Bertelsmann Makes First-ever Japan Investment in AI Recruitment Platform HelloBoss, Fueling the Launch of Its Next-gen AI Agent




Bertelsmann Makes First-ever Japan Investment in AI Recruitment Platform HelloBoss, Fueling the Launch of Its Next-gen AI Agent

Series A funding accelerates HelloBoss’s vision for an AI-powered, unified global hiring platform—redefining how talent and opportunities connect worldwide, scaling from Japan

TOKYO, Nov. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HelloBoss, Asia’s leading AI-powered recruitment platform developed by Tokyo-based startup NGA, announced today that it has raised Series A funding backed by international media group Bertelsmann, marking the firm’s first-ever strategic investment in Japan. The round also includes participation from BAI Capital, a venture capital firm with a track record of backing over 40 unicorns and 17 IPOs. The funding will accelerate HelloBoss’s global expansion and support the rollout of its flagship feature: the AI Agent, a patent-backed tool that intelligently automates and simplifies hiring for both employers and jobseekers.

Series A Funding Fuels Global Hiring Vision, with Japan as Strategic Launchpad

HelloBoss is one of Asia’s largest AI-driven job platforms, designed to reinvent hiring through automation and intelligent matching. Since its launch in early 2023, it has received rapidly traction, recording a tenfold revenue increase—despite a lean team of just 20 people in two years—and is now trusted by global brands including Marriott, Dior and Suntory.

The Series A funding round led by Bertelsmann and BAI Capital marks a major step in HelloBoss’s long-term vision to build a global, AI-powered hiring infrastructure. It follows a Pre-A round that included multiple global investors—most notably Singapore-based Yunqi Partners—and reflects growing international confidence in HelloBoss’ vision, technology, and commercial momentum.

By aligning with investors and industry peers with deep global networks—including an existing strategic partnership with U.S. HR tech decacorn Deel—HelloBoss aims to accelerate product development, strengthen its core team, and empower international market expansion. While built for global scale from day one, HelloBoss has used Japan—one of the most high-barrier HR tech environments—as its strategic launchpad.

“Japan proved the model,” said Alex Wang, CEO of NGA. “Now we’re scaling HelloBoss into the go-to platform for global AI hiring. Backed by a world-class team of enterprise veterans, multinational product and engineering talent—including Dr. Yanbo Xue, our Chief Scientific Advisor from a $10B HR tech leader—and seasoned Japanese sales leadership, HelloBoss is well positioned to accelerate its next phase of international expansion.”

As a Tokyo-based entrepreneur of Chinese heritage, Wang’s career includes five years at Japan’s Recruit Group—founded in 1960 and known for its 2012 acquisition of Indeed, the world’s largest job search site—alongside the founding of multiple successful ventures both before and after his tenure there, ultimately leading to the launch of HelloBoss.

From Japan to the World: A Game-Changing AI Agent for Hiring and Job Hunting

HelloBoss’s newly launched AI Agent introduces a seamless, intelligent experience for both sides of the job market.

For jobseekers, the AI Agent offers the following capabilities—all in just a few clicks:

• Drag-and-drop resume upload via a map-based interface
• Instant job matches with visual previews and match scores, powered by HelloBoss’s patented AI matching algorithm
• Auto-generated, tailored resumes, self-introductions and job application photos for each opportunity—enabled by HelloBoss’s existing built-in AI generator
• One-click applications to multiple roles simultaneously

For employers, the AI Agent transforms the hiring process with equal ease:

• Auto-generated job postings with optimized wording and formatting, created instantly from simple inputs
• AI-powered candidate shortlists with match reasoning
• Personalized recruit messages drafted automatically for each candidate profile
• Multi-channel communication AI support across phone, email, and SMS—plus auto-suggested interview questions to streamline the process

Below is the feature introduction video, which illustrates how HelloBoss’s AI Agent is reshaping hiring in real time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLqPyIrCqqc

Built on HelloBoss’s patented technology, the AI Agent combines several proprietary features to deliver a smart, end-to-end hiring experience. It is fully optimized for both web and mobile use, and supports multilingual and cross-border job discovery, allowing international talent to explore and apply to roles in Japan and beyond.

Redefining How People and Opportunities Connect
Backed by global investors, trusted by enterprise partners, and powered by proprietary AI technology and data assets, HelloBoss is rapidly emerging as a transformative force in the global hiring landscape.

“We’re not just improving hiring—we’re redefining how people and opportunities connect globally, building the job platform for the generative AI era,” said Wang. “With remote work erasing geographic limits, our goal is to build a unified, intelligent global job platform—where you state your skills and needs, and AI will find the best role for you, anywhere on the planet.”

About HelloBoss

HelloBoss is one of Asia’s most advanced AI-driven recruitment platforms, launched in Japan in 2023 to boost global talent mobility. As Japan’s first third-generation AI hiring service, it integrates patented AI-matching technology and chat-based communication to deliver faster, more efficient hiring experience.

The platform is powered by its own database of 5.5 million companies and leads in generative AI adoption, offering free tools such as resume and photo creators, career mentors, self-introduction generators, and automated job postings. In partnership with U.S. HR tech decacorn Deel, HelloBoss launched Global Remote Hire, a service enabling companies to employ overseas AI talent on flexible three-month terms. In recognition of its innovation in HR technology, HelloBoss has been honored with multiple industry awards.

https://helloboss.com/global

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Bertelsmann Makes First-ever Japan Investment in AI Recruitment Platform HelloBoss, Fueling the Launch of Its Next-gen AI Agent




Bertelsmann Makes First-ever Japan Investment in AI Recruitment Platform HelloBoss, Fueling the Launch of Its Next-gen AI Agent

Series A funding accelerates HelloBoss’s vision for an AI-powered, unified global hiring platform—redefining how talent and opportunities connect worldwide, scaling from Japan

TOKYO, Nov. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HelloBoss, Asia’s leading AI-powered recruitment platform developed by Tokyo-based startup NGA, announced today that it has raised Series A funding backed by international media group Bertelsmann, marking the firm’s first-ever strategic investment in Japan. The round also includes participation from BAI Capital, a venture capital firm with a track record of backing over 40 unicorns and 17 IPOs. The funding will accelerate HelloBoss’s global expansion and support the rollout of its flagship feature: the AI Agent, a patent-backed tool that intelligently automates and simplifies hiring for both employers and jobseekers.

Series A Funding Fuels Global Hiring Vision, with Japan as Strategic Launchpad

HelloBoss is one of Asia’s largest AI-driven job platforms, designed to reinvent hiring through automation and intelligent matching. Since its launch in early 2023, it has received rapidly traction, recording a tenfold revenue increase—despite a lean team of just 20 people in two years—and is now trusted by global brands including Marriott, Dior and Suntory.

The Series A funding round led by Bertelsmann and BAI Capital marks a major step in HelloBoss’s long-term vision to build a global, AI-powered hiring infrastructure. It follows a Pre-A round that included multiple global investors—most notably Singapore-based Yunqi Partners—and reflects growing international confidence in HelloBoss’ vision, technology, and commercial momentum.

By aligning with investors and industry peers with deep global networks—including an existing strategic partnership with U.S. HR tech decacorn Deel—HelloBoss aims to accelerate product development, strengthen its core team, and empower international market expansion. While built for global scale from day one, HelloBoss has used Japan—one of the most high-barrier HR tech environments—as its strategic launchpad.

“Japan proved the model,” said Alex Wang, CEO of NGA. “Now we’re scaling HelloBoss into the go-to platform for global AI hiring. Backed by a world-class team of enterprise veterans, multinational product and engineering talent—including Dr. Yanbo Xue, our Chief Scientific Advisor from a $10B HR tech leader—and seasoned Japanese sales leadership, HelloBoss is well positioned to accelerate its next phase of international expansion.”

As a Tokyo-based entrepreneur of Chinese heritage, Wang’s career includes five years at Japan’s Recruit Group—founded in 1960 and known for its 2012 acquisition of Indeed, the world’s largest job search site—alongside the founding of multiple successful ventures both before and after his tenure there, ultimately leading to the launch of HelloBoss.

From Japan to the World: A Game-Changing AI Agent for Hiring and Job Hunting

HelloBoss’s newly launched AI Agent introduces a seamless, intelligent experience for both sides of the job market.

For jobseekers, the AI Agent offers the following capabilities—all in just a few clicks:

• Drag-and-drop resume upload via a map-based interface
• Instant job matches with visual previews and match scores, powered by HelloBoss’s patented AI matching algorithm
• Auto-generated, tailored resumes, self-introductions and job application photos for each opportunity—enabled by HelloBoss’s existing built-in AI generator
• One-click applications to multiple roles simultaneously

For employers, the AI Agent transforms the hiring process with equal ease:

• Auto-generated job postings with optimized wording and formatting, created instantly from simple inputs
• AI-powered candidate shortlists with match reasoning
• Personalized recruit messages drafted automatically for each candidate profile
• Multi-channel communication AI support across phone, email, and SMS—plus auto-suggested interview questions to streamline the process

Below is the feature introduction video, which illustrates how HelloBoss’s AI Agent is reshaping hiring in real time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLqPyIrCqqc

Built on HelloBoss’s patented technology, the AI Agent combines several proprietary features to deliver a smart, end-to-end hiring experience. It is fully optimized for both web and mobile use, and supports multilingual and cross-border job discovery, allowing international talent to explore and apply to roles in Japan and beyond.

Redefining How People and Opportunities Connect
Backed by global investors, trusted by enterprise partners, and powered by proprietary AI technology and data assets, HelloBoss is rapidly emerging as a transformative force in the global hiring landscape.

“We’re not just improving hiring—we’re redefining how people and opportunities connect globally, building the job platform for the generative AI era,” said Wang. “With remote work erasing geographic limits, our goal is to build a unified, intelligent global job platform—where you state your skills and needs, and AI will find the best role for you, anywhere on the planet.”

About HelloBoss

HelloBoss is one of Asia’s most advanced AI-driven recruitment platforms, launched in Japan in 2023 to boost global talent mobility. As Japan’s first third-generation AI hiring service, it integrates patented AI-matching technology and chat-based communication to deliver faster, more efficient hiring experience.

The platform is powered by its own database of 5.5 million companies and leads in generative AI adoption, offering free tools such as resume and photo creators, career mentors, self-introduction generators, and automated job postings. In partnership with U.S. HR tech decacorn Deel, HelloBoss launched Global Remote Hire, a service enabling companies to employ overseas AI talent on flexible three-month terms. In recognition of its innovation in HR technology, HelloBoss has been honored with multiple industry awards.

https://helloboss.com/global

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Pibit.AI lands a $7M Series A to build trusted AI for the next generation of underwriters




Pibit.AI lands a $7M Series A to build trusted AI for the next generation of underwriters

Pibit.AI has raised $7 million to modernize underwriting with its CURE platform, a trusted AI system that turns messy insurance submissions into faster decisions.

San Francisco, Nov. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Insurance has always been about understanding risk, but for decades, the tools underwriters rely on have barely evolved. Pibit AI, a company rethinking underwriting from the ground up, today announced a $7 million funding round to accelerate development of its Centralized Underwriting Risk Environment (CURE^TM) and expedite industry-wide adoption. The round will help the company double down on its mission to make underwriting faster, more accurate, and above all, trusted.

The series A funding round was led by Stellaris Venture Partners with participation from Y Combinator and Arali Ventures. Pibit.AI was founded by engineer Akash Agarwal – and for him, it was personal. Having grown up watching his father work late hours as an insurance agent buried in forms, he later saw how AI transformed industries like autonomous vehicles, while underwriting remained trapped in outdated workflows. The contrast sparked a question that became Pibit.AI’s foundation: if AI can drive cars, why can’t it drive better underwriting?

Pibit.AI founder: Akash Agarwal.

The company’s flagship platform, CURE^TM, transforms the end-to-end underwriting process into a unified, intelligent system. It handles submissions, document parsing, research, risk analysis, and workflow orchestration all in one environment. Each module, from ClearCURE^TM for triage to DocumentCURE^TM for document intelligence and ResearchCURE^TM for real-time data enrichment, helps underwriters move from raw submission to decision-ready output. RiskCURE^TM then evaluates each account with portfolio-specific signals, while WorkflowCURE^TM consolidates every task, insight, and collaboration into a single pane of glass.

“Pibit.AI was built around one idea: that AI should empower underwriters, not replace them,” said Akash Agarwal, Founder and CEO. “Too many systems prioritize speed over trust. We’re building something that’s transparent, explainable, and decision-ready – a system that gives underwriters confidence in every output while helping them move faster than ever before.”

In an industry where submission volumes are rising and underwriting talent is shrinking, efficiency is no longer optional. Underwriting teams still spend up to a third of their time on manual data entry, triaging, and enrichment. Pibit.AI’s platform addresses that head-on by combining automation with an intelligent services layer that also ensures human verification and contextual oversight. It delivers accuracy that holds up under audit, consistency across teams, and visibility across entire portfolios.

The results are already measurable. Pibit.AI’s customers, including HDVI, Shepherd Insurance, RMS Insurance Brokerage, Kinetic, and Method Insurance Company, have reported up to 85% faster underwriting cycles, a 32% increase in gross written premium per underwriter, and up to 700 basis points of improvement in loss ratios. For carriers and MGAs, this translates to higher capacity, faster growth, and sharper risk selection.

“As a fast-moving company scaling our operations nationally, Pibit.AI played a key role in ensuring we achieved that growth without losing control,” remarked Michaela Morrison, COO, Method Insurance Services (a subsidiary of Cake Insure, Inc., a Pinnacol Assurance company). “Our outcomes aren’t magic; they are the direct product of thoughtful engineering and a team that genuinely listens,” she added. While Adam Price, CEO at Kinetic added: “Pibit.AI helps us to handle more than a billion dollars in submissions on an annual basis without scaling our overhead costs, and grow our business by close to 100% in premium because we’re able to get those looks and quotes up and running.”

Pibit.AI founding team. 

“Underwriting has long been constrained by manual reviews, inconsistent data and tools that haven’t kept pace with rising submission volumes,” said Alok Goyal, Partner at Stellaris Venture Partners. “With CURE^TM, Pibit.AI automates and unifies these workflows, improving accuracy, reducing costs and accelerating quote generation to drive higher revenue. We’re excited to partner with Akash and lead Pibit.AI’s Series A round as it scales.”

With more than 125 employees and dozens of customers, Pibit.AI will be investing further in AI infrastructure and integrations. The company’s roadmap includes expanded advanced risk models, API layers, and deeper data partnerships that will make the CURE^TM platform even more adaptive to new lines of business and emerging risks.

As the insurance industry faces an era defined by data overload and talent scarcity, Pibit.AI is building the bridge between technology and human judgment – turning underwriting from a manual art into an intelligent, scalable science.

Media images can be found here. 

About Pibit.AI
Pibit.AI is an SF–based insurtech company reconstructing the art (and science) of commercial underwriting for carriers and MGAs. At the heart is the CURE™ platform, the industry’s only centralized underwriting risk environment fueled by agentic underwriting services that delivers decision-ready outcomes. It converts submissions into decisions by automating intake, triage, and data enrichment from documents and external sources while surfacing risk insights so you can win the right accounts faster, scale throughput, and reduce loss ratios. Backed by Y-Combinator, the proprietary platform serves dozens of clients across the US, enabling 85% faster underwriting, 32% increase in GWP per underwriter, and up to 700 basis points improvement in loss ratios. For details, visit pibit.ai. 

About Stellaris Venture Partners
Stellaris Venture Partners is an early-stage, tech-focused venture capital firm supporting fearless founders at the ground level. With a team of former entrepreneurs and business builders, Stellaris is dedicated to helping founders at the earliest stages of company formation build sustainable, market-leading businesses.

Stellaris manages over $600 million in assets and is currently investing from its third fund of $300 million. Stellaris has built a portfolio of more than 40 companies across SaaS, Consumer, Financial Services, B2B Commerce, Education, Mobility and Healthcare. Stellaris portfolio companies that are market leaders in their spaces include Mamaearth, Whatfix, Propelld, Turno, Dashverse and Kiwi, among others.
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CONTACT:  For further information please contact the Pibit.AI press office: Prakhar Mohan on prakhar.mohan@pibit.ai. 

Pibit.AI lands a $7M Series A to build trusted AI for the next generation of underwriters




Pibit.AI lands a $7M Series A to build trusted AI for the next generation of underwriters

Pibit.AI has raised $7 million to modernize underwriting with its CURE platform, a trusted AI system that turns messy insurance submissions into faster decisions.

San Francisco, Nov. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Insurance has always been about understanding risk, but for decades, the tools underwriters rely on have barely evolved. Pibit AI, a company rethinking underwriting from the ground up, today announced a $7 million funding round to accelerate development of its Centralized Underwriting Risk Environment (CURE^TM) and expedite industry-wide adoption. The round will help the company double down on its mission to make underwriting faster, more accurate, and above all, trusted.

The series A funding round was led by Stellaris Venture Partners with participation from Y Combinator and Arali Ventures. Pibit.AI was founded by engineer Akash Agarwal – and for him, it was personal. Having grown up watching his father work late hours as an insurance agent buried in forms, he later saw how AI transformed industries like autonomous vehicles, while underwriting remained trapped in outdated workflows. The contrast sparked a question that became Pibit.AI’s foundation: if AI can drive cars, why can’t it drive better underwriting?

Pibit.AI founder: Akash Agarwal.

The company’s flagship platform, CURE^TM, transforms the end-to-end underwriting process into a unified, intelligent system. It handles submissions, document parsing, research, risk analysis, and workflow orchestration all in one environment. Each module, from ClearCURE^TM for triage to DocumentCURE^TM for document intelligence and ResearchCURE^TM for real-time data enrichment, helps underwriters move from raw submission to decision-ready output. RiskCURE^TM then evaluates each account with portfolio-specific signals, while WorkflowCURE^TM consolidates every task, insight, and collaboration into a single pane of glass.

“Pibit.AI was built around one idea: that AI should empower underwriters, not replace them,” said Akash Agarwal, Founder and CEO. “Too many systems prioritize speed over trust. We’re building something that’s transparent, explainable, and decision-ready – a system that gives underwriters confidence in every output while helping them move faster than ever before.”

In an industry where submission volumes are rising and underwriting talent is shrinking, efficiency is no longer optional. Underwriting teams still spend up to a third of their time on manual data entry, triaging, and enrichment. Pibit.AI’s platform addresses that head-on by combining automation with an intelligent services layer that also ensures human verification and contextual oversight. It delivers accuracy that holds up under audit, consistency across teams, and visibility across entire portfolios.

The results are already measurable. Pibit.AI’s customers, including HDVI, Shepherd Insurance, RMS Insurance Brokerage, Kinetic, and Method Insurance Company, have reported up to 85% faster underwriting cycles, a 32% increase in gross written premium per underwriter, and up to 700 basis points of improvement in loss ratios. For carriers and MGAs, this translates to higher capacity, faster growth, and sharper risk selection.

“As a fast-moving company scaling our operations nationally, Pibit.AI played a key role in ensuring we achieved that growth without losing control,” remarked Michaela Morrison, COO, Method Insurance Services (a subsidiary of Cake Insure, Inc., a Pinnacol Assurance company). “Our outcomes aren’t magic; they are the direct product of thoughtful engineering and a team that genuinely listens,” she added. While Adam Price, CEO at Kinetic added: “Pibit.AI helps us to handle more than a billion dollars in submissions on an annual basis without scaling our overhead costs, and grow our business by close to 100% in premium because we’re able to get those looks and quotes up and running.”

Pibit.AI founding team. 

“Underwriting has long been constrained by manual reviews, inconsistent data and tools that haven’t kept pace with rising submission volumes,” said Alok Goyal, Partner at Stellaris Venture Partners. “With CURE^TM, Pibit.AI automates and unifies these workflows, improving accuracy, reducing costs and accelerating quote generation to drive higher revenue. We’re excited to partner with Akash and lead Pibit.AI’s Series A round as it scales.”

With more than 125 employees and dozens of customers, Pibit.AI will be investing further in AI infrastructure and integrations. The company’s roadmap includes expanded advanced risk models, API layers, and deeper data partnerships that will make the CURE^TM platform even more adaptive to new lines of business and emerging risks.

As the insurance industry faces an era defined by data overload and talent scarcity, Pibit.AI is building the bridge between technology and human judgment – turning underwriting from a manual art into an intelligent, scalable science.

Media images can be found here. 

About Pibit.AI
Pibit.AI is an SF–based insurtech company reconstructing the art (and science) of commercial underwriting for carriers and MGAs. At the heart is the CURE™ platform, the industry’s only centralized underwriting risk environment fueled by agentic underwriting services that delivers decision-ready outcomes. It converts submissions into decisions by automating intake, triage, and data enrichment from documents and external sources while surfacing risk insights so you can win the right accounts faster, scale throughput, and reduce loss ratios. Backed by Y-Combinator, the proprietary platform serves dozens of clients across the US, enabling 85% faster underwriting, 32% increase in GWP per underwriter, and up to 700 basis points improvement in loss ratios. For details, visit pibit.ai. 

About Stellaris Venture Partners
Stellaris Venture Partners is an early-stage, tech-focused venture capital firm supporting fearless founders at the ground level. With a team of former entrepreneurs and business builders, Stellaris is dedicated to helping founders at the earliest stages of company formation build sustainable, market-leading businesses.

Stellaris manages over $600 million in assets and is currently investing from its third fund of $300 million. Stellaris has built a portfolio of more than 40 companies across SaaS, Consumer, Financial Services, B2B Commerce, Education, Mobility and Healthcare. Stellaris portfolio companies that are market leaders in their spaces include Mamaearth, Whatfix, Propelld, Turno, Dashverse and Kiwi, among others.
Website | LinkedIn | X | YouTube

CONTACT:  For further information please contact the Pibit.AI press office: Prakhar Mohan on prakhar.mohan@pibit.ai.