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Sense
San Francisco, US · Founded 2016 · 486 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors
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Sense offers an enterprise recruiting platform for talent acquisition and staffing teams, combining a conversational CRM, AI recruiter, interview scheduling, automation, and SMS/WhatsApp messaging to engage candidates and speed up hiring. It serves industries including healthcare, manufacturing and warehousing, technology and IT, logistics, retail and hospitality, and financial services.
Also known as Sense Talent Labs, Inc. · SenseHQ
Founders & leadership
Sense was founded in 2016 by Ram Gudavalli, Pankaj Jindal, and Anil Dharni.
Board
Investors · 8
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Also in the syndicate · 1
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$66M disclosed across 2 of 4 rounds · 2020–2021
- Undisclosed amountSeries CJun 2021
Avataar Ventures (lead), Accel, Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeedMar 2021Source ↗
▶$16MraisedDec 2021 · 4 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Narendra RathiDirector
- Ram GudavalliExecutive Officer, Director
- Tyson ClarkDirector
- Anil DharniExecutive Officer, Director
- Anand DanielDirector
- Nishant RaoDirector
- Offering amount
- $16M
- Amount sold
- $16M
- First sale
- Oct 2020
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$50MraisedDec 2021 · 2 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Ram GudavalliExecutive Officer, Director
- Narendra RathiDirector
- Nishant RaoDirector
- Anand DanielDirector
- Anil DharniExecutive Officer, Director
- Tyson ClarkDirector
- Offering amount
- $50M
- Amount sold
- $50M
- First sale
- Nov 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Sense, operated by Sense Talent Labs, Inc., provides an AI-powered recruiting platform designed to sit on top of an employer's applicant tracking system and automate outreach, screening, candidate matching, engagement and interview scheduling. The platform is organized into modules including recruiting automation and engagement, a conversational CRM that operates inside the customer's ATS, an AI Recruiter, an AI Interviewer, conversational AI chatbots, conversational voice AI for automated phone screening and reference checks, SMS and WhatsApp messaging (1:1, campaign and automated), AI screening, candidate matching, employee referrals, interview scheduling for 1:1, panel and sequential formats, and analytics and insights.
The product is positioned to support both partial automation of early-stage candidate outreach and end-to-end management of open roles. Sense also markets a set of "Sense AI Agents." The company emphasizes integrations with existing HR technology stacks so that data and workflows connect to the customer's broader recruiting ecosystem.
Business model
Sense sells software to employer and staffing talent teams, with a pricing page and a demo-request sales motion indicated on its website. [0]
Traction
Sense reports that over 1,000 organizations use the platform. Customer-attributed results cited on its site include a 30% reduction in time-to-match, a 40% increase in candidate conversion rate, a 7% decrease in turnover, a 4x increase in completed interviews, 50% faster time-to-screen, 18 hours saved per recruiter per week, and a 75% reduction in time-to-offer. [0]
Latest developments
Sense is promoting a new set of Sense AI Agents alongside its conversational voice AI capability for automated screening and reference-check phone calls. [0]
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Sense states that more than 1,000 market leaders use the platform to accelerate hiring, and references customers including Dell. [0]
Technology
The platform applies AI across the recruiting workflow: automated candidate screening and matching, an AI Recruiter and AI Interviewer, conversational AI chatbots, and conversational voice AI that places automated phone calls for screening and reference checks. Automated messaging is delivered over SMS and WhatsApp, and the system integrates with customers' ATS and wider HR tech stack. The company publishes a Sense AI Policy. [0]
Go-to-market
Direct sales through personalized demo requests, supported by customer stories, a blog, books and reports, events and media resources; the company also cites training and customer support during implementation. [0]
Talent acquisition and staffing teams. Named industry solutions include financial services and insurance, healthcare, retail/restaurant/hospitality, logistics and transportation, manufacturing and warehousing, staffing, and technology and IT. [0]
Geography
Headquartered at 1875 Mission Street, Suite 103, San Francisco, CA 94103. [0]
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Founder mafia
3 people who came through Sense went on to found or lead other companies.
▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Sensesensehq.com · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Sense do?
- Sense is an AI-powered recruiting platform that automates candidate screening, matching, engagement and interview scheduling.
- Who founded Sense?
- Sense was founded by Ram Gudavalli, Pankaj Jindal, Anil Dharni in 2016.
- Who are Sense's investors?
- Sense's investors include Accel, Avataar Venture Partners, GV (Google Ventures), SoftBank Vision Fund, Khosla Ventures, Signia Venture Partners, SoftBank Group.
- How much funding has Sense raised?
- Sense has disclosed $66M raised across 2 of its 4 known rounds.
- Where is Sense headquartered?
- Sense is headquartered in San Francisco, US.