AINA
Category: AI in HR & Talent
Cyprus-based AI hiring platform that automates recruitment for both employers and candidates, cutting time-to-hire by up to 80%. The company is led by Natallia Mikhnovets. Based in Limassol, Cyprus. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $1M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Private angel investor (undisclosed).
- Headquarters
- Limassol, Cyprus
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $1M
Value proposition
An all-in-one empathetic AI hiring platform that automates ~80% of the recruitment process — sourcing, AI interviews, scoring, and offers — in a single system serving both companies and candidates, reducing hiring costs and time-to-hire by up to 80%.
Products and solutions
All-in-one hiring platform: 5-minute voice brief to vacancy creation, AI-driven sourcing and candidate ranking with Talent Mirror scores, live video calls and async 24/7 AI interviews with transcripts and scores, full ATS, AI Career Coach for candidates (career pathways, role recommendations, interview simulations), analytics.
Unique value
Only integrated AI hiring platform operating as an ecosystem that serves both businesses and candidates — combining AI interviewing, analytics, and ATS in one place, with an empathetic, adaptive AI recruiter that evaluates candidates in real time and maintains a human tone.
Target customer
Startups and SMBs (founders, TA leaders, hiring managers, recruiters) across fintech, healthtech, SaaS, gamedev, and hospitality; also serves job seekers via AI career coaching.
Industries served
HR tech / recruitment, fintech, healthtech, SaaS, mobile app/gamedev, hospitality verticals
Technology advantage
AI recruiter that adapts to unexpected responses in real time (unlike scripted chatbots); Talent Mirror scoring with written reasoning; automates ~80% of recruitment; GDPR and EU AI Act compliant; claims 100% probation success rate on hires with no role terminations due to poor fit.
How they differentiate
Unlike fragmented point solutions (Eightfold, HireVue, Greenhouse, Workable, Ashby, Juicebox, Fetcher, Paradox), AINA is an integrated EU-native AI hiring ecosystem serving both employers and candidates in one platform — combining AI interviewing, candidate scoring, ATS, analytics, and a candidate career coach, with an empathetic adaptive AI recruiter. GDPR and EU AI Act ready by design.
Main competitors
Jack&Jill (London, AI recruitment agents), Eightfold, HireVue, Greenhouse, Workable, Ashby, Welcome to the Jungle, WizeHire, hireEZ
Notable customers
Lumora (CTO Nikita Zatsepin), Meowpunk (COO Marina Solovova), Panoramik Games (CMO En Mi Ten), mobile app studio (Eastern Europe), gamedev studio, Mediterranean restaurant group
Major milestones
Raised $1M seed round (Jan 2026), conducted 2,000+ interviews and filled 300+ roles with 100% probation success, launched integrated AI hiring platform with AI Career Coach, clients saved $600K+ in hiring costs.
Growth metrics
100+ teams hiring with AINA; 200+ roles filled; 12,000+ interviews conducted; 45,000+ candidates scored (website metrics); clients saved $600K+ in hiring costs; 100% probation success rate.
Market positioning
Early-stage seed company in the AI-powered recruitment space, positioning against better-funded rivals like Jack&Jill ($20M seed); targets startups and SMBs, expanding into US and Southeast Asia.
Geographic focus
Europe (Cyprus HQ), with expansion into US and Southeast Asia
About Natallia Mikhnovets
Ex-senior HR roles at scale; Belarusian State Economic University. Founded AINA after observing companies limited by recruiter capacity, not talent.
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Official website: https://aina-tech.io/