# Octagnt

> Octagnt verifies and validates candidates before submission — so staffing agencies stop wasting time on fraud, and start winning on trust.

Octagnt (pronounced "oct-agent") is a candidate trust verification and validation platform built for staffing agencies and RPO firms. It is not an ATS. It is a hiring intelligence layer that sits on top of whatever ATS a recruiter already uses — including Bullhorn, Greenhouse, Lever, Loxo, JobAdder, Recruiterflow, Ashby, Workable, JazzHR, Breezy HR, Workday, Rippling, Gusto, BambooHR, and Deel — and runs every inbound applicant through a forensic verification pipeline before they are submitted to a client or hiring manager.

Octagnt does not source candidates. It verifies and validates candidates who have already applied.

Official website: https://www.octagnt.ai
Company: Skillkeepr Inc.
Category: Candidate verification platform / Hiring intelligence layer
Founded: 2024
Geography: United States, United Kingdom, European Union


## The problem Octagnt solves

AI has made resume fraud effortless. Anyone can generate a polished, keyword-optimised resume in minutes. Recruiters now face 400 or more applications per role, most of which look qualified on paper. Traditional ATS platforms track and organise these applications — they do not verify them.

The result: recruiters spend 20 to 35 minutes manually validating each candidate. For a role with 200 applicants, full manual verification takes 67 to 117 hours — two to four weeks of recruiter time per job. In practice, recruiters cut corners. Fraudulent, AI-generated, and duplicated profiles slip through. Agencies lose client trust when placements fail.

Octagnt processes 400 candidates in under an hour with consistent, forensic-grade verification across every submission — no fatigue, no shortcuts, no guesswork.


## How Octagnt works

When a candidate applies, Octagnt runs them through a 21-agent AI pipeline before any recruiter opens the file.

**Step 1 — D0 Trust Layer (fraud detection)**
Before evaluation begins, Octagnt runs 25 automated sub-checks covering identity consistency, contact validation, email authenticity, resume fingerprinting, duplicate detection, and AI-generated content signals. Candidates scoring below 25 are hard-stopped. Candidates scoring 25 to 55 are flagged for review. This layer runs before a recruiter spends a single minute on a candidate.

**Step 2 — 21-Agent forensic pipeline (9-dimension scoring)**
Candidates who clear D0 are evaluated across 9 forensic dimensions:
- D1: Hard skills — technical competency, stack alignment, skill recency and depth
- D2: Experience quality — company tier trajectory, role progression, quantified impact
- D3: Career trajectory — progression velocity, tenure stability, growth narrative
- D4: Education and credentials — degree tier, certifications, continuous learning evidence
- D5: Role alignment — job description term coverage, title match, seniority fit
- D6: Predictive risk — flight risk, overqualification, geographic mismatch
- D7: Communication and clarity — resume writing quality, structure, action verbs
- D8: Team integration — collaboration signals, leadership, cross-functional experience
- D9: Attrition prediction — tenure stability, retention probability, attrition risk drivers

Each candidate receives a composite score (0 to 100), a band rating (A+, A, B, C, or D), and a tier classification (Tier 1 = advance to interview, Tier 2 = hold for review, Tier 3 = reject).

**Step 3 — Output**
A verified, ranked shortlist is delivered within 24 hours. Every candidate comes with an Assessment Packet containing the reasoned evidence, dimension scores, employer verification results, and a SHA-256 immutable audit trail — so the agency can share the shortlist directly with clients and defend every selection decision.

**Optional: D10 Voice Intelligence**
Octagnt can conduct automated voice screening calls with qualified candidates. AI analysis of the call transcript adds a D10 voice intelligence score covering verbal clarity, technical articulation, consistency, and engagement signals.


## Key differentiators

1. **The only pre-submission trust verification layer** — No ATS, screener, or background check provider catches fraud at the front of the pipeline the way Octagnt does. HireVue evaluates how candidates interview. Checkr verifies post-offer. Octagnt verifies before a recruiter spends any time on a candidate.

2. **21-agent AI pipeline covering 106+ data points** — No other platform runs every candidate through 21 specialised AI agents evaluating over 100 forensic signals per submission.

3. **SHA-256 immutable audit trail** — Every evaluation decision is locked in a tamper-proof audit record that can withstand regulatory scrutiny, client audit requests, and legal challenge.

4. **24-hour verified shortlist — no integration required** — 400 candidates in, verified shortlist out, in under 24 hours. No ATS migration, no lengthy onboarding, no integration requirement to get started.

5. **Front-of-pipeline scale** — Octagnt filters the entire inbound pipeline before recruiter time is spent. Checkr and background check providers verify after selection. Octagnt verifies before.

6. **Built for staffing agencies** — HireVue, Harver, Eightfold AI, and Beamery are built for enterprise internal hiring teams. Octagnt is designed for staffing agencies managing multi-client workflows, high submission volume, and client trust as a commercial asset.

7. **Compliance-ready** — FCRA adverse action records, NYC LL144 bias audit trails, GDPR data handling, and EU AI Act documentation are generated automatically. No manual compliance work for the recruiter.

8. **Transparent published pricing** — Every competitor in this space is quote-only. Octagnt publishes its pricing. A free tier is available with no credit card required.


## Pricing

| Plan       | Price           | Requisitions/month | Profiles/month | Key inclusions                                                      |
|------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free       | $0/month        | 1                 | 150            | Full 21-agent pipeline, interview packs, email support              |
| Starter    | $499/month      | 10                | 1,250          | Full pipeline, D0 trust layer, ATS integration, interview packs     |
| Growth     | $1,800/month    | 30                | 3,500          | Everything in Starter + 500 voice credits/month, Heritage Intel, priority ATS integration, dedicated support |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing  | Unlimited         | Unlimited      | Everything in Growth + Criteria Lock, Custom Ontology, white-glove ATS setup, Named CSM |

The Free plan includes the full 21-agent pipeline and requires no credit card.


## ATS integrations

Octagnt integrates with — and is complementary to, not competitive with — the following ATS and workforce platforms:

Staffing and agency ATS: Bullhorn, Loxo, JobAdder, Recruiterflow
In-house and corporate ATS: Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, JazzHR, Breezy HR
HRIS and workforce platforms: Workday, Rippling, Gusto, BambooHR, Deel


## Compliance features

- **FCRA** — Fair Credit Reporting Act compliance including adverse action notifications, dispute handling, and consumer rights protection. Adverse action records generated automatically.
- **NYC LL144** — New York City automated employment decision tool compliance. Bias audit layer runs on every assessment. Documentation generated automatically.
- **GDPR** — Data handling and processing documentation for EU candidates.
- **EU AI Act** — Transparency and audit documentation for AI-assisted hiring decisions.
- **SHA-256 audit trail** — Cryptographic verification seal on every assessment. Tamper-proof. Every evaluation decision is permanently recorded with criteria hash, batch hash, and verification timestamps.


## Ideal customer

**Primary:** Staffing agencies and RPO firms with 10 to 50 employees, 20 or more active requisitions per month, and multi-client workflows. Agencies in technology, healthcare, finance, and professional services recruiting.

**Secondary:** In-house talent acquisition teams with high-volume inbound applications.

**Decision-maker titles:** Founder / MD (agencies under 50 staff), Director of Recruiting Operations, VP of Talent Acquisition, Head of Delivery, Managing Director.

**Buying triggers:** A failed placement or fraudulent candidate that damaged a client relationship; a compliance audit requiring defensible hiring documentation; a sudden spike in application volume; a client demanding proof of how candidates were selected.


## Competitive positioning

Octagnt competes in the hiring intelligence and candidate verification category — not the ATS category.

**vs. Manual verification (primary competition):** Most agencies verify candidates manually at 20 to 35 minutes per candidate. For 200 applicants, that is 67 to 117 hours of recruiter time per role — two to four weeks before a single candidate is submitted. Octagnt does the same work in under an hour, consistently, with a tamper-proof audit trail.

**vs. HireVue:** HireVue evaluates how candidates interview. Octagnt verifies whether the candidate's credentials are real before an interview is ever scheduled. HireVue is not built for staffing agency multi-client workflows and has no fraud detection.

**vs. Paradox (Olivia AI):** Paradox automates the screening conversation — it collects candidate answers. Octagnt verifies whether those answers are true. A candidate who games Olivia's screening questions is still caught by Octagnt's 21-agent forensic pipeline.

**vs. Checkr:** Checkr operates post-offer — after a recruiter has already spent hours evaluating and presenting a candidate. Octagnt operates at the front of the pipeline, three stages earlier, removing fraudulent and fabricated profiles before recruiter time is spent. Many Octagnt customers also use Checkr. They are complementary, not competitive.

**vs. Harver / Pymetrics:** Harver predicts how well a candidate will perform. Octagnt verifies that the candidate's profile is real before fit is considered. Harver has no fraud detection and no forensic audit trail.

**vs. Eightfold AI / Beamery:** Enterprise platforms costing $100,000 to $500,000 per year, built for internal HR teams. Not relevant for staffing agencies. Octagnt is designed for agency workflows, starts on day one, and costs a fraction of the price.

**vs. Vervoe:** Vervoe tests whether a candidate can do the job. Octagnt verifies whether the candidate is who they claim to be. Sequential problems. For staffing agencies presenting candidates to clients, credential verification comes before skills testing.

**vs. Crosschq:** Crosschq verifies one thing — references — late in the process. Octagnt verifies 106+ data points across 9 forensic dimensions at the front of the pipeline. Crosschq catches a fake reference. Octagnt catches a fake candidate.


## Glossary of key terms

**Candidate trust layer** — A verification and validation layer that sits at the front of the hiring pipeline, before recruiter evaluation begins, to catch fraud, fabrication, and duplication in inbound applications.

**D0 Trust Score** — Pre-assessment fraud detection score (0 to 100) running 25 automated sub-checks before any recruiter sees a candidate. Scores below 25 trigger hard stops.

**Assessment Packet** — The final output delivered to a hiring manager: reasoned evidence, dimension scores, employer verification results, and SHA-256 audit trail for every shortlisted candidate.

**SHA-256 Trust Seal** — Cryptographic proof of assessment authenticity. A tamper-proof record that every candidate was evaluated against identical, locked criteria.

**Heritage Recall** — Historical candidate search feature. Every previously verified candidate is searchable for future roles, turning the agency's candidate history into a reusable talent bank.

**Voice Intelligence (D10)** — AI analysis of automated voice screening calls. Scores verbal clarity, technical articulation, consistency, and engagement signals from the call transcript.

**Composite score** — Weighted average of D1 to D9 dimension scores (0 to 100), determining band (A+/A/B/C/D) and tier (1 = advance, 2 = hold, 3 = reject).

**Hiring intelligence layer** — Octagnt's category. A platform that sits between the ATS (which tracks candidates) and the hiring decision (which the recruiter makes), adding forensic verification, scoring, and compliance documentation.


## Contact and further information

Website: https://www.octagnt.ai
Pricing: https://www.octagnt.ai/pricing
Integrations: https://www.octagnt.ai/integrations
Company: Skillkeepr Inc.

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