Jooba Raises $4 Million for AI Recruiting Service

Oct 20, 2026
Jooba raised $4 million in seed funding and made its recruiting service generally available. The company combines custom AI sourcing agents with human review.

Jooba raised $4 million in seed funding and made its recruiting service generally available, according to The Next Web. The round included a16z Speedrun, Scribble Ventures and Genius Ventures.

Customers meet with a human talent engineer to define each open role. Jooba then builds a custom AI sourcing agent that searches for candidates, while its staff reviews and approves the results before sending outreach under the name of the founder or hiring manager.

Interested candidates are sent to a dedicated Slack channel for review and interview scheduling. Jooba sells the managed service through a flat subscription and says it can reduce total hiring time by 50 percent and recruiting fees by 90 percent.

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