PKSHA fund backs CAPER, maker of AI recruiting agent OpenSeek
What's the deal? Tokyo-based CAPER has raised funding from PKSHA Algorithm FundDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a venture firm focused on AI and software. CAPER builds OpenSeekDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, an AI agent that handles recruiting tasks. The round was announced in August 2026.
What's the endgame? OpenSeek learns a company's hiring criteria and judgment standards, then researches public information, sources candidates, and manages outreach and relationship-building. CAPER, founded in December 2022, aims to cover the full arc from defining hiring requirements to sustained candidate relationships.
Why now? As generative AI cuts the cost of finding candidates and drafting messages, companies are crowding the same talent pools. PKSHA notes reply rates and interview conversion rates are falling across the industry as a result.
The signal: PKSHA frames the shift as one from software that "supports people's work" to software that "takes on specific jobs." The firm sees relationship-building as the recruiting task where AI agents deliver the most, and it will use its AI and software expertise to back CAPER's product development and expansion. The company plans to strengthen its product team and hiring.
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