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Most candidates never get interviewed. They don't make it past the resume screen, so no one ever hears what they can actually do. That happens because interviews are expensive. Scheduling alone eats hours, and a first-round screen costs a real person a real hour. So teams filter hard on paper, because that's the only filter that scales. Cayde makes the first round cheap. Interviews run asynchronously, so candidates interview when they're ready, from anywhere, with no calendars to coordinate. Every interview is evaluated against criteria your team defines, consistently, and every score can be traced back to what the candidate actually said. Your team gets its hours back. That time goes where judgment actually matters: real conversations, alignment with the hiring manager, closing the people you want. And more candidates get a shot they wouldn't otherwise have. You don't get better hires by screening harder. You get them by seeing more people. See it at cayde.ai.

Amjed (AJ) Kadhim-Saleh - Family Physician / Co-Founder AJ is a community family physician and clinic owner in Toronto. AJ has a deep understanding of the joys and pains of practicing family medicine, building an efficient practice, and creating workflows that work for family physicians. AJ developed Pippen so that family physicians could claim back their time, feel supported, and have a great day at work. AJ also wants to help physicians discover the wonder of AI, which is poised to revolutionize how physicians deliver care. Mary Aglipay PhD Candidate / Co-Founder Mary is a clinic owner and PhD Candidate in epidemiology with an emphasis on data science and AI. Mary brings expertise in machine learning, large datasets, and clinical epidemiology. Mary built Pippen to provide a rigorous, evidence based approach to the real-life application of AI in family medicine. Learn more about our origin story here: pippen.ai/blog/the-pippen-ai-origin-story

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