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AI startup founded by two Bangladeshi brothers raises more than $30,000

From Daily Star · () English

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  • AgenticHire, founded by Bangladeshi brothers Sabik and Shafi Bin Sultan, has secured more than $30,000 in non-dilutive funding.
  • The startup uses AI to conduct initial candidate interviews and produce structured evidence briefs, while employers retain the final hiring decision.
  • The globally operated team includes co-founders from Bangladesh and Singapore and members from several other Asian countries.

Two Bangladeshi brothers have raised more than $30,000 for an AI hiring startup without surrendering equity in the company. Sabik Bin Sultan, a Class 11 student at BAF Shaheen College Kurmitola, serves as co-founder and CEO. His brother Shafi Bin Sultan, a Class 12 student at St Joseph Higher Secondary School in Dhaka, is co-founder and COO.

AgenticHire operates online and globally. Haoyang Wu, a Grade 11 student at River Valley High School in Singapore, is the company’s co-founder and chief technology officer. The wider founding team includes members from Kazakhstan, Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia. Wu joined after meeting the brothers at a startup accelerator bootcamp in Singapore.

The total combines program stipends and non-dilutive program capital from accelerator programs, including East Ventures' My First $1000, with institutional and banking partnerships and support involving Prime Bank, Bank Asia, Guardian Life Insurance, Sportify, Wavesparks, and the National Youth Council of Singapore.

· Sabik Bin SultanThe co-founder explains how AgenticHire accumulated funding without issuing equity.

The platform is designed to ease the burden of early-stage hiring. Employers create a role-specific assessment and send candidates a link. Candidates complete the interview on their own schedule, after which the platform produces a structured brief outlining strengths, weaknesses and an overall recommendation. The employer still makes the final hiring decision.

AgenticHire offers a tiered subscription model. Its free plan includes five interviews, while a starter plan costs $100 a month for 200 interviews and access to all features. Larger organisations can use a custom enterprise plan.

Early-stage tech startups often do not have a dedicated HR or recruiting team. Instead, founders or senior engineers may conduct 20-30 first-round screening calls before even one qualified candidate reaches a technical interview.

· Sabik Bin SultanHe describes the hiring problem the startup aims to address.

The startup says its funding came through accelerator stipends, competitions, grants and institutional support rather than a conventional investment round. Sabik said the support included East Ventures’ My First $1000 programme, as well as partnerships and assistance involving Prime Bank, Bank Asia, Guardian Life Insurance, Sportify, Wavesparks and Singapore’s National Youth Council.

The founders started the company in December 2025 after developing the idea during a founder-focused accelerator programme in Singapore. They focused on a problem they had observed among early-stage technology companies, where founders or senior engineers may conduct 20 to 30 first-round screening calls before one qualified candidate reaches a technical interview. “We created AgenticHire to remove that bottleneck by enabling AI to conduct the initial technical screen,” Sabik said.

We created AgenticHire to remove that bottleneck by enabling AI to conduct the initial technical screen.

· Sabik Bin SultanHe explains the purpose of the company’s AI platform.
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Originally published by Daily Star in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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