Juicebox in the press

David Paffenholz, CEO & Co-Founder of Juicebox, an AI recruiting platform, talks about a new report from his company that highlights a tech resurgence in San Francisco.

In this conversation, David walks through why he thinks the "AI recruiter" hype mostly missed the point, how much autonomy he's willing to give Juicebox's own agents, why there are still zero engineering managers at a 90-person company, and what changed once he could no longer track what everyone was working on day to day.

David Paffenholz, co-founder of Juicebox, shares a founder-led recruiting playbook for attracting, hiring, and closing top engineering and sales talent in an increasingly competitive AI-driven market.

In this interview, co-founders David Paffenholz and Ishan Gupta share their journey from launching a music app in college to building one of the most promising platforms in recruiting. They talk about the pivots it took to reach product market fit, how LLMs unlocked a new approach to talent search, and their vision for AI agents that handle the repetitive work so recruiters can focus on what they do best.

For Startup School, Juicebox co-founder & CEO David Paffenholz joins YC's Harj Taggar to share how early-stage founders can find, pitch, and close top engineering and sales talent— from crafting better outreach to winning great hires from Big Tech— even when you're an unknown startup.

In this interview, co-founders David Paffenholz and Ishan Gupta share their journey from launching a music app in college to building one of the most promising platforms in recruiting. They talk about the pivots it took to reach product market fit, how LLMs unlocked a new approach to talent search, and their vision for AI agents that handle the repetitive work so recruiters can focus on what they do best.