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Cangrade

Cangrade, Inc. is an American HR technology company that develops talent intelligence and AI-powered candidate screening software for hiring and internal talent management. The company offers a suite of products, including Jules AI Copilot, Talent Acquisition and Talent Management tools, as well as integrations for applicant tracking systems. Cangrade is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts.

History

Cangrade was founded in 2014 and is based in Watertown, Massachusetts. The company positioned itself on using data and machine learning to build predictive models of job success and to reduce bias in hiring decisions. Cangrade's pre-hire assessments have been taken millions of times and the platform is used by companies across multiple industries.

Cangrade has announced multiple product launches and patent grants related to its AI and talent-pooling technologies. In 2022 and 2023 the company publicized patents related to methods for reducing bias in AI hiring models and other predictive hiring technologies, and it continued to file patents describing scoring and ranker systems in subsequent years.

Products and services

Cangrade's platform centers on AI-powered candidate screening tools and predictive talent solutions that combine resume screening, personality assessments, skills testing, structured interview guides, and reference checking to assist hiring and talent management teams:

• Jules AI Copilot: An AI-powered candidate screening platform that is completely customizable, controllable, and able to launch instantly. Within Jules, there are specific AI-powered hiring and management tools, each with a specific focus.
  • Resume Screen: Screens hundreds of resumes in seconds, surfacing high-fit candidates quickly. The company has promoted a patented "resume ranker" feature in its product announcements.
  • Talent Assessment: Generates tailor-made assessments instantly using just a job description. Completely customizable and able to test for the exact skills being hired for, with explainable results.
  • Structured Interview Guide: Creates customized interview questions based on a job description that provides for consistent, bias-free interviewing. Each question ties to a specific role requirement, and candidates can interview live or video record their answers for review at the convenience of the recruiter.
  • Reference Check: Generates custom reference checking questions based on a job description, better predicting who will succeed in the position. Automatically requests, collects and aggregates responses.
  • EX: Jules AI chatbot that answers talent-related questions, providing management, upskilling and retention strategies based on specific employee talent intelligence.
• Pre-Hire Assessments: Customized soft-skills and psychometric assessments designed to predict candidate success and retention for specific roles.
• Skills Assessments: Role-specific technical or practical tests that can be branded and automated for faster screening and skill validation.
• Video Interviewing: Synchronous and asynchronous video interview tool with reviewer notes, simple rating systems, and AI summaries.
• Retention Forecast, Candidate Matching, Internal Talent Marketplace: Features to retain employees, create and reuse talent pools, match previously assessed candidates to new roles without retesting, and support internal mobility programs.

Cangrade emphasizes integrations with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and other HR stacks to streamline hiring workflows and to surface talent intelligence in existing systems.

Patents

Cangrade has been granted and assigned multiple patents related to predictive hiring models, bias removal in AI hiring, ranking systems, and talent pool creation. Public sources and company press releases reference several patents and patent grants, including the following:

• U.S. Patent No. 11,429,859 — described by company materials as a method for mitigating and removing bias from AI used in hiring.
• U.S. Patent No. 11,734,566 — listed among patents assigned to Cangrade on public patent listing services. Referenced in patent assignment listing for systems and processes for bias removal in a predictive performance model.
• U.S. Patent No. 12,124,955 — another grant listed on patent aggregation sites as assigned to Cangrade. Referenced in patent assignment listing for systems and processes for bias removal in a predictive performance model.
• U.S. Patent No. 12,287,833 — referenced in patent assignment listings for systems and methods related to ranking user capabilities using machine learning techniques.
• U.S. Patent No. 12,124,956 — referenced in patent assignment listing for systems and processes for bias removal in a predictive performance model.

In 2023–2024 Cangrade also announced additional patents and patent applications concerning talent-pool creation and multi-way scoring that support reusing assessment results across roles. These announcements were described in company press releases and industry coverage.

Reception and use

Cangrade markets its platform to enterprises and mid-sized organizations and cites case studies of measurable business impact for customers, including claims of improved retention and revenue associated with improved hiring quality. The company has been covered in HR-tech media and interviews with company leadership describing its bias-mitigation approach and product roadmap.