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Colare AI raises $2.5M pre-seed, moves hands-on hardware test to front of hiring
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Colareai, a startup referenced by the poster, has raised a $2.5M pre-seed round, according to a congratulatory note to founders @esthxrtho and @nain_abdi. The post highlights that hiring a single hardware engineer consumes roughly 50 hours of senior engineering time, and that the rounds testing the real job typically come last. Colareai is described as moving that test to the front: candidates perform real work in CAD, PCB and FEA tools in the browser under proctoring, and are scored on their trade-offs and reasoning as well as the final design, against rubrics built by engineers for that specific role.
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Hiring a single hardware engineer consumes roughly 50 hours of senior engineering time.
Traditionally, the rounds that test the real job come last. It looks like @colareai is moving that test to the front.
How It Works
- Candidates do real work in CAD, PCB, and FEA tools in the browser, under proctoring.
- They are scored not only on the final design but also on their trade-offs and reasoning.
- Scoring uses rubrics engineers built for that specific role.
Funding Announcement
Congratulations to @esthxrtho and @nain_abdi on the $2.5M pre-seed round.
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