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10x is an AI-driven recruitment platform built by operators who identified broken recruitment processes as the core barrier to scaling businesses. Founded by Angelique Schouten and Anton Zhelyazkov, who previously built cloud-native banking platforms managing over $100 billion in assets, 10x emerged from their fractional professional marketplace 10x.team when they realized traditional recruitment was fundamentally flawed. The platform uses four AI-driven modules to automate end-to-end hiring: RoleCraft for AI-powered job creation, SmartSource for global talent sourcing, TrueTalk for interactive asynchronous AI interviews and simulations in 70+ languages, and HireRank for proprietary AI-generated talent scoring and ranking. The system enables candidates to interview 24/7 through AI avatars, with 67% taking interviews outside office hours and 80% completing within 3 days. 10x's mission is to help companies hire based on execution rather than promises, using outcome-based assessments and real-world job simulations. The platform addresses the $540 billion annual cost of failed hires globally by focusing on performance prediction rather than resume parsing. Their approach saves hiring managers up to 4 hours daily and reduces cost per interview from $39.66 to as low as $7, representing an 80% reduction compared to traditional recruiting. Backed by €1 million in seed funding, 10x serves startups, scale-ups, and established companies globally, with clients including Talk360, SchoolTalent, and Next Museum. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam and has been recognized by Wired as one of Europe's and Amsterdam's hottest startups in 2024.

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