Humanly, a Bellevue, Washington startup that uses AI to screen and interview job candidates, said on October 14, 2026 that it had acquired CareerArc, a Burbank, California company that makes recruitment marketing software. The terms were not disclosed.
Nine of CareerArc's 13 employees are joining Humanly, which brings Humanly's headcount to about 50, The Next Web reported, citing GeekWire. CareerArc's two products, the social recruiting platform HireSocial and the career-site tool Job Maps, will become part of Humanly's offering.
Humanly said the purchase lets it cover the whole route from first reaching a candidate to hiring them. CareerArc's tools work at the top of the hiring funnel, attracting job seekers before they apply, while Humanly's software handles what comes after: engaging applicants, screening, interviewing and scheduling.
What CareerArc built
CareerArc was founded in March 2009 under the name TweetMyJobs, according to its Wikipedia entry. It launched a platform for military veterans in 2011 as part of the Joining Forces initiative, built city-level job platforms in 2012 and 2013, and renamed itself CareerArc in 2015. In 2024 it bought Lumina, a maker of automated video tools.
Today its HireSocial product is a social recruiting platform built for talent acquisition teams, and Job Maps lets candidates find openings by location on an employer's careers site. CareerArc's website says its software connects with more than 80 applicant tracking systems, including Workday, iCIMS, Greenhouse and Lever.
The company has not published how much money it raised or the names of its founders. Its customers include World Flight Services, which also uses Humanly.
“Recruiting technology has historically been built around individual steps in the funnel. We see an opportunity to connect those steps and help employers move from finding candidates to filling roles with far less friction.”
Why Humanly is buying
Humanly sells to employers that hire in large numbers. Its software talks to candidates around the clock over chat, phone and video. The Next Web reported that it has more than 120 customers, including Microsoft, Domino's and MGM Resorts.
Prem Kumar, Humanly's co-founder and chief executive, said high-volume employers have had to stitch together their hiring process from separate tools, using job boards to find candidates, software to process applications and agencies to fill gaps. He said CareerArc lets Humanly reach candidates earlier and help employers move qualified people from first contact to their first shift.
Jason Leath, vice president of talent acquisition at World Flight Services, said in the announcement that his company had seen first-hand how well the two products complement each other: CareerArc helps it reach and attract candidates, and Humanly moves those candidates through the hiring process. He said bringing the two together made sense for organisations like his that hire at scale.
Humanly described the goal as an always-on supply of qualified candidates, so that critical roles stay filled and employers' operations keep running. Its own platform brings candidate engagement, screening, interviewing, scheduling and recruiting workflows together in one product, and CareerArc adds the step before a candidate applies.
A roll-up in AI hiring
CareerArc is Humanly's fifth acquisition since 2025, according to The Next Web and Dealroom. It bought Sprockets, Qualifi and HourWork in 2025 and Anthill earlier in 2026. Humanly has raised about $52 million in total, including $25 million in April 2026, The Next Web reported; Dealroom gives a slightly lower total.
The Next Web described the run of deals as a roll-up of AI hiring tools into one platform. Kumar said recruiting technology has historically been built around individual steps in the funnel, and that Humanly sees an opportunity to connect those steps.
Regulation and candidate trust
The deal comes as rules for AI in hiring tighten. The Next Web noted that the European Union's AI Act classes recruitment software as high-risk, although most obligations for such systems have been pushed back to December 2027, while transparency rules have applied since August 2026.
Candidates remain wary. The Next Web cited a Morgan McKinley survey in which only 5% of candidates said they would accept a hiring decision made by AI alone, compared with 44% who would accept one with a human involved.
