Do we have to move off our ATS?

Alphie runs inside your ATS. It utilizes your current candidate pool to handle sourcing, screening, candidate communication and interview scheduling for you.

What exactly does Alphie handle for us?

Sourcing the top 5 best fits for each open role from your existing candidate pool, running 15-minute voice screening interviews, scheduling the interviews with your team, and writing and sending approval and rejection emails. You handle the decisions.

How is candidate data handled?

Candidate data handled through Alphie — including interview recordings and reports — is stored securely on Alphie's encrypted servers. It is never shared with, or visible to, anyone outside your company, and never becomes part of Alphie's broader candidate pool. This includes a signed Data Processing Agreement (DPA), EU-region-only processing and storage, and an audit log of every Alphie API call into your ATS instance.

A one-off setup fee to build and connect Alphie to your ATS, plus a monthly subscription scoped to your hiring volume. Book an intro call and we scope it to your roles.

For companies

Best AI recruiting tools for startups

Updated 26 August 2026

Short answer: the best AI recruiting tools for startups plug into the ATS the team already uses, automate sourcing, screening, scheduling and replies, and scale pricing with hiring volume — without forcing the team to switch systems.

The startup constraint

Startups do not have time to migrate ATS, retrain recruiters, or manage another standalone database. The recruiting stack has to fit into Greenhouse, Ashby, BambooHR or whatever the founders chose on day one. The best AI tools respect that constraint.

What to look for

ATS-native: reads and writes to your existing ATS instead of replacing it.
Candidate rediscovery: finds strong fits in the candidate pool you already own.
Structured screening: runs consistent interviews and reports so you compare apples to apples.
Scheduling automation: books interviews without the email ping-pong.
Candidate communication: sends clear approval and rejection emails, including useful feedback.
Transparent reasoning: shows why a candidate was recommended or scored a certain way.
Volume-based pricing: costs scale with how much you hire, not headcount.

Why integration beats replacement

Replacing an ATS is a six-month project. Integrating an AI layer can take days. Startups should choose tools that extend what they have, not tools that ask them to start over. The candidate record stays in one place, compliance stays simple, and recruiters keep their existing workflow.

Where Alphie fits

Alphie is built for startups that want AI recruiting inside their existing ATS. It rediscovers candidates, runs structured voice screening interviews, schedules interviews, and sends decision emails — all while keeping the ATS as the system of record. Pricing is scoped to hiring volume on an intro call.

Find the right AI recruiting layer

Tell us which ATS you use and we'll scope how Alphie fits your startup's hiring workflow.