Company research · 5 profiles
Recruiting agency versus Recruiting OS
A short comparison set for founders choosing between recruiter-led delivery and recruiting software.
- By Ali Abouelatta
- Published
Source summaries explicitly describe recruiting, hiring, talent, or interview workflows; categories are kept alongside the company language.
- Prism is described as an AI-native recruiting agency while Perfectly is described as the AI-native Recruiting OS.
- Sorce, Contrario, and Lightscreen AI add job matching, expert recruiters, and interview surfaces, making the buyer and delivery boundary visible.
- B2B · Recruiting and Talent
Prism
Prism sells an agency outcome: brief the team, let its software source and screen candidates, then handle the interview and offer yourself.Y Combinator Spring 2026
- B2B · Recruiting and Talent
Perfectly
Perfectly applies recommendation-system thinking to recruiting, with an AI agent for sourcing, outreach and screening.Y Combinator Winter 2026
- B2B · Human Resources
Sorce
An AI application workflow for job seekers who value volume and repeatability over bespoke applications.Y Combinator Fall 2025
- Recruiting · SaaS · Artificial Intelligence
Contrario
Contrario offers an expert-recruiter network and AI coordination layer for companies hiring critical roles through existing ATS workflows.Y Combinator Winter 2025
- B2B · Recruiting and Talent
Lightscreen AI
Lightscreen combines AI screening, voice interviews, background checks, scheduling and recruiting workflow automation for high-volume teams.Y Combinator Fall 2024
How this collection was assembled
Curated researched sample from the 2026-09-19 company inventory; not the full accelerator roster. Membership follows the stated source fields and public descriptions. Where SPC appears, company-directory association is not a Fellowship cohort; where LAUNCH appears, categories are editorial unless the provider exposes them.