Recruitment SMART

Recruitment SMART Technologies is a London-based AI and machine learning company specialising in recruitment automation. Founded in 2015 by Pawan Lokwani and Yusuf Jazakallah, the company was built on the conviction that artificial intelligence could solve one of HR's most persistent problems: the volume, inconsistency, and inefficiency of manual CV screening. The company is headquartered in the City of London and serves enterprise clients across the UK, US, UAE, and other international markets, with a team of around 50 people.

Its flagship product, SniperAI, uses natural language processing and self-learning machine learning to analyse CVs against job specifications, extract and compare relevant skills, experience, and qualifications, and produce ranked and annotated candidate shortlists. The system learns from every match it makes, improving accuracy over time, and can be configured with role-specific essential and desirable criteria to apply consistently across entire candidate pools. Complementary products include Sourcie AI (a sourcing intelligence platform accessing 500 million+ candidate profiles across 20+ sources), JeevesAI (a recruitment workflow automation tool), and a structured AI video interviewing module that generates personalised questions, provides real-time interviewer prompts, and produces audit-ready transcripts. The company has achieved SAP Certification (SFSF-INTEG 1.0) for seamless integration with SAP SuccessFactors Recruitment.

Recruitment SMART has raised over $4 million in funding across three rounds, including backing from the UK Future Fund, Blackfinch, and Capital Mills, and is valued at approximately $16 million. The platform has delivered significant results for enterprise clients, including a 300% improvement in recruitment process efficiency for a $9 billion industrial conglomerate, 53% enhanced recruitment productivity in oil and gas, and a 57% reduction in time-to-hire for a global automotive leader. The company has positioned itself as a leader in ethical, explainable AI for recruitment, with a focus on compliance with the EU AI Act and GDPR.