Manatal, co-founded by Yassine Bel Mamoun in 2019, offers AI powered, cloud-based recruitment software that promises to make hiring quicker and less costly, as well as helping onboard staff and track their performance. The company says it has helped clients in 130 countries hire about 100,000 staff. It raised US$5.1 million in seed funding in 2022, led by Sequoia’s Surge accelerator programme.