Vahan.ai operates an AI-powered recruitment platform focused on placing blue-collar workers, conducting interviews in English and Hindi and matching workers to employers such as Zomato, Swiggy and Amazon. The company has placed over 500,000 workers in more than 480 cities and facilitates roughly 25,000 job placements per month. Vahan plans to use product investment to expand language support to eight major Indian languages and various dialects to reduce language barriers. For the fiscal year ending March 2023 the company reported operating revenue of Rs 29.7 crore and a loss of Rs 17.71 crore; FY24 results were not disclosed and the company expects to double growth in FY25. Vahan faces competition from platforms that have merged or struggled, but has carved a niche in post-pandemic blue-collar hiring. The platform emphasizes reducing hiring costs and turnaround times through AI-driven matching. Vahan.ai uses AI-based technology to match blue-collar job seekers with employers through messaging apps such as WhatsApp. The company has developed an AI chatbot called 'Mitra' that enables employers to hire workers in large volumes across industries. Vahan counts clients including Zomato, Dominos, Shadowfax, Airtel, Grofers, Dunzo, Flipkart and Altruist. Management reports the startup grew 10x during the pandemic and currently places around 7,000 people every month. With the new funding, Vahan plans to further expand its recruitment business and build new product offerings. Its machine learning approach is aimed at reducing worker attrition and increasing overall worker productivity for employers.

Total raised

$18M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Sep 2024