Siddharth Maskara
FOunder, Opta Recruit
I have started Opta Recruit with the long term vision to make HR and TA relevant again.
With all the AI and job portals available, the key subject if interest has become less relevant - the people. We are working on making people relevant again. We are doing things the traditional way and eventually will find our way to scaling up to affect people everywhere.
We work with startups to find the right people that they need, and are building our capabilities to cater to the young and innovative startups everywhere.
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