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Moka

Chinese AI-powered applicant tracking and recruiting software for enterprises.

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Assessed 29 July 2026 · Evidence as of 29 July 2026
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On the recordSince 29 July 2026 · Checkable from Q4 2026 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: Whether Moka announces a priced up-round or the funding silence since Nov 2021 stretches past the 5-year mark
The call

Moka's new AI agent lineup arrives alongside years of funding silence and wildly conflicting revenue numbers, leaving its standing between Beisen's bundle and raw model competition unsettled.

Moka helps companies screen resumes, match candidates, and draft job offers using software. The problem is that big rivals like Beisen and Workday can add the same AI tools to their larger products, and simple AI models can now do resume screening and matching on their own without needing Moka at all. The one thing that matters: if Moka raises new money in the next year or gets bought, the company survives; if it stays silent and unfunded while competitors add better AI recruiting tools, Moka becomes obsolete.

Why
01
AI pressure: Frontier LLMs (GPT-5, Gemini) powering rival recruiting agents like Paradox. Resume screening, matching, and offer drafting are tasks frontier models already do well, letting rivals build cheap competing agents. Could AI do the core job? Yes, likely.
02
Bigger players: Beisen (北森, HKEX-listed) and Workday plus Paradox globally. Beisen and Workday bundle recruiting AI into wider HR suites and could out-market Moka's stand-alone ATS agents. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.
03
What protects it. Deep China platform hooks (WeChat, DingTalk, Lark) and a large claimed customer roster create switching friction, though the data behind it is unverified.
What would change this call
Moka announces a new priced funding round within 12 months. Would show investors still believe in its standalone AI-ATS value versus incumbents.
Beisen or Workday launches a competing AI recruiting agent with named customer wins. Would confirm larger suites are absorbing Moka's core workflow advantage.
Independent confirmation of Moka's actual revenue (audit, filing, or credible reporting). Would resolve whether Moka is a $4.6M niche player or a $100M scaled business.
Key numbers
  • $100M Series C led by Tiger Global (2021-11-03)
  • No priced round since Nov 2021, 4.5+ years silent (2026-06-27)
  • Revenue estimates span $4.6M to $100M ARR (2025-12-01)
Named risks
  • No priced funding round since November 2021 despite AI-agent SaaS boom. Severity: high
  • Core ATS workflow directly replicable by frontier AI models. Severity: high
  • Revenue figures unverified, conflicting by 20x across trackers ($4.6M to $100M). Severity: medium
  • China tech sector layoffs tied to AI adoption push could shrink Moka's client base. Severity: medium
  • Unresolved public dispute over whether company dissolved in 2025. Severity: low
Rivals, as read in July 2026
RivalDirectionEvidence
Beisengaining onHKEX-listed Beisen bundles AI recruiting; Moka has had no funding round since Nov 2021
WorkdaycontestingWorkday integrated Paradox conversational AI into recruiting per 2026 vendor comparisons
Frontier AI modelsgaining onResume screening, matching, and offer drafting now performed natively by frontier AI, pressuring Moka's core ATS business in 2026
Questions people ask
Is Moka profitable in 2026?
No verified figure exists. Third-party revenue estimates range wildly from $4.6M (Datanyze) to $100M (Getlatka), a 20x gap, so profitability cannot be confirmed. Moka has raised no new funding since its $100M Series C closed November 3, 2021, which is itself a warning sign.
Could AI replace Moka's product?
Moka's core workflow, resume screening, candidate matching, interview summarization, and offer drafting, is exactly what frontier AI models now do natively. Moka responded by launching its own AI agents (Recruitment Eva, Personnel Eva, BP Eva) in May 2026, effectively racing to automate itself before others do.
Who is Moka's biggest competitor?
Beisen (北森), a larger, HKEX-listed Chinese HR SaaS platform, is named as Moka's top domestic rival and already bundles AI recruiting features. Globally, Workday competes via its Paradox conversational AI integration, per Moka's own 2026 vendor comparison content.
Who owns Moka HR?
Moka is privately held, backed by Tiger Global (lead, Series C, closed November 3, 2021, $100M), GGV Capital, GSR Ventures, GL Ventures (Hillhouse), Blue Lake Capital, Xiang He Capital, and SAP.iO Foundry Shanghai. No new investors have been publicly disclosed since 2021.
Has Moka raised new funding recently?
No. Its last disclosed round was a $100M Series C led by Tiger Global, closed November 3, 2021. As of June 2026, no new priced round has been reported, a 4.5-year gap despite intense investor activity in AI-agent HR tooling.
Did Moka shut down or dissolve?
This is disputed. A January 21, 2026 site (ideaproof.io) claimed Moka was 'founded 2015, dissolved 2025' after losing $200M, but this is contradicted by Moka's own May 2026 and June 2026 product launches (three AI HR agents, then 'Moka Eva' across Asia-Pacific), indicating active operations.
Timeline
  • 2026-06-23Rebranded internationally to Moka AI, launched Moka Eva AI recruiting agent across Asia-Pacific
  • 2026-05-23Launched three AI HR agents: Recruitment Eva, Personnel Eva, BP Eva
  • 2026-01-21Third-party site claimed Moka dissolved in 2025 after losing $200M; contradicted by later product launches
  • 2021-11-03Closed $100M Series C led by Tiger Global, reaching unicorn status
  • 2020Raised Series B of approximately $43M
  • 2015Founded by CEO Guoxing Li, Stanford CS grad, ex-Facebook, ex-SignalFx
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29 July 2026
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