Contrario
contrario.ai
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$2.3M
1 round on record
Latest round
$2.3M
Venture round · May 2026 · 5 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Y Combinator, Nexus Venture Partners
The money's age
Fresh money
5 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
33/100
hiring for its size, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
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May 20
Raised a round Venture round $2.3M · Pulse 2.0
Jan 2025
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Jan 2025
Went through Y Combinator
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.13%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | May 2026 | $2.3M | — | Pulse 2.0 |
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Y Combinator 
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News
Contrario: $2.3 Million Raised For AI Recruiting Platform That Hit $6 Million Annualized Revenue
Contrario, an AI-native recruiting platform built for high-growth companies, officially launched after reaching $6 million in annualized revenue and paying more than $1 million to recruiters in under six months.
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Contrario's hybrid AI model hits $6M run rate
Contrario, a San Francisco startup, reports a $6 million annualized revenue run rate and $1 million paid to recruiters, challenging AI-only recruiting models.
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Contrario Launches After Reaching $6M Annualized Revenue and Paying $1M+ to Recruiters in Under Six Months
/PRNewswire/ -- Contrario, an AI-native recruiting platform built for high-growth companies, today announced its official launch. The platform helps companies...
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How AfterQuery uses Contrario to hire across every core function
AfterQuery went from three co-founders to thirty employees in twelve months. Here's how an embedded recruiting partnership scaled with them without compromising the bar. Powered by Feedify RSS
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Launch YC: Contrario: The 1st AI-powered Recruiting Network Y Combinator
Contrario is the best way for startups to fill critical roles
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RANSAC with a-contrario approach
That's quite a mouthful for a blog title. Bear with me, I will explain everything. But first some motivation: I was reading a piece of code ...
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Contrario over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
85/100
Cloud & platforms
OpenAI
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$130k
Typical range
$130k
Open positions
1
1
Jobs
Junior
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $130k | $130k |
Highest paying role
BizOps
$130k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
48/100
Stable
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Operations
100% ▲
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $130k Avg Salary
hires for Operations
Financials
Total raised
$2.3M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | $2.3M | Details |