Contrario
Winter 2025 · Active
AI-powered recruiting for startups
Location: San Francisco, US
Founded: 2025
Team size: 3
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About
Contrario is a managed hiring network helping growth-stage startups and enterprises fill hard roles fast. We fill critical roles faster with AI-powered expert recruiters who deliver high-signal candidates quickly. Unlike a typical marketplace, Contrario white-glove delivers top candidates by pairing proprietary AI models with recruiter workflows to filter noise and surface only the best-fit talent.
Founders
Arya MarwahaFounder
Founder & CEO at Contrario. Dropped out of Stanford (BS + MS in AI). Previously led product at BCG X and scaled 5 startups, including a Series A crypto company and several early-stage 0→1 ventures.
Aditya SoodFounder
Founder & CTO at Contrario. Stanford AI student turned dropout. Led NLP at NASA, published AI research in defense tech, researcher at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) x Anthropic lab.