Is Findem profitable in 2026?

No profitability data is public. Findem is private and reports no audited revenue. ZoomInfo estimates annual revenue at $33.6M as of July 2026, while Findem claims 3X revenue growth in 2024-2025, a figure that is self-reported and unverified by independent sources.

How much funding has Findem raised?

Findem has raised $105M cumulative through October 2025, including a $7.3M Series A in October 2020, $30M Series B in March 2022, and a $51M Series C in October 2025 led by Silver Lake Waterman plus $15M in growth debt from JPMorgan.

Who is Findem's biggest competitor?

LinkedIn Recruiter, with roughly 1.2 billion profiles and no structural barrier to embedding deeper AI sourcing, is the largest incumbent threat. Eightfold AI, which has raised over $350M and shipped an Agentic AI release in 2025, is the closest funded direct rival as of 2025.

Could AI replace Findem's own product?

Findem's core function, AI-driven sourcing and candidate matching, is itself being commoditized by cheaper agentic entrants like hireEZ's EZ Agent (launched March 2025), GoPerfect, Juicebox, and Pin, all offering autonomous sourcing at lower price points as of 2026.

Findem is privately held and venture-backed, with no parent company. Co-founder Hari Kolam serves as CEO as of October 2025. Investors include Silver Lake Waterman, Wing Ventures, Harmony Capital, and Four Rivers Group, per the October 21, 2025 Series C announcement.

What is Findem's claimed data moat?

Findem says its Data Labeling Engine processes 1.6 trillion data points from over 100,000 public sources into 800 million-plus profiles, calling it the world's largest expert-labeled talent dataset as of October 21, 2025, though this claim is company-reported and unverified against rivals.

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Findem

findem.ai ↗

Findem sells AI-driven talent sourcing and hiring data to enterprise recruiting teams.

Losing its protection

Assessed 22 July 2026 · Evidence as of 22 July 2026

The structural protection is eroding.

On the recordSince 22 July 2026 · Checkable from H2 2026 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: Glider AI acquisition close and integration into joint hire-ready candidate product

The call

Findem claims 3X growth on a dataset moat while traffic falls and headcount barely moves, leaving the gap between story and numbers wide open.

Findem sells software that uses artificial intelligence to find and recruit job candidates for big companies. The company says its special dataset makes it hard to beat, but bigger rivals like LinkedIn and Eightfold can build the same thing, and cheaper competitors like hireEZ and GoPerfect are already doing it. What matters most: Findem claims its business is growing three times over, but its website traffic is actually dropping and it is not hiring many new people, which does not match the story it is telling.

Why

AI pressure: hireEZ EZ Agent, Eightfold Agentic AI, GoPerfect, Juicebox, Pin, Skima. Agentic sourcing startups now ship autonomous candidate search at lower price points, squeezing Findem's pitch. Could AI do the core job? Yes, likely.

Bigger players: LinkedIn Recruiter. LinkedIn holds 1.2B profiles and faces no barrier to embedding deeper AI sourcing directly into Recruiter. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.

What protects it. A proprietary expert-labeled dataset of 1.6 trillion data points feeding 800M+ profiles, if it actually outperforms rivals.

What would change this call

LinkedIn Recruiter ships a native end-to-end agentic sourcing feature. Would show LinkedIn closing the AI-sourcing gap Findem relies on for differentiation.
Findem discloses verified revenue or retention figures, or Glider AI integration status, within a year. Would confirm or contradict the self-reported 3X growth claim against flat headcount and falling web traffic.
hireEZ, GoPerfect, Juicebox, or Pin announce new enterprise customer wins or funding rounds. Would indicate the agentic sourcing category is commoditizing faster than Findem can defend its data moat.

Key numbers

$105M raised total, $51M Series C Oct 2025 (2025-10-21)
Web traffic down 14% QoQ (2026-06-20)
Headcount up only 2.6% YoY to 235 (2026-06-20)

Named risks

Self-reported 3X revenue growth contradicts -14% QoQ web traffic decline and flat headcount. Severity: high
LinkedIn or Eightfold could replicate agentic sourcing features at greater scale with no structural barrier. Severity: high
Category commoditization from lower-cost agentic sourcing startups compressing pricing power. Severity: medium
Integration risk on pending Glider AI acquisition (announced March 19, 2026, close undisclosed). Severity: medium
Findem not consistently placed as Leader in analyst evaluations versus Eightfold and LinkedIn. Severity: medium

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
LinkedIn	losing to	1.2B profiles vs Findem's claimed 800M, no barrier to embedding AI sourcing, as of 2026
Eightfold AI	losing to	$350M+ raised, shipped Agentic AI release in 2025 vs Findem's $105M total
hireEZ	contesting	Launched EZ Agent and Agentic AI March 2025, undercutting on price
GoPerfect, Juicebox, Pin, Skima AI	contesting	New agentic sourcing entrants claim cheaper, faster autonomous sourcing as of 2026
SeekOut	contesting	600M-1B+ profile database with diversity and clearance sourcing niche, 2026

Questions people ask

Is Findem profitable in 2026?: No profitability data is public. Findem is private and reports no audited revenue. ZoomInfo estimates annual revenue at $33.6M as of July 2026, while Findem claims 3X revenue growth in 2024-2025, a figure that is self-reported and unverified by independent sources.
How much funding has Findem raised?: Findem has raised $105M cumulative through October 2025, including a $7.3M Series A in October 2020, $30M Series B in March 2022, and a $51M Series C in October 2025 led by Silver Lake Waterman plus $15M in growth debt from JPMorgan.
Who is Findem's biggest competitor?: LinkedIn Recruiter, with roughly 1.2 billion profiles and no structural barrier to embedding deeper AI sourcing, is the largest incumbent threat. Eightfold AI, which has raised over $350M and shipped an Agentic AI release in 2025, is the closest funded direct rival as of 2025.
Could AI replace Findem's own product?: Findem's core function, AI-driven sourcing and candidate matching, is itself being commoditized by cheaper agentic entrants like hireEZ's EZ Agent (launched March 2025), GoPerfect, Juicebox, and Pin, all offering autonomous sourcing at lower price points as of 2026.
Who owns Findem?: Findem is privately held and venture-backed, with no parent company. Co-founder Hari Kolam serves as CEO as of October 2025. Investors include Silver Lake Waterman, Wing Ventures, Harmony Capital, and Four Rivers Group, per the October 21, 2025 Series C announcement.
What is Findem's claimed data moat?: Findem says its Data Labeling Engine processes 1.6 trillion data points from over 100,000 public sources into 800 million-plus profiles, calling it the world's largest expert-labeled talent dataset as of October 21, 2025, though this claim is company-reported and unverified against rivals.

Timeline

2026-03-19Findem enters definitive agreement to acquire Glider AI for hire-ready candidate validation
2025-12Findem acquires Getro and launches Intelligent Job Post autonomous hiring agent
2025-11-06Findem and Glider AI announce hiring-trust partnership
2025-10-21Findem raises $51M Series C led by Silver Lake Waterman plus $15M JPMorgan debt
2025-03Competitor hireEZ launches EZ Agent and Agentic AI sourcing tools
2022-03Findem raises $30M Series B led by Wing Venture Capital
2020-10Findem raises $7.3M Series A
2020Findem launches out of stealth
2019Findem founded

Revision history

22 July 2026

First assessed. Losing its protection. The text above is fixed as of this date and is not edited afterwards.

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