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Contrario

Winter 2025Active

AI hiring platform powered by expert recruiters

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Contrario

Winter 2025Active

AI hiring platform powered by expert recruiters

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Contrario is an AI recruiting and hiring platform on a mission to help companies build generational teams.

In the age of AI, the best teams are still built by the best people. Recruiting has become a zero-sum game where speed and quality decide who wins.

Contrario is a network of expert recruiters supercharged by vertical AI agents purpose-built for hiring. Teams at Wispr Flow, Listen Labs, Slash, and 200+ of the fastest-growing companies use Contrario to power their hiring.

In under six months, Contrario has crossed $6M in annualized revenue, paid out $1M+ to recruiters, and placed 150+ candidates — making it one of the fastest-growing AI recruiting platforms on the market.

Backed by Y Combinator, Nexus Venture Partners, Goodwater Capital, and Inventum Ventures, alongside angels including David Chen (ex-HRT), Abhijeet Dwivedi (OpenAI), Hank Couture (DoorDash), and Jerry Cain (Stanford CS). Built by Stanford dropouts. Headquartered in San Francisco.

Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
Unknown
Category
SaaS
YC Directory Pagecontrario.ai
Founders
  • AM
    Arya Marwaha
    Founder & CEO
    X / TwitterLinkedIn
  • AS
    Aditya Sood
    Founder
    LinkedIn

Contrario is an AI recruiting and hiring platform on a mission to help companies build generational teams.

In the age of AI, the best teams are still built by the best people. Recruiting has become a zero-sum game where speed and quality decide who wins.

Contrario is a network of expert recruiters supercharged by vertical AI agents purpose-built for hiring. Teams at Wispr Flow, Listen Labs, Slash, and 200+ of the fastest-growing companies use Contrario to power their hiring.

In under six months, Contrario has crossed $6M in annualized revenue, paid out $1M+ to recruiters, and placed 150+ candidates — making it one of the fastest-growing AI recruiting platforms on the market.

Backed by Y Combinator, Nexus Venture Partners, Goodwater Capital, and Inventum Ventures, alongside angels including David Chen (ex-HRT), Abhijeet Dwivedi (OpenAI), Hank Couture (DoorDash), and Jerry Cain (Stanford CS). Built by Stanford dropouts. Headquartered in San Francisco.

Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
Unknown
Category
SaaS
YC Directory Pagecontrario.ai
Founders
  • AM
    Arya Marwaha
    Founder & CEO
    X / TwitterLinkedIn
  • AS
    Aditya Sood
    Founder
    LinkedIn
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