Finding blue-collar workers is one of the toughest challenges Hungarian companies face today. IntelliHR has built an AI-powered recruitment platform to tackle exactly that, and Obuda Uni Venture Capital (OUVC), the venture capital firm affiliated with Óbuda University, has now backed it with a HUF 100 million investment.
IntelliHR is built for blue-collar hiring. Candidates don’t need a CV: they simply apply via chat, in their own language, while the system interviews them and guides them through the hiring process, even across borders. The company also has its own database of blue-collar candidates, and the platform handles white-collar and executive selection too, with dedicated processes for each.
Screening applicants is still what eats up most of the time in recruitment. That is exactly the step IntelliHR takes over. It assesses incoming candidates in real time against six criteria and a personality profile, then prepares tailored interview questions for each one, along with a career path forecast covering turnover risk and career potential. The AI-driven assessment also reduces the role of human bias, and the whole process complies with the GDPR and the EU AI Act.
The platform takes care of the very first step of recruitment as well. AI writes and optimises job ads on Meta and TikTok, and on LinkedIn for white-collar roles. According to the company, this brings in 40-50 per cent more relevant applications than manual targeting.
The founders know the recruitment market inside out. István Rácz has spent 18 years in the HR industry, in roles including Marketing Director at Profession.hu, CEO of Jobinfo and Allas.hu, and Digital Director at Vodafone. Technology is led by Roland Biró, one of the founders of Árukereső.hu, who has already been through a successful exit as a previous part-owner of MiniCRM and also worked as an SAP consultant.
The team will use the new capital to scale up its operations. The first goal is to become a major player at home, so that large and upper mid-sized Hungarian companies can work with a Hungarian-built, AI-based recruitment solution instead of turning to foreign platforms. Once that position is secured, the team plans to expand internationally, starting with Central and Eastern Europe.