# Guide

> Guide sells recruiting coordination software that combines an AI scheduling agent, branded candidate portals, messaging, surveys and reporting. Talent teams use it alongside their applicant tracking system to organize interviews and give candidates a clearer view of the hiring process.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Troy Sultan (Co-founder and CEO), Austin Cooley (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** Candidate Portal, Aria / AI Interview Scheduling, Branded Messaging, Candidate Surveys, Reporting and Analytics
- **Notable:** Announced an $8 million seed round in March 2022., Named a Greenhouse Customer-Preferred Partner in September 2022., Reported serving more than 100,000 candidates by September 2022.

## Products & services

- **Candidate Portal** — Branded candidate hub with interview stages, preparation materials, interviewer profiles, schedules and communications.
- **Aria / AI Interview Scheduling** — AI recruiting coordinator for panels, availability collection, interviewer selection, declines, rescheduling and coordination workflows.
- **Branded Messaging** — Candidate emails, calendar communications and a centralized inbox connected to the hiring workflow.
- **Candidate Surveys** — Stage-based candidate feedback, with anonymized Live Survey responses withheld until after the hiring decision.
- **Reporting and Analytics** — Candidate engagement and recruiting coordination dashboards, including scheduling, rescheduling and interviewer metrics.

## Achievements

- Announced an $8 million seed round in March 2022.
- Named a Greenhouse Customer-Preferred Partner in September 2022.
- Reported serving more than 100,000 candidates by September 2022.
- MURAL’s published customer account reports a 16% increase in offer acceptance and a 9% reduction in time-to-fill; these are customer-reported results, not controlled causal estimates.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Guide’s comparison, documented as checked in August 2026, describes Aria copilot/autopilot controls, flat headcount pricing and Google Workspace support with Greenhouse or Ashby; it states Microsoft 365 is unsupported as of that month.
- **2026-05** — Help-center documentation dated May 12 describes shared scheduling queues, task ownership and custom queues.
- **2025-09** — September 29 help documentation explains candidate surveys and withholding anonymized feedback until the hiring decision.
- **2025-06** — The founders discussed moving from idealistic product bets to incremental customer-driven improvements on Supra Insider, published June 9.

## Links

- Website: https://www.guide.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guidedotco
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/guideshq
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/guidedotco

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Last updated: 2026-10-23