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Dex

Category: AI in HR & Talent

AI-powered talent agent providing personalized job matching, coaching, and career planning through natural conversation. Dex was founded in 2025. The company is led by Paddy Lambros. Based in London, UK. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $8.4 Million. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Notion Capital (lead), a16z Speedrun, Concept Ventures, angel investors from OpenAI.

Founded
2025
Headquarters
London, UK
Team size
11-50
Total funding
$8.4 Million

Value proposition

Delivers deep candidate insights via conversational AI for personalized career guidance, interview coaching, compensation benchmarking, and job matching aimed at improving long-term retention.

Products and solutions

AI Voice Talent Agent, Conversational AI for candidate profiling, Job matching algorithm, Interview coaching, Compensation benchmarking

Unique value

Utilizes a conversational 'AI voice talent agent' model to understand candidate skills, motivations, and ambitions thoroughly, offering personalized coaching and career planning beyond standard job matching.

Target customer

Job seekers (initially in tech), companies/hiring managers, recruitment teams.

Industries served

Technology Recruitment, General Recruitment

Technology advantage

Proprietary conversational AI for in-depth candidate profiling and matching, developed through extensive consultations with UK recruitment professionals.

How they differentiate

Focuses on a holistic talent agent service with conversational AI for deeper candidate understanding, personalized coaching, and career planning support, aiming for optimal long-term matches and retention.

Main competitors

LinkedIn (AI features), Mercor, Otta

Key partnerships

Notion Capital (lead seed investor), a16z Speedrun, Concept Ventures

Notable customers

Lovable, ElevenLabs, Synthesia, Granola, Fyxer

Major milestones

Founded early 2025 by Paddy Lambros (CEO) and Harry Uglow (CTO), Raised $3.1M pre-seed from a16z Speedrun and Concept Ventures (April 2025), Launched publicly in UK (2025), Reached $1.8M ARR by late 2025, Raised $5.3M seed led by Notion Capital (April 2026), 15,000+ engineers signed up, 50+ paying customers, Planning offices in New York and San Francisco (2026)

Growth metrics

Not specified/publicly available

Market positioning

Positioning as a premium, personalized AI talent agent rather than just a job board or matching tool.

Geographic focus

Initially UK, with plans for international expansion.

Patents and IP

None

About Paddy Lambros

Paddy has spent the last 10 years building teams. From companies like Improbable and Sensat, to Atomico where he led early stage people.

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