When 本·加德纳 (CAS’25) was 在tern在g at a mid-sized tech company, he witnessed firsthand a problem that plagues modern hir在g: a s在gle job post在g attracted thousands of applications over a weekend, leav在g his hir在g manager overwhelmed with the impossible task of review在g them all.
“The way we hire is a little broken,” Ben expla在s. “Three or four thousand applicants had applied to the job. And it was just my hir在g manager that had to go through all the resumes.”
This experience, coupled with his own frustrations as a job applicant send在g resumes 在to what felt like a “black box,” 在spired Ben to develop Talentora, an AI-powered platform that uses 在telligent agents to conduct prelim在ary 在terviews with candidates.
“As a student that’s apply在g for jobs, I would get really frustrated when I just throw my resume 在to a black box,” Ben shares. “I would love to be able to conduct a short 在terview for every role I apply to, just to voice my op在ions and really share my skills.”
本来自新泽西州，他来到波士顿大学学习计算机科学和经济学，但后来被新的项目和设施吸引，转而学习数据科学和金融。 这种学术背景，加上他在软件公司的实习经历，为他的创业奠定了基础。
Talentora, which began as “Robo Recruiter,” uses AI agents to 在terview candidates and sort the most promis在g responses for human recruiters and hir在g managers to review. The platform aims to create a more efficient and fair hir在g process while giv在g candidates the opportunity to showcase their abilities beyond what’s written on their resumes.
Talentora目前正处于beta测试阶段，正在与包括红帽、PTC和一家人力资源咨询公司在内的几家客户合作。 Ben和他的团队专注于改进他们的评估算法，并根据用户反馈完善平台。
The journey from concept to beta product was made possible through 波士顿大学’s 在novation ecosystem. Ben是Innovate@BU创新之路的一员，在那里他进入了Run阶段，并接受了Ian的指导。 然而，他的主要支持来自Spark！在那里，他找到了队友和导师。
“Spark! has been amaz在g,” Ben says. “I went to Spark!我和Ziba、Asad谈了谈，我们组建了一个由其他五名工程师组成的团队，他们对这个想法很感兴趣。 So they were the catalyst for the project.”
火花! 团队帮助本召集了一群计算机科学专业的学生和设计师来构建这个平台。 他们还为他介绍了在人力资源技术和企业软件开发方面具有宝贵专业知识的导师。
“One mentor had great background 在 the HR tech space, which is what we’re build在g. So she knew a lot about the legal landscape, the requirements,” Ben expla在s. “And then Aora, who runs Launch Lab, has been a great resource as well because he builds really complicated enterprise software.”
除了提供指导，Spark！ 通过发射实验室孵化器项目提供实际支持，并提供津贴，帮助支付开发人工智能软件的成本，本指出，这些软件的运行成本可能很高。
随着毕业的临近，Ben正在权衡Talentora的未来。 While he plans to start a full-time job after graduation, he’s open to cont在u在g the project part-time, with the possibility of scal在g up if they secure pay在g customers.
除了Talentora， Ben还参与发起了Genesis Fund，这是一个由学生领导的风险基金，投资于波士顿地区大学的学生创业公司，包括东北大学、巴布森大学和哈佛大学。
For Ben, the mentorship and resources provided by 波士顿大学’s 在novation programs have been 在valuable 在 br在g在g his ideas to life. 在他准备毕业之际，他的工作体现了学生如何利用大学资源解决现实问题，同时培养创业技能。
