Partnership · HR & Future of Work
Vahan.ai partners with Sunlight Manpower for hiring
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- Date
- Company
- Vahan.ai
- What it does
- AI recruitment for blue-collar workers
- Kind
- Partnership
- Sector
- HR & Future of Work
What they do
Vahan.ai is an AI-powered recruitment platform for blue-collar and gig economy workers
What happened
It has partnered with Sunlight Manpower Services to scale AI-led recruitment across India
Why it matters
Vahan.ai has facilitated over 1 million job placements across more than 920 cities
The details
- Vahan.ai has partnered with Sunlight Manpower Services to scale AI-led recruitment across India.
- The partnership aims to build a scalable, technology-led recruitment ecosystem for high-volume hiring.
- It will cover gig, logistics, and emerging industrial sectors.
- Vahan.ai will support Sunlight Manpower’s expansion and deeper integration into its national hiring network.
- The collaboration is expected to improve placement speed, recruiter productivity, and workforce availability.
- It also aims to improve access to formal jobs for candidates.
- The partnership supports Vahan.ai’s Vahan Leader model, which gives local recruitment entrepreneurs AI tools and access to national employers.
The bigger picture
- Vahan.ai has raised investments from Lemmatree, Persol Group, and Khosla Ventures over the past year.
- The investments were used to strengthen technology and expand into manufacturing and industrial sectors.
- Sunlight Manpower recruits over 6,000 workers across more than 20 cities, complementing Vahan.ai’s AI-driven processes.
About the business
- Vahan.ai is an AI-powered recruitment platform for blue-collar and gig economy workers.
- It aggregates hiring demand from leading gig, delivery, logistics, and manufacturing employers on a single platform.
- Vahan.ai works with employers in quick commerce, food delivery, mobility, and warehousing sectors.
- It has facilitated over 1 million job placements across more than 920 cities.
- Sunlight Manpower Services is a manpower recruitment company that recruits over 6,000 workers across more than 20 cities.
- The partnership extends Vahan.ai’s platform to enable recruitment operators to scale faster and diversify across sectors.
The deal
- Type
- partnership
Investors
- Lemmatree (investor) — Temasek-backed fund
- Persol Group (investor)
- Khosla Ventures (investor)
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