Paradox

Scottsdale, AZ Enterprise Software Acquired

Paradox is a conversational AI company that automates talent acquisition and recruitment for enterprises. Their flagship product, Olivia, is an AI-powered recruiting assistant that handles candidate screening, interview scheduling, onboarding, and candidate engagement across multiple channels including SMS, WhatsApp, WeChat, and Facebook Messenger.

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Acquired

Paradox has been acquired

Acquired by Workday Oct 1, 2025 $1B

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

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Founded

2016

Employees

700–821

Total Funding

$253.3M

3 rounds

Latest Valuation

$1.5B

Dec 27, 2021

Funding

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Total raised $253.3M across 3 rounds

Last updated 06-25-2026

Date	Round	Amount Raised	Valuation	Lead Investors
Dec 27, 2021	Series C Press release	$200M	$1.5B	Stripes, Sapphire Ventures, Thoma Bravo
May 11, 2020	Series B Press release	$40M	—	Brighton Park Capital
Feb 28, 2019	Series A	$13.3M	—

Prominent Investors

Sapphire Ventures Thoma Bravo Indeed Willoughby Capital Blue Cloud Ventures Geodesic Capital Principia Growth Brighton Park Capital Willoughby Capital Twilio Ventures Brighton Park Capital DLA Piper Venture Fund Principia Growth Geodesic Stripes Indeed Workday Ventures Thoma Bravo Sapphire Blue Cloud Ventures

Leadership

Aaron Matos
Founder & Executive Chairman
Adam Godson
Chief Executive Officer

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

eightfold.ai
AI-powered talent platform for recruitment and workforce optimization
Mya Systems
Conversational AI for recruiting and candidate engagement
GrayScale
Recruitment automation and candidate screening platform

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