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Karat, the trusted standard for measuring talent quality, today announced the launch of Karat NextGen, the first human-led, AI-enabled talent evaluation solution to identify software engineers who will excel in the human + AI era.

Karat, the trusted standard for measuring technical talent, today announced the launch of the industry’s first-ever solution for elevating contractor engineering quality. Shaped by Karat’s experience working with some of the world’s biggest enterprises, including Citi, Citizens Bank, and Cigna, the new Partner Talent Solution creates a unified standard that elevates contractor talent, accelerates placements, and reduces delivery risk. With this launch, Karat expands its workforce transformation platform, giving engineering leaders the ability to measure and improve quality across every part of their organization – full time, early-career, and now contractor talent.

Karat, the gold standard for measuring and elevating technical talent, released its 2025 rankings of the Top Cities to Hire Software Engineers. Karat’s fourth annual report examines the shifting dynamics of tech hiring around the world.

Karat, the definitive partner for measuring and elevating technical talent, today announced the acquisition of Byteboard, a skills-based technical assessment solution. This acquisition is Karat’s third over the last two years and accelerates the company’s efforts to build next-generation solutions for organizations that are prioritizing the quality of every new hire in an evolving AI landscape.

Karat, the world’s most trusted talent evaluation partner, released its fourth annual Tech Hiring Trends report today. The report reveals improving sentiment around technical hiring and software engineering performance as forward-looking hiring targets are up across the U.S. and India compared to last year.

Karat, the world’s only end-to-end partner for technical hiring, today launched a new integrated solution to revolutionize early-career hiring. In conjunction with the launch, Karat also published its inaugural rankings of the Best Schools to Hire Software Engineers using the data and insights from nearly half a million technical assessments and interviews.

Karat, the only end-to-end partner for technical hiring, today announced a significant expansion of its Brilliant Black Minds program with the introduction of seven new Partners of Brilliance: DocuSign, Electronic Arts, Intuit, Snap, Uber, Unity, and Zillow. This cohort of new Partners join the program’s inaugural members, Amazon Prime Video, Citi, Duolingo, and Flatiron Health, to form a coalition of leading companies who are committed to building a more inclusive future for tech by engaging with, supporting, and hiring Black software engineers.

Karat, the world's largest interviewing company, released its third annual Tech Hiring Trends Report today. Set against the backdrop of a volatile economy and wave of new AI-driven innovations that are creating new opportunities and challenges for businesses, this year’s report shares insights and best practices based on a survey by The Harris Poll of more than 700 software engineering and talent leaders in the US and India.

Karat, the world’s largest interviewing company, today announced the launch of Karat Qualify, a top-of-funnel skills-assessment for organizations hiring software engineers. Qualify reimagines the concept of candidate screening using a short multiple-choice assessment to replace outdated resume screens and code tests. The highly approachable format creates a fair, candidate-friendly experience that produces faster assessment results, higher completion rates, leveling recommendations, and more qualified candidates moving through the hiring funnel.

Karat, the world’s largest interviewing company, today announced the acquisition of Triplebyte’s technical assessment product and team. The acquisition adds a unique top-of-funnel, skills-based assessment to Karat’s suite of Interviewing Cloud offerings, helping organizations identify and hire the best tech talent faster, more accurately, and fairly.

Karat, the world’s largest interviewing company, today announced that five leading corporations have joined the Brilliant Black Minds movement to help double the number of Black software engineers in the United States. As the movement’s inaugural Partners of Brilliance, Prime Video, Citi, Duolingo, Indeed, and Flatiron Health are the first organizations to commit to supporting and hiring software engineers directly from the Brilliant Black Minds community.

Karat, the world’s largest interviewing company, today released its 2022 Tech Hiring Trends report to help companies continue to hire strong technical talent while navigating the rapidly changing economic landscape. The report is based on a survey conducted by The Harris Poll of 556 engineering and talent leaders across industries including tech, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and banking.

Following its recent $110M Series C funding round and the news of a strategic investment from Serena Williams, Karat has announced that Teresa Carlson is joining the company’s Board of Directors. Carlson’s previous leadership roles at Splunk, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft will complement the broader strength of the existing board of industry veterans, including Karat co-founders Mohit Bhende and Jeffrey Spector, former Twitch COO Sara Clemens, and Parker Barrile, Partner at Norwest Venture Partners, who was previously Vice President of Product at LinkedIn.

Karat, the world’s largest interviewing company, today announced a strategic investment from Serena Williams to significantly scale Brilliant Black Minds, a program that improves access and inclusion across the technology industry. By opening the program to all current and aspiring Black software engineers and serving as Karat’s “Champion of Brilliance,” Serena will support Karat’s call on the industry to help add more than 100,000 new Black engineers to tech in the next decade.

Karat, the world leader in technical interviewing and pioneer of the Interviewing Cloud, today announced a $110 million Series C funding round at a $1.1 billion valuation. Karat’s industry-defining human + technology solution delivers live technical interviews on behalf of clients 24/7 while forging deep strategic partnerships that unlock enormous value for engineering and talent acquisition leaders.