€1M pre-seed from Merantix

Atlas · AI agent for hiring

Hire brilliant people who would never apply

Atlas brings you a short set of strong candidates from Nova's network, then a warm introduction to each one you pick.

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Senior Backend EngineerBerlin, HybridActive

AI-matched candidates ranked by brief criteria

3 found

This is the workspace you get. Nothing here is a screenshot.

The problem

Inbound is noise. Outbound is ignored.

AI has flooded both sides of hiring. Good applications disappear into the pile, and the people you actually want are not reading job boards at all.

How WhyBrilliant helps

Nova has already spoken to the people you want

Every candidate has had a full interview with Nova about what they want next, and a person has cleared the profile. Atlas introduces you to the few who fit your brief.

From brief to introduction

Integrations

From shortlist to your ATS in one click.

The moment an introduction is accepted, export the candidate into your own ATS as a proper application — CV attached, WhyBrilliant recorded as the source.

More integrations on the way.

JK

Senior Backend Engineer

Intro accepted · CV attached

Exported ✓

Works with

…and everything in between

The ad, written

Atlas rewrites the role for discovery and for the language strong candidates respond to.

Posted everywhere

The major boards, the niche ones and LinkedIn. You write the role once.

Reviewed by Nova

Motivation, salary, availability, skills — every candidate, the same depth, before you see them.

Verified profiles only

Duplicates, doctored CVs and throwaway addresses are caught by machine; a person approves every profile.

Reasoning attached

Not filter output. Each shortlist says why, and says where the fit is weaker.

Export to your ATS

Send anyone you have been introduced to straight into Ashby, Personio, Greenhouse or Recruitee.

Whoever is actually doing the hiring

Founders

Make the critical hires without becoming a full-time recruiter.

Hiring managers

Turn an instinct about the role into a brief, a shortlist and a reason.

Talent teams

Reach more of the right people without piling on sourcing work.

Data & compliance

  • GDPR compliant

    Processed in the EU, on a documented legal basis.

  • EU AI Act compliant

    Automated matching, disclosed and human-reviewed.

  • German entity

    WhyBrilliant GmbH, named in the imprint.

Where your data sits, and who sees it. →
On the platform
10,976+ talents
Where we look
Germany

The questions we get asked.

Before you book
Is this an agency with a chatbot on top?
The other way round. The work is software: Atlas writes and posts the ad, Nova runs the interviews, for every role at once, which is why each candidate gets the same depth. The decisions are human: a person clears every profile, and your own contact is a person throughout. There is no consultant billing hours against your search.
Who actually screens the candidates?
The interview is run by Nova, our AI recruiter: structured, identical for every candidate, around the clock. The candidate knows this and agrees to it. Whether a profile reaches you is then decided by a person on our team. And your own contact is a person throughout.
What does it cost, and when do I pay?
10% of the first-year base salary, due only when you hire someone introduced through WhyBrilliant. No retainer, no posting fees, no charge for a search that does not work out.
What if the person leaves again?
If a hire leaves within the first 90 days you get the fee back in full — cash, not a credit and not an obligation to take a replacement.
What happens to candidate data?
It is processed in the EU under GDPR. A candidate consents to the introduction before you see their details, and their CV reaches your ATS only when you export it. The privacy policy lists every sub-processor.
How long until I see the first shortlist?
Days rather than months for most roles: the ad goes live within a day of the call, and matches from our existing pool can arrive the same week. Scarce or highly specific roles take longer, and we say so on the call.

Pricing for companies

You pay nothing until you hire.

Companies

10%

of first-year base, on hire

  • Nothing until someone signs. No setup, no retainer, no posting fees.
  • Then 10% of first-year base. Consultancies charge 20–30%.
  • Full refund if they leave inside 90 days.
Talk about pricing

Next to the alternative

What the same hire costs elsewhere.

On a €70,000 role, the fee difference is roughly €7,000 against €14,000–21,000.

  • Fee

    WhyBrilliant
    10% of first-year base
    Recruiting agency
    20–30% of first-year base
    Posting it yourself
    Board fees per posting

  • When you pay

    WhyBrilliant
    On hire
    Recruiting agency
    On hire, often with a retainer
    Posting it yourself
    Upfront, hire or not

  • If the hire leaves

    WhyBrilliant
    Full refund inside 90 days
    Recruiting agency
    Usually a replacement, not cash
    Posting it yourself
    Nothing back

  • Who screens

    WhyBrilliant
    Every candidate given a structured interview, every profile cleared by a person
    Recruiting agency
    Depends on the consultant and how busy they are
    Posting it yourself
    You do

Agency figures are the published market range for contingency search in Germany.

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