Vahan.ai Secures $10M Series B for Blue-Collar Recruitment with AI Expansion
Vahan.ai is building an AI recruiter for India’s 300M+ blue-collar workers.
Bengaluru-based startup Vahan.ai, an AI-driven recruitment platform for India’s blue-collar workforce, has raised $10 million in a Series B funding round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Gaingels, and Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma. Vahan.ai has placed over 500,000 workers across companies like Zomato, Amazon, Swiggy, and others in more than 480 cities, significantly reducing recruitment costs and turnaround times. With its AI-powered system, the platform recruits approximately 25,000 workers monthly, marking a transformative shift in India's blue-collar employment landscape. Founder Madhav Krishna emphasized the platform’s mission to provide jobs for individuals often marginalized due to their limited networks, with a focus on uplifting families and communities through economic stability.
The fresh funding will fuel Vahan.ai’s expansion into sectors such as manufacturing and retail, while also advancing its AI capabilities to support interviews in additional Indian languages and dialects. Vahan.ai’s impact has been particularly significant post-pandemic, as India's gig economy, driven by blue-collar jobs, continues to grow. The platform is poised to address the expected demand for 90 million gig jobs by 2032, with the sector projected to contribute over $250 billion to the nation’s GDP. Krishna expressed excitement over Vahan’s growth, noting that the startup aims to support over a billion people in finding livelihoods, driving long-term socio-economic change.
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