Prism

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AI-native recruiting agency

Spring 2026Founded 20254 peopleLondon, United Kingdom

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AI-Native RecruitingServicesCompanies seeking recruitment servicesHigh competition

Moat

AI agents finding better candidates faster; agent-native recruiting service model.

Key risk

Established recruiters (Robert Half, Kforce) and HR software (LinkedIn, Workable) compete.

Why now

Talent shortage and AI sourcing capability drive agent-native recruiting models.

Competitors

LinkedIn Recruiter, Robert Half, Kforce, Ashby

About

Prism is an AI-native recruiting agency. We use software and agents to find companies better people faster.

Founders · 2

Theo KitsbergFounder

MIT🎓 Cambridge

Prev. Philosophy with Psychology at Cambridge and did some research on HCI at MIT's Media Lab and the Cambridge Computer Science Faculty. Now building Prism.

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Axel La PiraFounder

Oxford

Prev. Computer Science and Philosophy at Oxford, CEO founder Associate @ Alan, now building Prism, your AI recruiting agency

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Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · May 2026

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Prism 🔍 AI-native recruiting agency The highest-scoring people search ever benchmarked, plugged into an agency that hands you hires ready to interview.

Prism announces an AI-native recruiting agency that sources, engages, and screens candidates via Slack briefings, delivering a shortlisted pool for founders to interview and extend offers; pricing is a $500 retainer plus a 15% first-year salary fee when a candidate signs.

Formerly “Grappl”, “HireGlide”

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