内容来源：https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-tech-vet-nikesh-parekh-unveils-provn-to-disrupt-how-companies-recruit-ai-talent/

内容总结：

当前招聘市场正面临双重挑战：一方面求职者利用技术手段“优化”简历以通过筛选系统，另一方面海量AI生成简历令招聘方不堪重负。尽管科技巨头持续裁员，具备人工智能技能的人才却仍是争抢对象。

在此背景下，西雅图初创企业Provn提出革新方案——用实际工作成果集与场景化测评取代传统简历。该公司由连续创业者尼凯什·帕雷克领衔，其开发的软件平台通过设计AI应用构建、商业问题解决等实战挑战，结合视频演示记录与分析系统，既为企业提供数据化用人洞察，也帮助求职者建立可跨企业复用的能力档案。

帕雷克指出，这一模式顺应三大趋势：AI替代人力的行业热议、工作性质的演变以及AI岗位成为唯一增长领域。相较于领英等传统平台存在“信息过载”痛点，以及HackerRank等技术测试工具的局限性，Provn致力于构建以技能为核心的人才市场。

目前该平台聚焦两类客户：需要建立技能认证人才库的大型企业，以及缺乏招聘团队但急需AI熟练人才的初创公司。通过与Read AI等企业合作，Provn已推出最小可行产品，其商业模式将按入职人数向雇主收费，并为求职者提供AI自我营销工具等增值服务。

值得注意的是，帕雷克曾创办的AI支出分析公司Suplari于2021年被微软收购，其核心团队亦来自知名企业。在西雅图这片孕育了Humanly、Karat等招聘科技企业的热土上，Provn正为AI时代的人才选拔开辟新路径。

中文翻译：

求职者正想方设法绕过应聘追踪系统，招聘专员则疲于应对堆积如山的AI生成简历。与此同时，大型科技公司纷纷裁员——却仍在争相抢夺掌握AI技术的人才。

Provn应运而生。
这家西雅图新兴企业由创业老兵尼凯什·帕雷克执掌，主张企业摒弃传统简历，代之以真实作品集和基于实际挑战的评估体系。该公司的软件支持设计"AI挑战任务"——例如构建AI智能体或解决商业难题，同时记录候选人的视频操作过程，并通过分析工具量化评估表现。企业借此获得数据驱动的决策依据，求职者则能积累可跨企业复用的职业档案。

帕雷克将其定义为"技能优先的AI人才集市"，恰逢"所有岗位都在向AI转型"的时代节点。他向GeekWire透露，这个创意融合了三大趋势："AI取代人力的热议、工作性质的演变、以及AI岗位成为唯一增长领域"。他指出领英等传统招聘平台虽规模庞大，但帮助企业精准甄别人才的效果有限，尤其在需要剔除大量"AI灌水简历"时更显乏力。

相较于HackerRank等专注技术测试的工具，Provn还致力于突破其局限性。公司主要瞄准两类客户群体：

• 常年招聘初中级信息工作者、期望建立真实技能评估人才库的大型企业；
• 缺乏招聘团队、需要能证明AI应用能力预筛选人才的小型初创公司。

目前Provn正与Read AI等西雅图当地企业及初创社群合作推出最小可行产品，同时与多家猎头公司建立合作。这家初创企业暂为自筹资金，计划启动种子轮融资，尚未实现营收。其商业模式将按实际录用向企业收费，并为求职者提供高级工具——例如助其自我推广、发现机遇的"AI智能体"。

帕雷克在西雅图科技创业圈堪称熟面孔。他联合创立的AI支出分析公司Suplari于2021年被微软收购，此后四年他致力于Copilot Studio和Power平台开发。其职业履历还包括在房地产科技公司（Market Leader、Trulia）及早期初创企业担任领导职务。Provn团队汇聚了帕雷克的昔日同事：

• 凯特·希尔：ActiveRain前销售与客户成功副总裁，安永前业务发展负责人
• 拉维·莫汉：沙斯塔创投前风险投资人，曾任Suplari、Apptio及Anaplan董事会成员

Provn与西雅图地区多家招聘科技初创公司形成互补生态，其中包括招聘平台Humanly、技术面试服务商Karat以及人力资源初创公司ConverzAI。

英文来源：

Job candidates are gaming applicant-tracking systems, and recruiters are struggling to sift through mounds of AI-generated resumes. Meanwhile, large tech companies are cutting jobs — yet still scrambling to hire people with AI skills.
Enter Provn.
The new Seattle startup, led by longtime entrepreneur Nikesh Parekh, wants companies to scrap the traditional resume and replace it with portfolios of real work and challenge-based assessments.
Provn’s software facilitates “AI challenges” — for example, building an AI agent or solving a business problem. It also records candidate video walkthroughs and uses analytics to measure performance. Companies get data-driven insights and candidates build profiles they can reuse across employers.
Parekh described it as a skills-first marketplace for AI talent, timed to a shift where “every job is becoming an AI role.”
Parekh told GeekWire the idea taps into several converging trends: “the buzz around AI replacing people, changing nature of work, and AI jobs being the only growth area.”
He said traditional job platforms like LinkedIn and Indeed have massive scale but are less effective at helping companies find high quality candidates, especially with more “AI slop” to wade through.
Provn also aims to go beyond technical-testing tools such as HackerRank and Codility, which Parekh described as narrow.
The company is targeting two main customer groups:

• Large companies that regularly hire early- and mid-career information workers and want a database of candidates assessed on real skills;
• Smaller startups without recruiting teams that need access to pre-vetted candidates who can demonstrate AI fluency.
  Provn is partnering with startup communities and companies including Read AI, Yoodli, and other Seattle-area employers to launch its minimum viable product. It’s also working with recruiting firms.
  The startup is self-funded so far, plans to raise a seed round, and isn’t generating revenue yet. Its business model will charge employers per hire and offer premium tools for candidates — such as an “AI agent” that helps them market themselves and find new opportunities.
  Parekh is a familiar name in the Seattle tech startup scene. He co-founded Suplari, an AI-driven spend intelligence firm acquired by Microsoft in 2021, and then spent four years working on Copilot Studio and Power Platform. His career also includes leadership roles at real estate tech firms (Market Leader, Trulia) and early stage ventures.
  Parekh’s former colleagues are part of the team at Provn, including:
• Kate Hill, former vice president of sales and customer success at ActiveRain, former business development leader at EY
• Ravi Mohan, former venture capitalist at Shasta Ventures and former board member at Suplari, Apptio, and Anaplan.
  Provn joins other recruiting tech startups in the Seattle area that includes hiring platform Humanly, technical interviewing company Karat, and staffing startup ConverzAI.