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Gem

Acquired · Talent engagement platform

20signal of 100 · rising 3
  • team of 200Team size · YC's directory+11.9
  • acquiredOutcome · YC, program pages, Acquisitions+4
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4

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About Gem

Gem’s talent engagement platform helps recruiting teams use data and automation to improve hiring speed, quality, and diversity. Gem unifies data and context from the tools recruiters use every day, including email, applicant tracking systems, LinkedIn, and other social networks, to create a source of truth for all talent relationships. Armed with insights about the entire recruiting process, automation to reach out to talent at scale, and true cross-functional collaboration tools, TA teams can proactively and strategically plan for what’s ahead. Gem's customers are savvy recruiting teams from industry-leading companies, like Wayfair, Dropbox, Nasdaq, Cisco, and Doordash, who understand that hiring the best talent in the market is key to maintaining their competitive advantage.

YC batch
S17 · Summer 2017
Status, per YC
Acquired
Category
Other
Team size
200
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: SaaS, B2B, Recruiting

Changes seen

HiringOct 5, 2026

Stopped hiring.

StatusOct 5, 2026

Now listed as acquired, was active.

Gem in S17: 125 companies, 27% AI

Gem: questions

Which YC batch was Gem in?

Gem was in Y Combinator's Summer 2017 batch (S17).

Is Gem still active?

Y Combinator lists Gem as acquired.

Where is Gem based?

Gem lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.