HR & recruiting

Peoplebox.ai

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Founded 2018Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Peoplebox.ai is an AI-native talent platform used by 500+ companies to hire, manage, and grow their people.

At the center is Nova, the world’s most human-like AI Recruiter. Nova screens candidates over chat, text, call, or video, before they even apply, then seamlessly screens resumes, takes pre-screening calls, and runs first-round interviews with live assessments and advanced proctoring.

The talent management platform brings together OKRs/goals, performance reviews, career growth, 360 feedback, calibration, and compensation into one unified system, helping companies align, assess, and develop talent faster.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Previously Peoplebox Inc, Peoplebox

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Abhinav Chugh

Founder

Abhinav is Co-Founder & CEO at Peoplebox. Previously co-founded VideoCrisp in Dublin - a cloud-based video creation platform recognised as one of the world's top 50 startups, featured in PBS and Silicon Republic. Also built Waybiz, a B2B trust marketplace spanning 80,000+ businesses across 110 countries. Holds a B.Tech from IIT Delhi and an MBA from UCD Smurfit Business School. Invited to the U.S. International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). Passionate about AI, startups & building globally.

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Alagu M

Founder

Alagu is Co-Founder at Peoplebox. Previously co-founded Askmile, India's popular online relationship counseling platform, and Markupwand (YCS22) a PSD to HTML software. Before founding, he led product at Practo driving 1M+ app downloads and expansion to 10 countries. Holds an engineering degree from NIT Trichy. Passionate about AI, badminton, yoga and Sushi.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
35team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2018 · Source

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Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedBengaluru, KA, India
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Operating · 4 of 6 areas documented

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Company website: home Checked 2026-09-23

Trusted by 600+ companies building high-performance cultures

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