“Jack & Jill is one of the most exciting businesses leveraging agentic AI that we have seen. The significant market traction they have gained at such an early stage is proof of the market demand. We have no doubt that Matthew, Saaras, and the team are leading a revolution in this industry, and we can’t wait to see the response in the US,” explains Peter Specht, General Partner at Creandum, who led the investment into Jack & Jill.

Reinventing hiring and job searching through AI Agents

The business was co-founded by Matthew Wilson and Saaras Mehan, to address the frustration they felt with the inefficiency and bias in the recruitment system while building previous startups.

“Imagine a world where every person is in their perfect job, doing their best work, fulfilled and impactful, and every company has the right people working for them, driving innovation and success. We’re a long, long way from that today. Our mission is to fix recruitment so that everyone in the world gets unimaginably good support while hiring or finding a job,” explains Matt Wilson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer.

AI recruiters, Jack and Jill, are designed to give everyone the service of a world-class recruiter at a fraction of the cost.

Jack helps candidates find and land the next step in their career. He speaks to professionals to learn deeply about their experiences, skill sets, and ambitions, only surfacing jobs that truly match.

Similarly, Jill introduces companies to a small number of well-matched candidates for each role. She speaks to hiring managers and talent teams to understand what they are looking for and then scans thousands of conversations from Jack’s network, to pick ideal candidates. She operates faster, more accurately, and at half the cost of traditional recruiters meaning she is a viable partner for job roles of all seniority.

As simple as a conversation

It all starts with a phone call. Jack and Jill can have thousands of conversations each day, acting autonomously to match candidates and roles. Because they speak with the user, they have the nuance and understanding of human recruiters, with the scale and speed of AI.

Saaras Mehan, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, explains: “Agency recruiters are heavily constrained by their capacity, while job boards force candidates to sift through endless listings and inundate hiring teams with poorly-suited applicants. The entire recruitment process is inefficient and ineffective. Instead of applying automation on top of a broken legacy system like this, we are reimagining it from first principles.”

Traction in London, poised for global expansion

Jack & Jill is already scaling rapidly in London with Jill integrated into hundreds high-growth companies, recruiting from Jack’s network of 49,000 top talent. Customers are reporting faster time-to-hire, higher candidate quality and savings on the traditional recruiter fees of up to 50%.

Following early traction in the UK, Jack & Jill is preparing for imminent expansion into the US market, targeting the Bay Area, to serve a global audience of candidates and employers seeking more intelligent, cost-effective and frictionless hiring.

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