Our Mission

Work with AI. Hope for Humans.

At BlancAI, we believe that AI should enhance human potential, not replace it. Our mission is to create technology that frees recruiters from repetitive tasks, allowing them to focus on what matters most: building meaningful connections and making impactful hiring decisions.

Our Story

BlancAI CEO presenting at TechCrunch

Our CEO presenting at TechCrunch Disrupt

Born From Recruiter Burnout

Before founding BlancAI, our CEO spent years in the trenches as Head of Recruiting. He felt the grind daily—hundreds of open reqs, marathon phone screens, midnight calendar wrangling. He watched talented teammates flame out, candidates lose faith, and businesses miss great hires simply because human capacity hit its limit.

Recruiting had become a hope-draining, burnout-inducing cycle of inefficiency—the exact opposite of what work should be. That frustration lit the spark for BlancAI: if AI could shoulder the routine, recruiters could reclaim their time, creativity, and, most importantly, hope.

BlancAI exists to turn that vision into reality—creating a world where recruiters can focus on the human elements of hiring while AI handles the repetitive tasks that lead to burnout.

Built With HR Leaders in U.S.

BlancAI was born shoulder-to-shoulder with an HR leader at a 3,000-employee HVAC-fan manufacturer in America's Midwest—a team that trusted us to solve the very pain they lived every day. Together we turned endless requisitions, interview backlogs, and late-night scheduling into a smooth flow powered by an AI assistant that feels more like Baymax than a bot.

Today that assistant frees their recruiters to focus on people, not paperwork—making hiring not just faster, but genuinely rewarding.

BlancAI team visiting Twin City Fan

Working with our partners at Twin City Fan

Meet Our Team

The passionate people behind BlancAI

Keita Kevin Noritoshi

Keita Kevin Noritoshi

Co-founder & CEO

Former Head of Recruiting with extensive experience in talent acquisition across tech and manufacturing industries.

Hiromu Yakura

Hiromu Yakura

Co-founder & CTO

Researcher with a background in voice AI and machine learning, with PhD Fellowships from Google and Microsoft.

Our Advisors

Guided by experienced HR leaders from America's top blue-collar employers

Elliott Forsythe - Vice President, Human Resources at Saia

Elliott Forsythe

Vice President, Human Resources

Saia

Leading HR strategy and talent acquisition for one of America's largest logistics and transportation companies.

Matthew Dillon - Director of HR at Twin City Fan

Matthew Dillon

Director of HR

Twin City Fan

Overseeing workforce development and recruitment for a leading manufacturer with 3,000+ employees across the Midwest.

Henry Beards - Former Director of HR at UPS

Henry Beards

Former Director of HR

UPS

Pioneered innovative hiring practices for one of the world's largest employers of skilled labor and logistics professionals.