Inscrição YC de Contrario

Winter 2025Active

Contrario passou pela Y Combinator no batch Winter 2025 como uma empresa B2B. Abaixo: o que a empresa faz, quem a fundou e sua inscrição para a YC, reconstruída pergunta por pergunta no formulário real da YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2025
Indústria: B2BRecruiting and Talent
Tamanho da equipe: 15
Status: Active
Lançada: 2025

Fundadores

Arya MarwahaFounder & CEO
Aditya SoodFounder

O que Contrario faz

Contrario is an AI recruiting and hiring platform on a mission to help companies build generational teams. In the age of AI, the best teams are still built by the best people. Recruiting has become a zero-sum game where speed and quality decide who wins. Contrario is a network of expert recruiters supercharged by vertical AI agents purpose-built for hiring. Teams at Wispr Flow, Listen Labs, Slash, and 200+ of the fastest-growing companies use Contrario to power their hiring. In under six months, Contrario has crossed $6M in annualized revenue, paid out $1M+ to recruiters, and placed 150+ candidates - making it one of the fastest-growing AI recruiting platforms on the market. Backed by Y Combinator, Nexus Venture Partners, Goodwater Capital, and Inventum Ventures, alongside angels including David Chen (ex-HRT), Abhijeet Dwivedi (OpenAI), Hank Couture (DoorDash), and Jerry Cain (Stanford CS). Built by Stanford dropouts. Headquartered in San Francisco.

Inscrição YC de Contrario, reconstruída

Inscrição Y Combinator

Contrario, lote Winter 2025. As verdadeiras perguntas do formulário, respondidas com dados públicos.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Contrario

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI hiring platform powered by expert recruiters

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We build an AI recruiting and hiring platform that combines a network of expert recruiters with AI agents specialized in hiring. Our product helps companies find and hire high-quality candidates faster by automating parts of recruiting while preserving human judgment. Teams at fast-growing startups use Contrario to place candidates efficiently without sacrificing quality.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is headquartered here. We will continue to be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where most of our customers and recruiters are, and it's where we can attract the talent we need. Being here keeps us close to our market and investors.

21 respostas a mais na inscrição completa

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference estão na versão completa. Crie uma conta gratuita para abri-la no YC Insights, ao lado de todos os outros batches da YC.

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Perguntas Frequentes

Esta é a inscrição real da YC de Contrario?

Não. A Y Combinator mantém as inscrições submetidas em privado. Esta é uma reconstrução: as perguntas reais do formulário da YC, respondidas a partir dos dados públicos de Contrario (notas de lançamento, históricos de fundadores, descrição do produto). Mostra como uma empresa como Contrario se apresentaria à YC, não o texto que eles submeteram.

Em qual batch da YC Contrario esteve?

Contrario fez parte do batch Winter 2025 da Y Combinator.

Quem fundou o Contrario?

O Contrario foi fundado por Arya Marwaha, Aditya Sood.

O que o Contrario faz?

AI hiring platform powered by expert recruiters

Como eu leio o application completo reconstruído?

Crie uma conta gratuita no Round Funded. A versão completa de 26 respostas do application do Contrario, e de todos os outros lotes do YC, está no YC Insights.