition, student employability, and workplace management. It serves educational institutions, enterprise HR departments, and individual students through a suite of SaaS products powered by a proprietary multimodal AI behavioral model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Recruitment and Behavioral Assessment Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), AI-Powered Tutoring & Study Assistant Platforms (EDANAGAD)

Keywords

• AI behavioral assessments
• Talent acquisition software
• Student placement solutions
• AI recruitment platform
• Career assessment tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Hyderabad

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Platform access through subscription model for educational institutions, enterprises, and individual users. Products include Acadsense, SkillAsses, StudentPro, Placement Portal, VILS Buddy, VILS HR Pro, and Placements Pro.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

VILS AIT develops AI-driven behavioral assessment software for talent acquisition and student career development. The company operates a SaaS suite including individual-facing career platforms (VILS Buddy, StudentPro), institutional placement management tools (Placements Pro, Placement Portal), and enterprise HR solutions (HR Pro). Their proprietary AI behavioral model evaluates candidates across personal, social, and negative dimensions using psychological theory and empirical research.

Product overview

VILS AIT provides a suite of behavioral and digital solutions powered by AI for career development and talent acquisition. The product portfolio includes: Acadsense for academic mastery, SkillAsses for skill evaluation, StudentPro and VILS Buddy for student career preparation, Placement Portal and Placements Pro for institutional placement management, and HR Pro for enterprise talent acquisition. These interconnected products serve students, educational institutions, and HR departments, sharing core behavioral assessment and AI evaluation capabilities to bridge the gap between academia and the professional world.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Acadsense: Academic mastery platform with topic-wise practice and Course Outcome-specific tests
• SkillAsses
• StudentPro
• Placement Portal
• VILS Buddy
• PlacementsPro
• HR Pro

Products and services

• Acadsense Academic mastery platform providing topic-wise practice and Course Outcome-specific tests to help students improve their understanding and achieve better academic results.
• SkillAsses Focused skill assessment tool that evaluates user abilities and understanding to help identify strengths and areas for professional development.
• StudentPro Comprehensive student success platform providing aptitude tests, communication practice, and mock interviews to build job-ready skills and track professional progress.
• Placement Portal Institutional platform providing student performance insights to enable targeted training, academic growth initiatives, and streamlined campus placement processes.
• VILS Buddy One-stop student success platform combining behavioral assessments, mock interviews, career guidance, and professional networking to navigate the transition from student to professional.
• Placements Pro Institutional solution empowering colleges to prepare students for successful careers through employability training, placement facilitation, and employer engagement management.
• HR Pro Talent acquisition solution leveraging Behavioral Intelligence to transform recruitment, offering job posting, candidate filtering, video assessments, and team fit analysis for data-driven hiring decisions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Improved student interview performance through mock interviews and targeted practice
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HireVue: HireVue is a leading AI-driven video interview and pre-hire assessment platform used by global enterprises. It directly competes with VILS HR Pro on AI video interview analysis, behavioral assessment, and cultural-fit evaluation for talent acquisition.
• Pymetrics: Pymetrics uses AI and behavioral science (game-based assessments) to evaluate candidates for hire and development. It is a direct behavioral-assessment peer to VILS, particularly on the HR Pro side, with comparable three-dimensional trait frameworks.
• Vervoe: Vervoe uses AI to score job-simulation tasks and interviews for skills-based hiring. It overlaps with VILS on AI-driven interview evaluation and candidate fit analysis for enterprise customers.
• TestGorilla: TestGorilla provides pre-employment assessments (skills, cognitive, personality, culture-add) on a self-serve PLG platform. It is comparable to VILS on the multi-dimensional candidate assessment use case with a similar self-serve distribution model.
• Mercer Mettl: Mercer Mettl is an India-based online psychometric, behavioral, and skills assessment platform widely used by Indian enterprises and institutions. It is the closest India-market peer across both HR and educational institution use cases.
• iMocha: iMocha is an India-based AI skills and behavioral assessment platform for hiring and talent management. It competes head-to-head with VILS HR Pro and the SkillAsses/StudentPro products on behavioral and skills evaluation.
• Harver: Harver delivers pre-employment assessment solutions including video interviews and behavioral matching for high-volume hiring. It competes with VILS HR Pro in enterprise talent acquisition with overlapping video-assessment technology.

Broad incumbents

• Eightfold AI: Eightfold AI is a broader talent intelligence platform covering sourcing, matching, and skill assessment for the enterprise. It competes in the same HR AI category as VILS HR Pro but at a much larger scale and broader scope.

Emerging players

• HackerEarth: HackerEarth (India-based) provides technical recruitment and developer assessment solutions. It overlaps with VILS's coding interview and skill evaluation tools and shares the India HR Tech ecosystem.
• Codility: Codility provides technical skills assessments and coding interview platforms for enterprise hiring. It overlaps with VILS's Interactive Coding Platform and SkillAsses but focuses narrowly on technical/developer roles.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/vilsaitpvt
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@VILS-AI
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vils-ait
• Instagraminstagram.com/vils.ait
• Facebookfacebook.com/VILS-Behaviour-Intelligence-61550904634675

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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