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Contrario

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https://contrario.ai

The 1st fully autonomous AI recruiting agency

Contrario is the first autonomous recruiting agency powered entirely by Al. We help companies hire top engineers faster by identifying and screening high-quality candidates. Our platform leverages proprietary AI matching algorithms to identify job seekers from an elite talent pool (Stanford, MIT, Palantir, OpenAI, etc.) who match your hiring needs. Our voice agents then conduct customized interviews that evaluate how candidates use the latest AI developer tools like Cursor and Windsurf in their workflows. With Contrario, your company only interviews pre-vetted engineers that will 10x your company’s growth.
Contrario
Founded:2025
Team Size:2
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Group Partner:Harj Taggar
  
Active Founders

Arya Marwaha, Founder

Founder & CEO at Contrario. Dropped out of Stanford (BS + MS in AI). Previously led product at BCG X and scaled 5 startups, including a Series A crypto company and several early-stage 0→1 ventures.
Arya Marwaha
Arya Marwaha
Contrario
  

Aditya Sood, Founder

Founder & CTO at Contrario. Stanford AI student turned dropout. Led NLP at NASA, published AI research in defense tech, researcher at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) x Anthropic lab.
Aditya Sood
Aditya Sood
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Company Launches
Contrario: The 1st Autonomous AI Recruiting Agency
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Hey everyone 👋

We’re Arya and Aditya – co-founders of Contrario.

TL;DR: Contrario is the first recruiting agency powered entirely by AI. Over 2,500 engineers and 15+ companies are using Contrario to get jobs & fill roles.

Ask: Can you refer computer science engineers in your network to join our talent pool at contrario.ai? Also, if you’re looking for top engineers to hire, you can reach out to me at arya@contrario.ai.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGu7fBLud48 

❌ The Problem

Recruiting is one of the largest and most influential industries in the world, worth over $2T and employing 60M+ workers per year.

Yet, today’s recruiting market still follows outdated, manual processes from 20+ years ago – leaving candidates stuck with a poor job search experience. There are three major pain points:

  1. Endless job applications with zero transparency
  2. Low recruiter response rates leaving applicants in the dark
  3. Flawed technical screens that don’t assess real-world skills

These challenges compound over time, widening a critical gap in the recruiting market.

Until now, people relied on referrals and network connections to have a better chance at getting more interviews. But with advancements in AI, this is finally changing …

✅ Our Solution

At Contrario, we’re a team of former candidates, recruiters, and AI experts using the latest technology to build the best candidate experience possible.

Candidates upload their resume once, and our platform instantly:

  • Uses LLMs to dynamically generate talent cards that capture your top skills.
  • Leverages AI-matching algorithms to connect you directly to HMs and CTOs at top companies.
  • Conducts custom technical screenings, assessing candidate proficiency with AI developer tools.

With Contrario, candidates submit one application—and we handle the rest.

🙏 Our Ask

If you answer “yes” to any of these, we’d love your help:

✅ Know any new grads or junior engineers looking for full-time roles at top companies?

✅ Hiring founding engineers or top talent for your startup?

✅ Can you introduce us to HMs, recruiters, or companies looking for AI-driven hiring solutions?

👉 Contact us at arya@contrario.ai

👬 The Team

Contrario was founded by Stanford dropouts Arya Marwaha (CEO, ex-BCG, led product at 5+ startups) and Aditya Sood (CTO, ex-NASA NLP, published at Stanford AI Lab x Anthropic).


They met in their first-year dorm at Stanford and have been building together ever since. Their firsthand experience on both sides of the hiring industry—Aditya as a candidate, and Arya as a recruiter—drove them to build an automated solution that bridges the gap.