Tech1M

Tech1M is a UK-based recruitment intelligence platform that combines AI with human expertise to support end-to-end talent acquisition. Its core product, 1M Recruiter, automates sourcing, screening, scheduling and interviewing, with AI agents shortlisting qualified candidates and video interviews conducted on the platform. A second product, 1M Aptitude, delivers AI-powered assessments of technical, soft and cognitive abilities. A third offering, 1M Elite, is a network of pre-vetted professionals spanning technical experts, product leaders, marketing specialists and consultants, admitted through a multi-step vetting process covering skills, AI literacy, compliance readiness and industry experience.

The company positions the platform as a "co-pilot" that consolidates recruitment functions — job boards, onboarding, talent networks and recruiters — into a single system, with the stated aims of reducing hiring costs, improving quality of hire and shortening time-to-hire. AI Recruiter can be configured to a customer's workflows, including role requirements, scoring criteria and communication preferences, and the platform integrates with HR, payroll and communication systems. Tech1M states that it follows GDPR and SOC2 data protection standards, encrypts candidate data and provides built-in tools to help customers comply with regional hiring laws.

Tech1M also runs a learning arm at learning.tech1m.com offering sponsored virtual bootcamps across five "tech schools" — marketing, design, engineering, analysis and management — aimed at applicants aged 16 to 35. The programme combines remote learning, mentorship from industry practitioners and paid work placements of 6–12 months with partnering companies; graduates receive a Tech1M certificate and join an alumni community with access to career mentors and job opportunities. The stated goal of the initiative is to help the next one million talents worldwide and to advance groups underrepresented in tech.

Founding story

Tech1M was founded by Tommie Edwards (CEO) and Damilola Ogunmoye (CTO). Edwards has said the idea came from hiring frustrations while running previous businesses, where teams spent hours sifting applications and scheduling interviews while strong candidates were lost, prompting an effort to build software that lets recruiters focus on the human side of hiring.

Business model

Tech1M sells AI recruitment software to businesses, with references to a subscription offering alongside access to the 1M Elite vetted talent network for hiring specialised roles; it also operates sponsored bootcamp training programmes that feed talent to partnering companies.

Subscription-based access to the platform is referenced, with additional services available outside the subscription; the 1M Elite network provides employers with access to pre-vetted professionals.

Traction

The website cites customer testimonials from a SaaS company talent acquisition lead, a fintech startup CEO and a business owner describing shortlists delivered within days and recruitment cycles compressed from weeks to days, and the learning arm publishes graduate testimonials from bootcamp alumni placed in analyst, development and business analysis roles.

Latest developments

In July 2024 Tech1M announced a $750,000 (£581,000) pre-seed round led by SFC Capital and Techstars with participation from Tech Nation, Barclays Eagle Labs, HSBC Innovation Banking, ICE Network, Vantage, 1000 Black Voices, Foundervine and GrowLondon Global, to be used to continue growing the platform.