# Karat

> Karat is a Seattle-based company that runs technical interviews on behalf of employers through its 'Interviewing Cloud' - a global network of trained Interview Engineers who conduct 24/7 live, structured technical interviews backed by enterprise infrastructure and hiring analytics. Used by enterprises like Roblox, American Express, Intuit, Pinterest and Wayfair, Karat lets engineering teams scale hiring capacity, reclaim engineer time, and make fairer, more consistent hiring decisions.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Seattle, United States
- **Founders:** Mohit Bhende (CEO & Co-founder), Jeffrey Spector (President & Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~400 employees (plus a global network of Interview Engineers)
- **Products:** Interviewing Cloud, Interview Engineers (IVEs), Karat NextGen Interviews, Brilliant Black Minds
- **Notable:** Reached unicorn status with a $1.1B valuation in October 2021, Raised $151.6M total across funding rounds, Built a global, 24/7 network of Interview Engineers

## Products & services

- **Interviewing Cloud** — End-to-end interviewing-as-a-service: a global network of trained Interview Engineers conducts structured, 24/7 live technical interviews with enterprise-grade infrastructure and analytics.
- **Interview Engineers (IVEs)** — Vetted senior software engineers worldwide who conduct interviews on behalf of client companies, applying tested formats for consistency.
- **Karat NextGen Interviews** — Launched December 2025: a human-led, AI-enabled evaluation where candidates tackle multi-file projects with an integrated AI assistant alongside an Interview Engineer.
- **Brilliant Black Minds** — Free mock technical interviews and coaching for Black software engineers, with a community of 10,000+ members and connections to hiring partners.

## Achievements

- Reached unicorn status with a $1.1B valuation in October 2021
- Raised $151.6M total across funding rounds
- Built a global, 24/7 network of Interview Engineers
- Brilliant Black Minds community surpassed 10,000 members
- Launched NextGen, billed as the first human-led, AI-enabled technical evaluation (December 2025)

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Launched Karat NextGen Interviews, a human-led, AI-enabled talent evaluation solution for the human + AI engineering era.
- **2025** — Published the 2025-2026 AI Workforce Transformation Report; Brilliant Black Minds surpassed 10,000 members.
- **2021-10** — Closed $110M Series C at a $1.1B valuation led by Tiger Global.

## Links

- Website: https://karat.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karat
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/karat
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@karatinterviewing
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karatinterviewing/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karat.interviewing/

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Last updated: 2026-06-08