"AI recruitment software that redefines hiring with responsible and explainable AI."
How a former search-firm founder turned hiring into a data problem
Most hiring decisions start with a glance. A recruiter skims a resume, forms an impression, and moves on - a process fast, human, and famously inconsistent. X0PA AI, founded in Singapore in 2017, was built on the premise that this part of hiring should be measurable. Its cloud platform sources candidates, screens them, and scores them on skills, experience, predicted performance, loyalty and cultural fit, then hands recruiters a ranked shortlist with the reasoning attached.
The founder, Nina Alag Suri, did not arrive at the problem theoretically. She spent roughly 25 years in recruitment, running a global executive-search firm called Nastrac Group, before deciding the subjectivity she saw every day was worth disrupting - even at the expense of her own business. X0PA is the tool she says she wished she had. Today the company serves more than 100 organizations, from Singapore government agencies to universities to public-sector clients in the Middle East.
X0PA AI is a B2B SaaS platform that automates the front end of hiring. It uses machine learning, predictive analytics and natural language processing to post jobs, source and screen applicants, and rank them against a role. The system reads both structured signals - skills, qualifications, work history - and unstructured ones such as behavioral traits, then produces a score a recruiter can act on. A browser extension, dashboards and integrations with existing HRIS and applicant-tracking systems are designed to slot into workflows rather than replace them.
Automated sourcing, screening, scoring and ranking of candidates, built to cut manual resume review dramatically.
An interview and assessment platform with intelligent video analytics that turns interviews into structured, comparable data.
A set of named AI agents that split the recruitment journey between them, from CV screening to interview intelligence.
Recruitment and admissions tooling tailored to universities and higher-education institutions.
Why X0PA gave its agents first names and job titles
In 2025 X0PA folded its automation into an Agentic AI Suite - a lineup of AI agents, each assigned a slice of the recruitment workflow and a human-sounding name. It is a small design choice that says a lot about the company's pitch: hiring is a team activity, and these are meant to feel like teammates rather than a black box.
The platform bundles 58 distinct AI recruitment features into a single system.
Really great tool to have an ethical way of hiring, including algorithms to get the best results.
Efficiency figures cited by the company - treat as vendor claims
Source: X0PA AI. Figures are company-reported and vary by client.
The model is subscription SaaS, sold to enterprises, government agencies and universities, complemented by recruitment-process-outsourcing and staffing services. That customer mix - heavy on the public sector and education - is where X0PA has staked out territory. Selling AI hiring to regulated buyers demands the one thing many rivals struggle to prove: that the model can be explained and audited. X0PA leaned into that, becoming an early holder of Singapore's AI Verify ethical-AI certification.
It competes in a crowded field that includes HireVue, Eightfold AI, Beamery, Paradox and the recruiting modules of incumbents like Workday and Oracle Taleo. X0PA's differentiation is less about raw automation and more about trust, transparency and a public-sector footprint that stretches from Singapore agencies to engagements in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Nina Alag Suri launches X0PA with co-founding advisors Dr Jussi Keppo and Dr Satnam Alag.
The core platform for AI-driven sourcing, screening and ranking goes to market.
The SaaS platform hits its first million in annual recurring revenue.
The interview and assessment platform with video analytics is introduced.
ICCP SBI Venture Partners leads the round to scale objective B2B hiring.
Among the first HR-tech firms to earn Singapore's ethical-AI certification.
Named a Google AI Trailblazer and an FT fastest-growing company in Singapore.
Launches its named AI hiring agents to automate the recruitment journey.
Nina Alag Suri is a serial entrepreneur with roughly 25 years in business, previously founder and CEO of executive-search firm Nastrac Group. She has been recognized among J.P. Morgan Private Bank's top 100 female-led high-growth companies and won the SCS Digital Achiever award in 2024. She is often based in Dubai, reflecting the company's Middle East push.
X0PA raised a $4.2M Series A in January 2022, led by ICCP SBI Venture Partners with SEEDS Capital, AI8 Ventures, XCEL NEXT VENTURES and SASV Investments. The capital was earmarked for scaling its objective, bias-reduced B2B hiring platform.
It provides an AI-powered SaaS recruitment platform that sources, screens, scores and ranks job candidates to make hiring faster and more objective for enterprises, governments and universities.
Nina Alag Suri founded the company in Singapore in 2017, with co-founding advisors Dr Jussi Keppo and Dr Satnam Alag.
It evaluates candidates on structured data such as skills and experience alongside behavioral traits, using explainable models. It was one of the first HR-tech firms to earn Singapore's AI Verify certification.
It raised a $4.2M Series A in January 2022, led by ICCP SBI Venture Partners with SEEDS Capital, AI8 Ventures, XCEL NEXT VENTURES and SASV Investments.
More than 100 organizations, including Singapore government agencies, universities and polytechnics, and enterprises like NTUC FairPrice and Sodexo, plus public-sector clients in the Middle East.
Profile compiled from public sources including x0pa.com, Crunchbase, PR Newswire and TechNode.