Recruiting is evolving faster than most expect. AI is reshaping how candidates are sourced, assessed, and engaged. But the tools promising to help often do the opposite: the recruitment tech market is crowded with point solutions that solve one problem at a time, forcing recruiters to cobble them together. The result? More complexity, more training, and a poor user experience.

We know this firsthand. Our first venture, Referable, was a SaaS platform in that red ocean. It worked, but adoption was slow and the gains were limited. As a ‘bootstrapped’ venture, that experience convinced us to pivot. With TalentHub we rebuilt workflows around AI from the ground up, delivering a service model that makes things easier, not harder – so recruiters can do more, with less.

Recruiting teams need this. As corporates expand into APAC and EMEA, they’ll take on more but will need partners who know the market and its people. For high-volume or project hiring, agile RPO solutions will lead – blending people and technology in ways that remain valuable long after the project ends. And at the top of the pyramid, executive search remains critical: leaders still expect trusted advisors with networks, credibility, and the ability to tell their story. That’s where TalentHub comes in – raising the standard of service with AI as the engine, not an add-on.