MakiPeople
MakiPeople sells AI-powered hiring automation software that replaces manual recruiter tasks. It processes applications and makes hiring decisions on top of existing applicant tracking systems, with clients including H&M, PwC, and Amazon. A deployment at H&M reportedly saved 250,000 recruiter hours and cut hiring time by 75%.
The growth story
MakiPeople grew from 34 to 122 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $39M along the way, most recently a Series A in January 2025.
About
The company's AI agents automate the entire hiring process from application review to final decision, integrating with legacy HR systems. Enterprise customers use it to reduce recruiter workload and hiring cycle times, with claimed reductions in employee turnover.
Founded in 2021, Maki has raised $39M including a January 2025 Series A. Its 122-person team serves multinational clients, with one deployment allegedly delivering $85M in ROI through efficiency gains.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest department with 20 staff. Leadership background is not specified in the data, but the company maintains a Paris presence despite being headquartered in New York.
The MakiPeople org chart
Maxime Legardez Coquin (CEO & Co-founder) leads 24 mapped leaders with 2 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 27 (+69% YoY), Sales 12 (+33% YoY), Business Development 11 (-15% YoY), Operations 11 (+22% YoY), Customer Success and Support 10 (0% YoY), Information Technology 8 (+100% YoY).
Talent flow
Employees come primarily from European tech firms like sennder (6 hires) and Algolia (3). Alumni frequently join AI startups, with 2 each going to Synthesia and Doctolib. The median tenure is just 1 year.
Most common previous employers of MakiPeople staff: sennder (6), Algolia (3), Beamery (2), Ventech (2), EMLYON Junior Conseil (2), Gartner (2). Former MakiPeople employees most often moved to Synthesia (2), Doctolib (2), Pigment (1), ElevenLabs (1), Creativity Spark (1), Growth Duck (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The MakiPeople mafia
8 alumni have founded companies, including Freqens (9 employees) and Growth Duck. Most ventures are early-stage with 1-2 staff.
8Maxime Liebens, was Investor and VP Sales until 2023Ryan H, was Growth Partner until 2024Vincent Bonjean, was Growth | GTM Engineer until 2026Richard Millington, was VP Global Partnership Strategy until 2026Ignacio Tonoli de Maussion, was Frontend Developer until 2021Elise Renauld, was Account Executive until 2022
Rza Torab, was Product Owner until 2021
Loïc Poullain, was Back-End Software Engineer until 2025Web traffic
Traffic mix: 56% direct, 5% search, 3% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at MakiPeople: Project Management (38), Microsoft Excel (31), Microsoft Office (31), Leadership (28), English (24), SQL (23), Management (23), Business Development (22).
Where the team actually sits
MakiPeople people are concentrated in Île-de-France, France (29), New York, United States (10), Greater Paris Metropolitan Region (9), France (9). 2 offices on record.
Search footprint
MakiPeople attracts about 104 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $5K a month if bought through ads. It gained 97 ranking keywords and lost 63 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.90 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.90 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.60 / 5
Frequently asked
MakiPeople has 122 employees as of September 2026.
MakiPeople has raised $39M in total, most recently a Series A round in January 2025.
MakiPeople was founded in 2021 by Maxime Legardez Coquin, Paul Louis Caylar, Romain Garrigue.
Maxime Legardez Coquin (CEO & Co-founder) sits at the top of MakiPeople's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current MakiPeople staff are sennder (6 people), Algolia (3 people), Beamery (2 people).
Former MakiPeople employees most often move to Synthesia (2), Doctolib (2), Pigment (1).
At least 8 companies have a founder who previously worked at MakiPeople, including Freqens, Growth Duck, bakeup.
MakiPeople attracts about 104 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $5K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among MakiPeople staff are Project Management, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Leadership, English.
MakiPeople staff are concentrated in Île-de-France, France (29), New York, United States (10), Greater Paris Metropolitan Region (9).
MakiPeople has about 27 people in Engineering, up 69% over the past year, as of September 2026.
MakiPeople has about 12 people in Sales, up 33% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 90 current and 108 former MakiPeople profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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