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Raghav Kapoor Gupta and Rakshith Reddy Gopidi, Founders of ScoutBetter

ScoutBetter Raises the Bar in Hiring with $5M AI Career Platform Built for Outcomes

May 23, 2026

PNN
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 23: The average job seeker today applies to hundreds of roles, tailors resumes endlessly, and still has no clarity on what actually works. The problem isn't effort, it's the absence of strategy.
That gap is what ScoutBetter was built to close.
For co-founder Rakshith Reddy Gopidi, this wasn't a market observation; it was personal. As an international student in the US, the process was repetitive, uncertain, and discouraging. "It felt like shouting into a void", he says.
"You apply, you wait, and you never know what made the difference." That frustration sparked a question worth solving. Co-founded with Raghav Kapoor Gupta, both Computer Science Engineering graduates and batchmates from NIIT University, Rajasthan, ScoutBetter has since grown into a $5 million AI-powered career platform, built entirely bootstrapped with a global team of 80+.
Where most hiring platforms focus on listings and application volume, ScoutBetter is focused on outcomes, examining the relationship between a candidate's profile, the roles they target, and the results that follow to build a data-informed picture of what actually works.
"Your career shouldn't rely on guesswork--it should run on intelligence, clarity, and direction," says Raghav.
In practice, the platform manages the full job-search lifecycle: resume optimization, job discovery on company career pages, tailored applications, and interview preparation, combining AI with human expertise. To date, it has processed millions of applications across the United States, generating thousands of interview opportunities for students, early-career professionals, and international applicants.
Building the Intelligence Layer:
ScoutBetter is evolving from a traditional application platform into an AI-powered career agent that helps candidates understand their positioning, skill gaps, and likelihood of success across roles.
Led by CTO Nayan Reddy, a BITS Pilani graduate with over five years of experience, the company is building a system focused on pattern recognition, feedback, and real outcomes, achieved entirely without external capital.
About ScoutBetter
ScoutBetter is a $5 million AI-powered career platform founded in 2023 by Rakshith Reddy Gopidi and Raghav Kapoor Gupta, headquartered in the United States with a global team of 80+, supporting users across the US and India.
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