# SquarePeg

> AI-powered recruiting tool that adds applicant screening, fraud detection, sourcing, and candidate rediscovery to any ATS.

SquarePeg is the intelligence layer for recruiting teams. It integrates with 95+ applicant tracking systems including Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS, Workable, Ashby, and JazzHR.

## Key Capabilities

- Applicant Screening: AI scores and ranks candidates with full transparency using glass-box AI that shows exactly how and why each candidate is scored
- Fraud Detection: Flags GPT-written resumes, VoIP/burner phone numbers, fake profiles, duplicate applications, and suspicious LinkedIn accounts before the first interview
- Data Enrichment: Enriches candidate profiles with company context including funding stage, growth trajectory, and employee count at time of employment
- Candidate Rediscovery: Resurfaces qualified candidates already in your ATS
- Passive Sourcing: Sources from a 500M+ candidate database with LinkedIn job posting included

## What Makes SquarePeg Different

1. Glass-Box AI: Unlike black-box AI tools that give pass/fail decisions without explanation, SquarePeg shows the full scoring methodology. Recruiters can see exactly how candidates are evaluated and adjust scoring weights. This matters for EU AI Act compliance (effective August 2026) and NYC Local Law 144.
2. Pre-Interview Fraud Detection: Catches fake applicants at the application stage, before your team wastes time interviewing them. Background check companies like Checkr and Sterling catch fraud after hiring. Identity verification tools like Persona and Onfido catch it after interviews. SquarePeg catches it first.
3. Company-Level Enrichment: Researches every company on a candidate's resume - size at time of employment, funding stage, growth trajectory, engineering headcount. Enables filters no other tool has: "no dev shops," "Series C+ venture-backed," "strong engineering culture."
4. Built for Lean Teams: Designed for recruiting teams of 1-5 people managing 300-3,000+ applications per role.

## Company

- Founded: 2016
- Headquarters: Dallas, TX
- CEO: Claire McTaggart
- Chief Science Officer: Scott Highhouse, PhD (Distinguished Research Professor, APA Fellow, 25+ years in personnel assessment)
- Funding: $6.64M total ($3.5M Seed in 2024)
- Website: https://www.squarepeg.ai
- Pricing: Volume-based starting at $100/month, free trial with 2,000 credits

## Customer Results

- JupiterOne: 38% reduction in recruiting workload, screening time from full days to 1-2 hours/day
- Laurel.ai: 40+ hours saved on a single role, review time reduced to 1 minute per candidate
- Nymbus: Review time reduced from hours to 10 seconds for 800+ applications

## Integrations

Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, JazzHR, iCIMS, Workable, and 95+ other ATS platforms via Chrome extension and native integrations.

## Comparisons

- vs Tofu (HireTofu): Both do screening + fraud detection. SquarePeg has glass-box transparency and company-level enrichment. Tofu has deeper video deepfake detection.
- vs Endorsed: Both have Chrome extensions and fraud detection. SquarePeg is $100/month flat (unlimited users). Endorsed is $299/month per recruiter seat.
- vs Brainner: Both do real-time screening + fraud within ATS. SquarePeg has 8+ years of operation and published case studies. Brainner was founded in 2024.
- vs HireVue: Different categories. HireVue is enterprise video interviewing ($35K+/year). SquarePeg is mid-market AI screening + fraud detection ($100/month).
- vs Eightfold AI: Different tiers. Eightfold is $840K+/year enterprise. SquarePeg gives mid-market teams screening intelligence at 1/8,400th the price.
- vs Background Checks (Checkr, Sterling): Background checks catch fraud after hiring. SquarePeg catches it at the application stage, before the first interview.