Landed

LANDED provides an end-to-end recruiting platform for high-volume, hourly hiring in restaurants, hospitality groups and retail. The product combines job distribution across job boards and social media, generative-AI screening and customizable vetting, intelligent candidate matching, text-message-based application and screening, interview scheduling, and hiring analytics, with the stated aim of reducing time-to-hire, interview no-shows and job-board advertising spend for operators. The platform integrates with major applicant tracking and HRIS systems including Workday, ADP, UKG, Paycom, Paylocity, Greenhouse, JazzHR, Talentreef, PeopleMatter and HigherMe. An AI assistant (referred to in customer case studies as "Elaine") handles candidate communication, and clients are also supported by dedicated LANDED staff.

At launch the company offered a mobile app connecting hourly food and retail workers with local employers, using video profiles to help candidates stand out and AI to match candidates to jobs while automating much of the employer-side hiring workflow. The company has since positioned itself around generative AI for frontline worker hiring, serving multi-unit brands and franchisees. Named customers and case-study subjects include Torchy's Tacos, Tao Group Hospitality, Applebee's, Chick-fil-A, Grocery Outlet, Salt & Straw, DIG, Tony Roma's, TooJay's, tru by Hilton, Topanga, Goodberry's and franchisees of KFC, Burger King and Jimmy John's.

Founding story

Founded in 2019 by Vivian Wang, who participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2019 batch. Wang graduated from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs and previously worked at BlackRock advising European central banks on financial markets strategy, launched Asia and EMEA markets at Matterport, and led special projects for the C-suite at Gap, Inc. She has described launching the company days before pandemic-driven restaurant shutdowns.

Business model

B2B software and service sold to employers, which pay LANDED to run recruiting for hourly and management roles; the platform is free to job seekers, who apply through the LANDED job portal and mobile experience.

Employer-side subscriptions/service fees for recruiting technology and dedicated support, positioned as a replacement for job board advertising spend and in-house recruiting labor.

Traction

The company reports serving more than 500 restaurant, hospitality and retail brands, and cites three-year revenue growth of 2,900% in its 2025 Inc. 5000 ranking. Customer case studies report outcomes such as 66% reduction in time to hire, 4x the industry-average hire rate, 36 hours saved per general manager per month, and cost-per-hire reductions.

Latest developments

In August 2025 LANDED announced its first appearance on the Inc. 5000 list at #960 with reported three-year revenue growth of 2,900%. In March 2025 Torchy's Tacos adopted the platform across 130+ locations, and in December 2024 Tao Group Hospitality began working with LANDED; the same month, Charles Jemley joined the advisory board. The company continues hiring for remote client strategy and sales roles.