AI recruitment software that shows its reasons

Futurelab builds AI hiring and HR tools: screening against agreed criteria with evidence for every shortlist and personal details hidden, interview scheduling, onboarding assistants and HR helpdesks that answer from your policies. Recruiters and managers make every decision.

AI for HR and recruitment

We build AI hiring and HR tools around your process: screening that explains every shortlist, interview scheduling that runs itself, onboarding that guides new joiners and an HR helpdesk that answers from your own policies. Recruiters and managers always make the call.

Futurelab Studios: OpenAI Select Partner · Claude Partner Network

Trusted by HR and L&D teams at ITC · PepsiCo · Xiaomi · Access Development Services

Trusted by teams at

  • ITC
  • PepsiCo
  • Xiaomi
  • Access Development Services
  • Coca-Cola
  • AISECT
  • SBI
  • Piramal Foundation

A shortlist with reasons, not a black box.

AI screening is only useful if a recruiter can see why each person is on the list, and if it judges skills, not names. Set the must-haves for a sample role and watch the shortlist change.

Criteria: Your must-haves, written down

The recruiter and hiring manager agree the criteria for the role. The AI screens against those, and nothing else.

Evidence: Every match shows its evidence

Each candidate comes with the lines from their CV that meet, or miss, each criterion, so the reason is visible.

Blind: Personal details hidden

Name, photo, gender, age and college can be hidden during screening, so people are judged on skills and experience.

Decision: People make the decision

The AI ranks and explains. Recruiters and managers decide who moves forward, and can override any result.

Built from products we already run.

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An HR helpdesk that answers employee questions from your own policies and handbooks, with sources.

Hire faster, and give HR its time back.

HR AI is worth building when the same screening, scheduling and policy questions fill the team’s week, and good candidates are lost to slow responses.

Faster time to hire

Applications are screened and interviews scheduled within hours, so strong candidates hear back before a competitor calls them.

Consistent, fairer screening

Every candidate is assessed against the same criteria, with evidence, and personal details can be hidden during review.

HR on the work that matters

Routine questions, scheduling and paperwork move to AI, so HR spends time on people, culture and difficult conversations.

Faster hiring, fair by design We build HR AI that a candidate, a recruiter and an auditor could all look at and accept: clear criteria, visible evidence, hidden personal details and a person making every decision.

Four HR workflows teams ask us to build.

Each one connects to the HR systems you already use, such as your ATS, HRMS and job boards, and follows your policies and approvals.

AI screening and shortlisting

Screen high volumes of applications against clear criteria, with reasons.

  • Job descriptions drafted from the role brief
  • CVs screened against agreed must-haves
  • Evidence shown for every match
  • Blind review option during screening

Scheduling and candidate updates

Keep candidates moving without the email chains.

  • Interviews booked against panel calendars
  • Reminders and updates by email or WhatsApp
  • Interview guides and scorecards per role
  • Feedback collected and summarised

Onboarding assistant

Guide new joiners from offer letter to their first month.

  • Document collection and verification
  • A day-by-day plan for each joiner
  • Answers to first-week questions
  • Check-ins for managers and HR

HR helpdesk and policy assistant

Instant answers to employee questions, from your own policies.

  • Leave, payroll, benefits and policy questions
  • Answers that respect grade and location
  • Requests raised in your HRMS
  • Sensitive topics routed to a person

From one hiring process to HR AI people trust.

Four steps, each with a clear output, so recruiters and managers shape the tool before candidates ever see it.

  1. Map the process

    Walk through how you hire or support employees today, and pick the step that costs the most time or loses the most candidates.

    You get: A scoped use case and success measures

  2. Agree the rules

    Write down criteria, data rules and who decides what, with HR, legal and hiring managers in the room.

    You get: Criteria, guardrails and sign-off

  3. Build and compare

    Build the tool on your systems and run it alongside recruiters on real roles, comparing its shortlists with theirs.

    You get: A side-by-side evaluation

  4. Launch and review

    Go live with monitoring, regular fairness reviews and a clear way for candidates and staff to reach a person.

    You get: A live tool with owners and reviews

  • 50+ AI deployments delivered
  • 75+ organisations, from FMCG to finance
  • 20,000+ professionals trained by Futurelab

HR and talent leaders on working with Futurelab.

Team Futurelab conducted our first AI Essentials workshop for the ITC North Sales team, and it was a highly impactful start to our AI journey. The team simplified AI concepts effectively, making them practical and relevant for our managers.

Mrinal Pallial, Senior HR Manager

Futurelab has been a valuable partner in enabling our teams at PepsiCo to better understand and adopt AI in their work. We appreciate their continued partnership in supporting our teams on this journey

Akshita Summan, Lead, Talent Strategy

Futurelab has been a valuable partner in enabling our teams at PepsiCo to better understand and adopt AI in their work. We appreciate their continued partnership in supporting our teams on this journey

Divya Udayakumar, L&D Manager

Futurelab's calm, curious approach made it easy for our team to engage with complex AI ideas. It's changed how we hire and train.

Sukhbir Ahluwalia, Head of HR

Frequently asked questions

What does AI recruitment software do?

It helps recruiters handle high volumes: drafting job descriptions, screening applications against agreed criteria, scheduling interviews, keeping candidates updated and summarising interview feedback. The recruiter still decides who moves forward.

Is AI screening fair to candidates?

It can be fairer than rushed manual screening if it is designed well. We screen only against criteria the hiring team agrees, show the CV evidence for every match, allow personal details such as name, photo, gender, age and college to be hidden, and review results regularly for bias.

Will AI make hiring decisions for us?

No. The AI ranks and explains. Recruiters and hiring managers make every decision and can override any result.

Can it work with our ATS and HRMS?

Yes. We build on the applicant tracking system, HRMS, job boards and calendars you already use, so data stays in your systems.

Can AI answer employee HR questions too?

Yes. An HR helpdesk can answer leave, payroll, benefits and policy questions from your own policies, respect grade and location, raise requests in your HRMS and route sensitive matters to a person.

Do you also train HR teams to use AI?

Yes. Alongside building tools, we run AI training for HR and L&D teams so they can use AI well in recruitment, policy and employee communication.

Scope AI for hiring and HR with our team.

Tell us how you hire today, roughly how many roles and applications you handle, and where the process slows down. We will suggest what to build first.