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Recently, the San Francisco-based startup Spott announced it had raised $3.2 million in seed funding with the goal of building an AI-native recruitment platform to help recruitment agencies streamline processes and eliminate technical fragmentation. The round was led by Base10Partners, with participation from Y Combinator, Fortino, True Equity, and several angel investors. Spott has just completed the Y Combinator 2025 Winter Accelerator.

Recently, global talent recruitment and provider company Magnit launched an AI assistant named 'Maggi', designed to help hiring managers find suitable talent more easily and quickly. Maggi is part of Magnit's newly integrated workforce management platform, and Magnit hopes to change the traditional methods of recruitment through this innovative tool. Vidhya Srinivasan, Magnit's Chief Product and Marketing Officer, stated that Maggi employs

Nearly 50% of job seekers use AI tools like ChatGPT to write resumes and cover letters, leading to a surge of low-quality applications in the recruitment market and posing challenges for recruiters. This trend has resulted in a spike in application numbers, with employers like Deloitte and EY warning recent graduates to avoid using AI. While young job seekers can cleverly mask traces of AI usage, generative AI is also being used for cheating, particularly in recruitment tests. Job seekers using the paid version of ChatGPT have a higher success rate in psychological assessments, which correlates positively with socioeconomic status.