Vela is a Y Combinator-backed AI scheduling assistant designed specifically for recruiting agencies. The platform automates interview coordination across candidates, clients, and hiring panels, eliminating the back-and-forth scheduling friction that costs agencies placements and time.
Vela gives recruiters back their most valuable resource—time—by automating the entire interview scheduling workflow, from initial coordination to rescheduling, helping agencies submit candidates faster and close more placements.
AI Visibility Score
Vela has an AI visibility score of 18/100, rated as invisible. This score reflects how often and how prominently Vela appears in responses from AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
AI Perception Summary
Vela is currently ceding the AI recommendation landscape to legacy incumbents, remaining virtually invisible to enterprise decision-makers and scaling agency owners who drive high-value contracts. While the brand has established a promising 33% visibility rate among tech-forward recruiting coordinators on Gemini, it is completely absent from high-intent queries regarding candidate ghosting and competitive tech stack evaluations.
Strengths
- Establishing a foothold with the 'Tech-Forward Recruiting Coordinator' persona, where the brand achieves a 33% mention rate.
- Maintaining a 17% mention rate on Gemini, particularly surfacing for queries involving recruitment workflow optimization.
- Achieving an average position of 5.0 on Claude, suggesting that when the brand is mentioned, it is treated as a highly relevant solution.
Visibility Gaps
- Total lack of visibility for the 'Scaling Agency Owner' and 'Enterprise Talent Acquisition Lead' personas, leaving the most lucrative market segments to competitors like Calendly and Greenhouse.
- Zero presence in critical 'best reviewed' and 'candidate ghosting' queries, which are essential for capturing bottom-of-funnel intent.
- Mixed sentiment on Gemini indicates that while the platform recognizes the brand, it does not yet provide a definitive endorsement compared to competitors like GoodTime.
Competitors in AI Recommendations
- Calendly: 39 mentions
- GoodTime: 31 mentions
- Greenhouse: 27 mentions
- Paradox: 26 mentions
- Bullhorn: 21 mentions
- Zapier: 19 mentions
- Olivia: 18 mentions
- Cronofy: 15 mentions
- Lever: 14 mentions
- HireVue: 12 mentions
- MokaHR: 10 mentions
- Workato: 9 mentions
- DocuSign: 9 mentions
- Zoom: 9 mentions
- Spark Hire: 9 mentions
Categories: HR Technology
Tags: YC25-26