# Sense

> Sense is an AI-powered talent engagement platform that helps enterprises and staffing firms find, screen, schedule, and re-engage candidates through chatbots, SMS, voice AI, and a unified talent CRM. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, it serves 1,000+ companies including Dell, Sony, Coca-Cola and HCA Healthcare.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Anil Dharni (Co-Founder & CEO), Pankaj Jindal (Co-Founder), Alex Rosen (Co-Founder), Ram Gudavalli (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~380 (distributed across San Francisco and Hyderabad)
- **Products:** Talent CRM, AI Chatbot, AI Recruiter Grace, Recruiting Automation, Interview Scheduling
- **Notable:** $500M valuation at Series D (Dec 2021), Acquired Skillate (AI matching) in 2022, picking up clients like Sony and Anheuser-Busch, Doubled revenue and team in 2021

## Products & services

- **Talent CRM** — Unified database of candidates with engagement history, scoring, and segmentation.
- **AI Chatbot** — Conversational bot for screening, FAQs, and instant apply across web and SMS.
- **AI Recruiter Grace** — Voice AI that conducts interviews, screens candidates, and routes the qualified ones to humans.
- **Recruiting Automation** — Workflow engine for nurture campaigns, re-engagement, and pipeline operations.
- **Interview Scheduling** — Self-serve calendar booking with automatic reminders to cut no-shows.
- **Text & WhatsApp Messaging** — Two-way recruiter messaging with templates, bulk send, and analytics.
- **Referrals** — Employee referral program automation with rewards tracking.
- **Candidate Scoring & Matching** — Skillate-powered AI matching of candidates to open roles.

## Achievements

- $500M valuation at Series D (Dec 2021)
- Acquired Skillate (AI matching) in 2022, picking up clients like Sony and Anheuser-Busch
- Doubled revenue and team in 2021
- Named to multiple HR-tech industry awards and analyst reports

## Latest updates

- **2021-12** — Closed $50M Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $500M valuation.
- **2022-09** — Acquired Skillate, an AI-powered candidate matching platform.
- **2024** — Launched AI Recruiter 'Grace', a voice-AI agent that conducts candidate screens.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sensehq.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sensehq
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sense_hq
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SenseHQ
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sensehq.co

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Last updated: 2026-05-23