# Glider AI

> Glider AI is an enterprise hiring and workforce-learning platform that replaces résumé confidence with evidence: job simulations, technical and functional assessments, conversational interviews, identity checks, and AI proctoring. Founded in 2020 by Satish Kumar, the company raised a $10 million Series A, moved from a testing product toward an end-to-end skills-validation system, and was acquired by talent-data company Findem in March 2026 for undisclosed terms.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Redwood City, United States
- **Founders:** Satish Kumar (CEO and Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 130 employees (third-party estimate supplied for this profile)
- **Products:** Glider Engage, Skill Assessments, Interview Software, AI Proctoring and ID Verification, Learning and Development
- **Notable:** Won Staffing Industry Analysts' 2021 Shark Tank competition for most innovative staffing technology., Placed second in the 2022 World Staffing Summit competition, according to Glider's company history., Named among G2's Global Top 50 AI products for 2024, according to Glider and its G2 profile.

## Products & services

- **Glider Engage** — Omnichannel candidate outreach and pre-screening through AI chat, text and automated phone conversations.
- **Skill Assessments** — Technical, functional and behavioral assessments built around job simulations, coding environments and configurable rubrics.
- **Interview Software** — Live coding, one-way video, AI-guided and autonomous conversational interviews, with transcripts and skill reports.
- **AI Proctoring and ID Verification** — Identity, location and behavior checks intended to flag impersonation, plagiarism, deepfakes and suspicious test activity.
- **Learning and Development** — Practice-based learning, role-specific certification and skills-gap analysis integrated with enterprise learning systems.
- **Agentic AI Interviews** — A multilingual autonomous interviewer that asks follow-ups, runs real-world tasks, answers candidate questions and produces structured reports.
- **AI Assistant** — An embedded technical-assessment assistant that records how candidates prompt, debug and apply AI guidance, measuring AI fluency as well as code output.
- **AI Role Play** — Custom spoken simulations for employees to practice and demonstrate communication skills in repeatable scenarios.
- **Real Candidate 360** — A combined identity, integrity and skills-validation workflow with audit trails and multi-signal fraud checks.

## Achievements

- Won Staffing Industry Analysts' 2021 Shark Tank competition for most innovative staffing technology.
- Placed second in the 2022 World Staffing Summit competition, according to Glider's company history.
- Named among G2's Global Top 50 AI products for 2024, according to Glider and its G2 profile.
- Raised a $10 million Series A led by Primera Capital in 2023.
- Was acquired by Findem in March 2026 for undisclosed terms, following a product partnership announced in late 2025.
- Built a library reported in 2023 at more than 250,000 questions, 35+ interactive question types and 500+ competencies.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Glider AI became available on SAP Store with integration for SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting and Learning.
- **2025-05** — Launched Agentic AI Interviews for autonomous, multilingual, skill-based interviews in an AI-proctored environment.
- **2025-08** — Introduced AI Assistant inside technical assessments and live coding interviews to evaluate how candidates work with AI.
- **2025-11** — Announced a product partnership with Findem combining labeled talent data with validated skills.
- **2026-03** — Findem acquired Glider AI for undisclosed terms, combining talent discovery with skills validation, autonomous interviews and identity verification.

## Links

- Website: https://glider.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gliderai/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/GLIDERai
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glideraiinc

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Last updated: 2026-08-22