Black Star
Hikari is an AI-powered talent intelligence platform that ranks CVs against job briefs in about 20 seconds, providing evidence behind every score so recruiters can make faster, better-informed hiring decisions. It operates as a Chrome side panel alongside existing ATS systems, and the first three jobs are free before a £49 per recruiter monthly subscription with 1,500 CVs included.
- Artificial Intelligence
- HR Technology
- Software Only
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Problem
Recruiters face the challenge of quickly and accurately ranking large volumes of CVs against specific job briefs, while also needing to understand each client's unique hiring preferences and past behavior. Generic AI tools provide scores without transparent reasoning, forcing recruiters to double-check outputs and leaving them without insight into what a particular client has historically accepted or rejected.
Solution
Hikari is an AI-powered talent intelligence platform that ranks CVs against a job brief in about 20 seconds, delivering a ranked list with evidence behind every score. It operates as a Chrome side panel that sits over the recruiter's existing ATS, allowing them to read the job, drop CVs, review the top 10, and send candidate reports without leaving their workflow. The platform tracks each client's actual decisions—every yes, no, and reason given—so recruiters can see who the client has progressed, the lowest score they've accepted, the most they've paid, and why they typically pass. Hikari never sends, rejects, or actions anything automatically; it informs the recruiter and hands the decision back, flagging affected scores when a brief changes rather than silently re-running them.
Target Audience
Primary users are recruitment professionals and staffing agencies who work with multiple clients and need to make faster, evidence-based candidate selections while maintaining full control over the hiring process.
Features
- AI-driven CV ranking against job briefs with transparent evidence for every score
- Chrome side panel that integrates with existing ATS systems without requiring migration
- Client history tracking that records every decision, reason, and compensation detail for future reference
- Manual control over all actions—the tool never sends, rejects, or actions anything without recruiter approval
- Brief-change detection that flags affected scores instead of quietly re-running rankings
- Local processing of uploaded CVs, ensuring files never leave the browser
- Interactive demo environment with sample data for hands-on exploration without sign-up