Emi Labs
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Generative AI platform for frontline hiring and retention via WhatsApp, SMS, and Messenger, focused on Latin America.
AI tools for recruiting chatbots and scheduling
A recruiting chatbot handles the back-and-forth that used to sit in a recruiter's inbox: confirming interest, collecting basic information, answering questions about the role, and finding a time that works for everyone. The AI runs the conversation itself, usually by SMS, WhatsApp or web chat rather than email, and increasingly makes a first screening judgment before a person looks at the application. That matters most in high-volume, frontline and hourly hiring, where speed decides who takes another job first.
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Paradox runs its Olivia assistant across chat-based applications, scheduling and screening, and became part of Workday in 2025. Talkpush built its recruiting CRM specifically for high-volume hiring, with conversational screening running over WhatsApp, SMS and other channels at once. PastaHR connects to more than 100 applicant tracking systems and runs AI agents for screening and data collection by WhatsApp and email. Emi Labs focuses on frontline hiring and retention in Latin America over WhatsApp, SMS and Messenger.
Because these tools make an early judgment about who moves forward, they typically count as recruitment AI under the EU AI Act, with the usual documentation and oversight duties. Candidates should always have a way to reach a human instead. Message data often lives with a messaging provider as well as the vendor, so check both data locations, and confirm response times hold up once volume actually spikes.
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Gupy
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Brazilian HR platform with agentic WhatsApp hiring, AI candidate ranking, and automated document validation.
HeyMilo
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New York-based AI platform for automated phone, video, and SMS interviews with fraud detection.
Joveo
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Agentic AI platform for programmatic job ads, a recruiting chatbot, an AI interviewer, and recruiting analytics.
Paradox
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Conversational AI recruiting platform (assistant Olivia) for chat-based application, scheduling, and screening, part of Workday since 2025.
PastaHR
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AI agents for application screening and data collection via WhatsApp and email, integrated with over 100 ATS systems.
Phenom
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US talent intelligence platform with AI agents for voice screening and career coaching, parent company of Applied and Plum.
Talkpush
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AI recruiting CRM for high-volume hiring with conversational screening over WhatsApp, SMS, and other channels.
Peoplise
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Turkish recruiting platform with AI-assisted resume screening and a video interview suite, now part of the Logo Group.
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Questions
Do candidates know they're talking to an AI, not a person?
Reputable tools disclose this upfront, and several jurisdictions are moving toward requiring it directly under transparency rules for AI systems that interact with people.
Can a recruiting chatbot actually reject a candidate?
Some make an automatic first-round decision, but this is exactly the point where the EU AI Act requires a human to be able to review and overrule the outcome.
Which channel works best for a recruiting chatbot: SMS, WhatsApp or web chat?
It depends on the audience. High-volume frontline hiring tends to see far higher response rates on WhatsApp or SMS than on a web form or email.