# HackerEarth

> HackerEarth is a developer-assessment and technical-hiring platform that helps companies screen, interview, and hire software engineers using automated coding tests, live coding interviews, and AI-driven interviewers. Founded in 2012 by IIT Roorkee alumni Sachin Gupta and Vivek Prakash, it pairs enterprise recruiting software with one of the largest developer communities in the world, built through years of hackathons and programming contests. Today it serves hundreds of enterprise customers and is repositioning around AI-powered interviewing and evaluation.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, USA (with major operations in Bangalore, India)
- **Founders:** Sachin Gupta (Co-founder, Executive Chairman (former CEO)), Vivek Prakash (Co-founder, former CTO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 290 employees
- **Products:** HackerEarth Assessments, FaceCode, AI Interviewer / AI Screener, OnScreen, HackerEarth Contests & Hackathons
- **Notable:** Grew a developer community reported to exceed 10 million users, Delivered 150 million+ assessments across the platform, Serves 750+ enterprise customers including Amazon, PayPal, and Walmart Labs

## Products & services

- **HackerEarth Assessments** — ISO-certified automated coding assessment platform for screening developers across many programming languages and roles.
- **FaceCode** — Live coding interview tool with a collaborative code editor, AI-assisted insights, and advanced proctoring.
- **AI Interviewer / AI Screener** — AI-driven tools that run structured technical interviews and screen candidates end to end.
- **OnScreen** — Always-on AI interview tool using lifelike avatars with built-in identity verification and proctoring, launched in 2026.
- **HackerEarth Contests & Hackathons** — Platform for hackathons, programming challenges, and coding competitions for companies and the developer community.
- **HackerEarth Practice** — Free tutorials and practice problems on data structures, algorithms, math, Python, and machine learning.

## Achievements

- Grew a developer community reported to exceed 10 million users
- Delivered 150 million+ assessments across the platform
- Serves 750+ enterprise customers including Amazon, PayPal, and Walmart Labs
- Reached ~$36M ARR while raising only $11.5M in disclosed funding
- Launched OnScreen, an always-on AI interviewer, in 2026
- ISO-certified assessment platform

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Launched OnScreen, an always-on AI interview tool using lifelike avatars with built-in identity verification and proctoring.
- **2025** — Leadership reshuffle: co-founder Sachin Gupta moved to executive chairman; Vikas Aditya appointed CEO to lead the AI-hiring pivot.
- **2024** — Reported ~$36M ARR and expanded AI-driven products including AI Screener and AI Interviewer.

## Links

- Website: https://www.hackerearth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackerearth
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HackerEarth
- GitHub: https://github.com/HackerEarth
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/hackerearthblog
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HackerEarth

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Last updated: 2026-07-14