Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates
What's the deal? Stockholm-based startup Fika Jobs has raised a $4 million pre-seed round to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates.
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Candidates connect a LinkedIn profile, and Fika's AI — powered by Google's Gemini models — generates personalised questions for a 10-minute video interview.
The startup then turns responses into short clips, building profiles that employers can browse like a mix of LinkedIn and TikTok.
Why now? The hiring process has grown messier as employers lean on AI to sift through floods of applications.
Co-founders and brothers Jakob Dubois (chief executive officer) and Alexander Dubois (chief technology officer) saw the gap while recruiting for their previous startup, nearly passing on a strong candidate whose resume failed to stand out.
The funds will go toward developing the platform, growing the team, and preparing a wider launch this fall.
What could go wrong? Video profiles carry real bias risks.
When employers see a candidate's race, age, gender, and accent before assessing qualifications, it opens the door to discrimination that resumes at least partially obscure. That is why some companies have shifted to blind screening.
The signal: Most rivals — Alex, Maki, and Mercor — help employers source and screen candidates faster.
Fika flips the model, building a pool of people already interviewed by AI for employers to discover.
The approach could help early-career and non-traditional candidates whose potential is hard to spot on paper. More than 100 companies are on the waitlist as Fika opens early access in Sweden before expanding internationally.
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