Gqr Corp.

What Gqr Corp. does

GQR Corp., operating under Wynden Stark LLC, is a privately-held talent acquisition firm providing workforce solutions across four primary verticals: Healthcare, Life Sciences, Technology/STEM, and Workday. The company delivers a portfolio of services including Managed Service Provider (MSP), Vendor Management System (VMS), Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), contract staffing, permanent search, and strategic advisory engagements. Headquartered in New York with offices in Austin and operations in Australia, GQR operates as a Certified Staffing Partner for Workday and holds Joint Commission Gold Seal accreditation for healthcare staffing. The company serves a diverse enterprise client base including major hospital systems, biopharmaceutical companies (Takeda, Gilead, Teva, Servier), biotech firms (Alkermes, Biohaven, Cabaletta Bio, Passage Bio, Ultragenyx, X4 Pharmaceuticals, Flatiron Health, KSQ Therapeutics), and technology companies (Bumble, DoorDash, Rocket Companies).

GQR's flagship technology is Nebula, an AI-driven talent acquisition platform built on technology acquired from Untapt in 2019. Nebula processes 180M+ candidate profiles using deep learning neural networks and proprietary NLP, offering features such as Stack Rank Candidates, Market Insights, Engage (with generative AI messaging), and ByeBias (a bias-anonymization tool). The company monetizes through multiple streams: margin-based contract staffing and MSP supplemental engagements, percentage-based permanent placement fees, subscription-based Nebula SaaS licensing, and project-based RPO/advisory fees. Direct enterprise field sales dominates the go-to-market, supplemented by inside sales for mid-market accounts, a self-serve job board (393+ pages of listings), and channel partnerships via Workday's ecosystem and Criteria Corp. for assessments.

The company has executed two notable strategic acquisitions: Untapt in 2019 (forming Nebula's AI foundation) and Uniti Med in 2025 (expanding healthcare staffing with a multi-award-winning clinical brand). GQR demonstrates meaningful scale signals through case-study data—including 1,000+ nurse placements across 13 facilities for a single California health system, 12x candidate lift in Nebula compared to keyword-based search, 35% time-to-fill reductions, and 85% retention rates—though no consolidated revenue figures are disclosed.

Name

Gqr Corp.

Legal name

Wynden Stark LLC

Website

https://gqr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Short description

GQR Corp. is a privately-held talent acquisition firm operating under Wynden Stark LLC, providing staffing, MSP, VMS, RPO, permanent search, and strategic advisory services across healthcare, life sciences, technology, and Workday verticals, supported by its proprietary Nebula AI platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Talent Acquisition & Staffing Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Vendor Management System (VMS) & MSP-Led Contractor Programs (BPACAGAF), Enterprise RPO (End-to-End Program Management) (BPACABAA)

Keywords

• Healthcare staffing services
• AI talent acquisition
• Life sciences recruiting
• Managed service provider
• Workday ecosystem staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contract/Temporary Staffing: GQR places healthcare clinicians (travel nurses, locum tenens physicians, allied health professionals) on contract assignments. Revenue is earned as a margin on the contract labor rates charged to client facilities. This is a primary revenue stream supporting hospitals and health systems needing contingent workforce coverage.
2. Permanent/Direct Hire Placement: GQR places full-time, permanent clinical and non-clinical staff (RNs, allied health, life sciences professionals, technology specialists) through direct hire engagements. Revenue is typically earned as a fee based on the placed candidate's first-year salary.
3. Managed Service Provider (MSP): GQR operates as a staffing supplier under MSP arrangements for large hospital systems, managing vendor relationships, compliance, and workforce processes on behalf of the client. Revenue is derived from markup on contingent labor supplied under the MSP framework.
4. Vendor Management System (VMS): GQR provides technology-enabled VMS solutions that allow clients to manage their entire contingent workforce through a single platform, including vendorneutral ordering, compliance tracking, and reporting.
5. Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO): GQR delivers end-to-end recruitment process outsourcing, functioning as an extension of the client's internal talent acquisition team to manage requisitions, sourcing, screening, and hiring for permanent roles.
6. Strategic Advisory: GQR provides organizational design, process consulting, and workforce strategy services to help clients optimize their talent acquisition functions, employer branding, and workforce planning.
7. Nebula SaaS Platform: Nebula, GQR's AI talent acquisition platform, is offered to enterprise clients for intelligent talent planning, acquisition, and retention. The platform is accessible to clients for sourcing, matching, and workforce insights, functioning as a SaaS or platform licensing model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

GQR provides specialized talent acquisition services for healthcare, life sciences, technology, and Workday clients, including contract staffing, permanent/direct hire placement, Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Vendor Management System (VMS) engagements, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), and Strategic Advisory. Its flagship technology product is Nebula, a proprietary AI-driven talent acquisition platform that scores, ranks, and matches candidates using deep learning neural networks and natural language processing across 180M+ profiles, complemented by the Adaptive Talent Engine and the ByeBias fair-hiring module.

Product overview

GQR operates as a talent acquisition firm offering a portfolio of workforce solutions rather than a single unified software product. The core service offerings include Workforce Solutions (MSP, VMS, RPO), Contract Staffing, Permanent Search, and Strategic Advisory across four primary industry verticals: Healthcare, Life Sciences, Technology & STEM, and Workday. The flagship technology product is Nebula, an AI-driven talent acquisition platform built on technology acquired from Untapt in 2019. Nebula provides candidate matching, generative AI for job descriptions, market insights, and bias-reduction tools. The company has also expanded through acquisition, adding Uniti Med as a healthcare staffing sub-brand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Uniti Med: Healthcare staffing agency providing travel nursing and allied health professional placements with award-winning service and compassionate approach.
• Nebula
• Recruiting Resources

Products and services

• Contract Staffing

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% retention rate across 1,000+ nurse placements for a California hospital system
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Untapt (Acquisition)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019In 2019, GQR acquired Untapt, a company with award-winning AI models specifically designed for talent matching. Untapt's AI was built for real-world corporate environments, stress-tested across industries, and consistently outperformed large-scale recruitment teams by identifying the best-matched profiles in milliseconds. This acquisition provided the foundational technology for GQR's proprietary Nebula AI platform.
• Workday (Certified Staffing Partner)coreTechnology or IntegrationGQR is a Certified Staffing Partner for Workday, enabling the company to hold and provide Workday certifications, pro-certify customer-side resources, hold Independent Consultants' Certifications, and certify net-new consultants. This partnership provides access to Workday's ecosystem of customers in government, healthcare, life sciences, financial services, and higher education for specialized Workday staffing engagements.
• Uniti Med (Acquisition)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGQR acquired Uniti Med, a leading healthcare staffing agency based in Omaha, NE, dedicated to connecting top-tier medical professionals with premier job opportunities across the United States. The acquisition enhances GQR's strengths and expands capabilities in healthcare staffing, bringing upgraded benefits for contractors (day-one health insurance, pet insurance, 401(k)), expanded network insights, and a broader talent pool across various healthcare fields.
• Recruiting ResourcesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGQR has expanded its family of brands to include Recruiting Resources, which appears alongside GQR Global Markets, Uniti Med, and Nebula in company communications. Recruiting Resources supports GQR's locum tenens and broader healthcare staffing operations.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Eightfold AI: Enterprise AI talent intelligence platform competing in the same space as Nebula's candidate matching and Market Insights capabilities. Relevant as a technology competitor that enterprise clients may evaluate alongside or against Nebula.
• iCIMS: Enterprise Talent Acquisition platform and ATS increasingly bundling AI candidate matching. Indirect competitor to Nebula as a standalone AI talent acquisition SaaS, and increasingly relevant as GQR attempts to monetize Nebula separately from services.

Direct peers

• AMN Healthcare: Largest US healthcare staffing firm with direct overlap in travel nursing, locum tenens, and MSP/RPO services for hospital systems. Highly comparable to GQR's Healthcare vertical, but with materially greater scale and a public-company cost-of-capital advantage.
• Aya Healthcare: Major US travel nursing and allied health staffing firm with a strong MSP/MSC business serving large hospital systems. Closely comparable to GQR Healthcare and Uniti Med across contract staffing, MSP supplemental, and technology-enabled candidate management.
• Kforce: Public staffing firm with a strong Technology and Workday/ERP practice alongside finance & accounting. Highly comparable to GQR's Technology & STEM vertical and Workday Certified Staffing Partner motion, though smaller in healthcare and life sciences.
• Insight Global: Large private staffing firm spanning IT, healthcare, and professional services. Most directly comparable to GQR on the technology/STEM and contract staffing motion, with overlapping enterprise field sales and MSP delivery.
• CHG Healthcare: Privately-held healthcare staffing leader spanning travel nursing, locum tenens, and allied health. Comparable to GQR's healthcare staffing offering and Uniti Med's travel nursing model, with similar emphasis on large-system client relationships.
• Hayes Locums (Hays): Specialized locum tenens and healthcare staffing firm focused on physician placement. Comparable to GQR's locum tenens and life sciences clinical staffing motion, and a relevant peer for the Uniti Med healthcare expansion.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half: Global staffing and consulting firm with deep presence in finance, technology, and administrative placement. Overlaps with GQR on Technology & STEM permanent and contract staffing and on enterprise RPO, though narrower in healthcare.
• Randstad: Global staffing and HR services incumbent offering staffing, RPO, MSP, and talent technology across all major verticals. Broader and more diversified than GQR, but competes on enterprise RPO/MSP and on technology-enabled staffing at the largest global accounts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/GQRGM
• Facebookfacebook.com/GQRInsights
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gqr-global-markets
• Instagraminstagram.com/lifeatgqr

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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