Peoplebox Inc.

Peoplebox Inc. was founded in 2018 by Abhinav Chugh and Alagu Muthuraman and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Bengaluru, India, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company builds an AI-native talent management platform serving HR and people operations teams across technology, retail, logistics, and hospitality sectors.

The platform consolidates OKR and goal tracking, performance reviews, continuous feedback, employee engagement surveys, career development, and compensation planning into a single product. Its AI recruiting module, Nova, conducts voice and video screening interviews, coding assessments, and onboarding conversations. As of 2025, Peoplebox serves more than 500 companies and reports 100,000 employees managed through its platform.

The company participated in Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch and has raised approximately .6 million in total funding across two rounds, with backing from Y Combinator, Fundamental Ventures, Mars Shot Ventures, and Pioneer Fund. As of early 2025, the team comprised approximately 35 employees.