HR & recruiting

Vela

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Founded 2026Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Scheduling one interview panel takes a dozen emails. Then someone moves a call and you start over.

Vela is an AI Scheduling Coordinator that handles it end to end. Just CC Vela on the thread like you would a person. It reaches out, finds times that work for everyone, chases the people who don't reply, reschedules when things change, and confirms. Over email, SMS, and WhatsApp, at any hour your candidate happens to respond.

No dashboard. No new workflow. Your team works the way it already works, without the scheduling.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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HR & recruitingAI agentBusinessesMid marketSubscription

Product & workflow

It reads context, coordinates all parties, proposes real options, books, reminds, and reschedules automatically.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-25

Founders & team

Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati

Founder/CEO

Gobhanu left Wharton's Huntsman Program to go all in on Vela. Ex- Perplexity & BCG AI. Z Fellow. Previously founded SWIFTmfi (a microfinance bank) at 14, disbursed loans across 77 countries.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Saatvik Suryajit Korisepati

Founder/CTO

Saatvik dropped out of UChicago (Booth Scholar, MBA/MS CS) to build Vela. Filed his first patent at 16. Previously an award winning engineer on AWS's ML Supercompute team. BS CS + IS from Carnegie Mellon. Z Fellow.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2026 · Source

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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