Eightfold AI
Eightfold AI sells workforce management software that uses AI to help companies hire, train, and retain employees. It has analyzed over 1.3 million public professional profiles and raised $397M, including a Series E in 2021 backed by SoftBank and General Catalyst.
The growth story
Eightfold AI grew from 147 to 874 employees between 2019 and 2026, raising $397M along the way, most recently a Series E in June 2021.
About
Eightfold's platform applies AI to match employees with internal roles, identify skills gaps, and source external candidates. Large enterprises use it to reduce hiring costs and retain staff. The company has scaled to 874 employees since its 2016 founding, with engineering making up nearly a quarter of staff.
The $397M funding includes one of the largest Series E rounds in HR tech, valuing Eightfold at over $1B. Its AI models process data from 155 countries, though most analyzed profiles come from Oracle, Deloitte, and Amazon alumni.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest department with 196 staff, reflecting the AI platform's technical demands. Leadership includes veterans from Google and Facebook, with a median employee tenure of two years.
The Eightfold AI org chart
Ashutosh Garg (CEO & Co-Founder) leads 60 mapped leaders with 7 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
- Executive Assistant to Co-CEO, COO, GM EMEA/APAC, CCO, Chief Sales OfficerExecutive
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 318 (+12% YoY), Sales 96 (+17% YoY), Business Development 62 (-11% YoY), Information Technology 51 (+4% YoY), Marketing 44 (+26% YoY), Human Resources 33 (-3% YoY).
Talent flow
35 hires came from Oracle, more than double the next source (Deloitte). Alumni frequently move to Google, which has hired 27 former Eightfold employees. The workforce draws heavily from Indian engineering schools, led by BITS Pilani with 35 alumni.
Most common previous employers of Eightfold AI staff: Oracle (35), Deloitte (25), Amazon (22), Workday (19), Microsoft (17), EY (15). Former Eightfold AI employees most often moved to Google (27), Viven (13), Resilinc (11), Salesforce (11), Uber (10), Microsoft (9).
Alumni worth knowing
The Eightfold AI mafia
36 former employees founded companies, including Klaviyo (email marketing, 3,010 staff) and FalconX (crypto trading, 623 staff). Resilinc, a supply chain startup with 264 employees, also traces back to an Eightfold founder.
37Chano Fernandez, was Co-Chief Executive Officer until 2025Raghu Yarlagadda, was Product Lead until 2018Himanshu Chaudhary, was Principal Engineer/Director until 2022Kamal Ahluwalia, was President until 2023Tushar Makkar, was Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer/Manager until 2024Sidharth Jain, was Software Engineer Intern until 2022Deepak Anchala, was 0 to 1 Journey at Eightfold until 2018Sachin Mittal, was Member Of Technical Staff until 2020
Utsav Singhal, was Software Engineer until 2024
Chand Chintakunta, was Product Strategy & Analytics until 2025
Sanjeet Hajarnis, was Senior Director of Engineering (AI) until 2024
Kevin C., was Senior Staff Software Engineer until 2023
Arnav Gupta, was Internship until 2024
Bhagwandas Paliwal, was Senior Engineering Manager until 2022
Mudit Agrawal, was Lead Software Engineer until 2025
Pranshu Dasgupta, was Software Engineer Intern until 2025
Sugandha B, was product strategy principal until 2023
Daniel Doody, was Advisor until 2020
Asha Banks, was MBA Marketing Intern until 2019
Andrea (Constantine) Bazett, ABCDT, was Product Manager - Personalized Career Site until 2023
Shagun V., was Customer Success Director until 2025
Brian Mozill, was Team Leader, Strategic Development until 2022
Josh Swires, was Sales Manager until 2023
Abhinava Narayana, was Director of Customer Success; APAC until 2022
Amy Guzman, was Director of Legal until 2021
Adriano Blanaru, was Product Management Lead until 2021
Thomas Delaporte, was Director, Customer Engagement: Talent Intelligence Platform, Public Sector/Partnerships, AI Outcomes until 2026
Neeraj Srivastava, was Senior Director, Solutions & Transformation until 2024
Sai Vishnu V., was Lead Solutions Architect until 2024
Ariel Simmons, was Solutions Architect II until 2023
Kimberly Conti, was Senior Solutions Engineer until 2020
Prashma Kanwar Singh, was Customer Success Director - APAC until 2025
Sania Khan, was Chief Economist and Head of Market Insights until 2024Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 33% direct, 3% search, 17% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Eightfold AI: Leadership (258), Python (Programming Language) (253), Management (203), Communication (201), C++ (188), Java (187), Microsoft Office (181), Project Management (175).
Where the team actually sits
Eightfold AI people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (132), California, United States (60), San Francisco Bay Area (54), Delhi, India (26).
Search footprint
Eightfold AI attracts about 12,310 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $91K a month if bought through ads. It gained 2,909 ranking keywords and lost 2,193 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.30 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.30 / 5
Frequently asked
Eightfold AI has 874 employees as of September 2026.
Eightfold AI has raised $397M in total, most recently a Series E round in June 2021.
Eightfold AI was founded in 2016 by Ashutosh Garg, Varun Kacholia.
Ashutosh Garg (CEO & Co-Founder) sits at the top of Eightfold AI's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Eightfold AI staff are Oracle (35 people), Deloitte (25 people), Amazon (22 people).
Former Eightfold AI employees most often move to Google (27), Viven (13), Resilinc (11).
At least 36 companies have a founder who previously worked at Eightfold AI, including Klaviyo, FalconX, NEWME.
Eightfold AI attracts about 12,310 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $91K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Eightfold AI staff are Leadership, Python (Programming Language), Management, Communication, C++.
Eightfold AI staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (132), California, United States (60), San Francisco Bay Area (54).
Eightfold AI has about 318 people in Engineering, up 12% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Eightfold AI has about 96 people in Sales, up 17% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 567 current and 791 former Eightfold AI profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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