ATLANTA, GA — UPPER, a woman-founded, AI-enabled talent sourcing platform for end-to-end talent scouting, today responded to new industry research on AI in recruiting with a simple point: speed without evidence just moves the checking onto the recruiter. UPPER's AI candidate screening software scores every candidate against the actual role — responsibilities, seniority, and evidence of the work, not keywords — so teams get a ranked shortlist they can defend, not a faster pile to re-check by hand.

The research, TestGorilla's "Recruiting in 2026" report, based on a survey of 1,428 US talent professionals, reports that AI made finding candidates faster for most recruiters but did not make them more confident they had found the right person, that nearly two in three now spend an hour or more manually checking a single candidate identified by AI, and that verifying whether resume skills are real is recruiters' top sourcing challenge. From one job description, UPPER sources across major job channels at the same time, scores every candidate against the real role, runs outreach, and manages engagement until top-ranked candidates with CVs are ready to be contacted.

"UPPER exists because I watched the same week repeat: write the job description, burn days on manual searching and scoring, send outreach into the void, and lose the best people before the first call," said Rachel Messing, founder and CEO of UPPER. "So we built the machine to do the digging. Machines source, score, and recommend; people decide."

The company states that teams using UPPER save 50-70% of the time they previously spent on sourcing, screening, and outreach. UPPER is available now to talent teams and staffing firms in any industry. Details at https://www.upperlev.com

ABOUT UPPER:
UPPER is a woman-founded, AI-enabled talent sourcing platform for end-to-end talent scouting. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, UPPER serves talent teams and staffing firms in any industry. We help find ⭐️Rockstar talent every day, powered by amazing humans and AI. https://www.upperlev.com

PRESS CONTACT:
Rachel Messing, CEO, UPPER — [email protected]
260 Peachtree Street Northwest, Suite 2200, Atlanta, GA 30303 — (845) 466-1053