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Vervoe

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Skills-based hiring assessment platform that grades job candidates with AI.

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Assessed 22 July 2026 · Evidence as of 22 July 2026
Not much stands between this business and its pressures.
On the recordSince 22 July 2026 · Checkable from 2026 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: Any major HR suite ships a certified, regulated-hiring assessment module
The call

Vervoe survives on a stale compliance edge while AI tools and bigger HR platforms quietly absorb the job it was built to do.

Vervoe is a small company that helps employers create skills tests for job candidates and automatically grades their answers. The work is becoming easier to copy because large AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude can now do the same thing, and bigger HR companies like Workday and Greenhouse are adding assessment features directly into their products, so customers no longer need a separate service. The one thing that could save Vervoe is if it refreshes its compliance certifications (it has not updated them since mid-2023) or gets new funding to compete, but the 27 percent drop in website visitors every three months suggests the company is losing momentum.

Why
01
AI pressure: ChatGPT, Claude, and Codility's AI-assisted test modes. Frontier chatbots now write and grade skills tests directly, the exact task Vervoe charges for, at near-zero cost. Could AI do the core job? Yes, likely.
02
Bigger players: Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS, HireVue. These HR suites are bundling assessment features into platforms companies already pay for, cutting Vervoe out of the deal. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.
03
What protects it. An EU-style bias audit from July 2023, unrefreshed, that no rival has matched with a newer certification yet.
What would change this call
Workday, Greenhouse, or iCIMS launches a certified bias-audited assessment module. Would show Vervoe's compliance moat is bundled away by larger suites.
Vervoe publishes a 2025-2026 refreshed bias/compliance audit. Would show Vervoe is defending its regulatory-trust edge rather than letting it go stale.
Vervoe announces new funding round or names new enterprise/government customers. Would show renewed growth capital and demand after years of flat revenue.
Key numbers
  • Revenue flat near $2-3M for years (Nov 2024)
  • Web traffic down 27% quarter over quarter (mid-2026)
  • No new funding since 2019 Series A of $2.7M (2026)
Named risks
  • 27% quarter-over-quarter website traffic decline signaling demand slowdown. Severity: high
  • No new funding round disclosed since 2019, limiting resources to compete on AI features. Severity: high
  • Bias audit dated July 2023 with no confirmed refresh amid tightening AI hiring laws. Severity: medium
  • Core AI-grading feature set easily replicable by frontier LLMs and bundling HR suites. Severity: high
  • Conflicting third-party data on funding and revenue undermines investor and buyer confidence. Severity: medium
Rivals, as read in July 2026
RivalDirectionEvidence
Codilitylosing toShipped AI-Assisted Engineering Skills Assessment evaluating AI-tool fluency, 2026
HireVuelosing toLarger, better-funded incumbent in AI video-interview and assessment space, cited 2026
Harver (Pymetrics)losing toVendor-claimed SOC2/ISO27001 certification and ETS investment vs Vervoe's 2023 audit, May 2026
WorkdaycontestingBundling pre-hire assessment capability natively into HR suite, noted 2026
GreenhousecontestingNative assessment bundling threatens standalone assessment vendors, per 2026 brief
TestGorilla / HackerRank / iMochacontestingListed as direct alternatives to Vervoe in comparison marketing, June 2026
Questions people ask
Is Vervoe profitable in 2026?
No public profitability figures exist. Third-party estimates put Vervoe's annual revenue between $1.8M and $3.4M as of 2024, with Latka citing roughly $3M in November 2024. No profit or loss figures have been disclosed by the company.
Could AI replace Vervoe?
Vervoe's core function, generating and grading skills assessments, is exactly what frontier LLMs do natively. Codility already shipped an AI-assisted assessment mode in 2026, and larger HR suites are bundling similar features, pressuring Vervoe's differentiation.
Who is Vervoe's biggest competitor?
Vervoe competes with TestGorilla, Codility, HackerRank, iMocha, eSkill, Testlify, HireVue, and Harver (which acquired Pymetrics in 2022). Harver is positioned as the enterprise-scale leader with SOC2/ISO27001 certifications as of May 2026, per vendor marketing.
Who owns Vervoe?
Vervoe is privately held and venture-backed, not publicly traded as of June 2026. Investors from its 2018 seed round included SEEK (ASX:SEK), Ruslan Kogan, and Jesse Hertzberg; its 2019 Series A was led by TSVC with TEN13 participating.
Has Vervoe raised new funding recently?
No new funding round has been publicly confirmed since the roughly $2.7M Series A led by TSVC in late 2019. Total disclosed funding is reported inconsistently across sources as $4.5M to $7.2M, and one vendor (Latka, November 2024) claims Vervoe is bootstrapped with $0 outside funding.
What is Vervoe's revenue in 2024-2026?
Estimates conflict: Latka cited about $3M annual revenue in November 2024, Prospeo estimated about $3.4M in 2024, Growjo estimated about $1.8M in 2022, and ZoomInfo lists revenue under $5M, with no company-disclosed figure available.
Timeline
  • 2025-12-07Vervoe launched AI Assessment Translations for multi-language scoring-preserved assessments
  • 2025-12-02NY State Comptroller reported enforcement gaps in NYC Local Law 144 automated hiring tool oversight
  • 2025-02-15Vervoe publicly launched AI Assessment Builder generating 9-12 questions from a job description
  • 2024-11-29Latka data pegs Vervoe at about $3M revenue, 8,000 customers, 24 employees
  • 2024-01Illinois AI anti-discrimination hiring law took effect, following Colorado's 2024 law
  • 2023-07-04Vervoe published independent bias audit by Holistic AI aligned to NYC Local Law 144
  • 2019-10-31Vervoe closed roughly $2.7M Series A led by TSVC with TEN13 participation
  • 2018-05-22Vervoe raised $3.5M seed round led by SEEK, with Ruslan Kogan and Jesse Hertzberg
  • 2017-08Vervoe closed a pre-seed/angel round of roughly $793K-$975K
  • 2016Vervoe founded by Omer Molad (CEO) and David Weinberg in Melbourne, Australia
Revision history
22 July 2026
First assessed. Little protection left. The text above is fixed as of this date and is not edited afterwards.
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