Speakers

Anoop Gupta is the co-founder and CEO of SeekOut, where he leads the company's mission to transform talent acquisition in the age of AI. Under his leadership, SeekOut has pioneered SeekOut Spot, an innovative agentic AI recruiting service that seamlessly combines AI agents with expert human recruiters to deliver interview-ready candidates with unprecedented speed and precision. SeekOut has earned the trust of 6 of the 10 most valuable companies in the U.S. and has raised over $180m from leading venture capital firms. The company was recognized as GeekWire's Startup of the Year, and Anoop was honored as GeekWire's CEO of the Year in 2022. Prior to founding SeekOut, Anoop served as Technical Advisor to Bill Gates and held senior leadership positions overseeing major product and research initiatives at Microsoft. He brings deep technical expertise from his Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University and his tenure as a professor at Stanford University. Anoop combines exceptional technical acumen with business pragmatism and a steadfast commitment to leveraging AI to unlock human potential while preserving the human element at the heart of talent acquisition.