OVI is the AI-native ATS where you chat to hire. Two AI agents — Sora for sourcing and Milo for screening — find candidates, score every CV, and run AI interviews, all controlled from a single chat.

What does "chat to hire" mean?

Chat to hire is OVI's AI-native hiring workflow: instead of clicking through a traditional ATS, you describe what you need in chat and OVI's AI agents source candidates, screen applicants, run AI interviews, and send outreach for you.

What is an AI-native ATS?

An AI-native ATS is an applicant tracking system built around AI agents rather than forms and pipelines. OVI's AI chat ATS lets recruiters source, screen, interview, and follow up through conversation — the agents do the work and surface only the candidates worth meeting.

Who are Sora and Milo?

Sora is OVI's AI sourcing agent — she scans LinkedIn, the open web, and your ATS history to find best-fit candidates and reach out in your name. Milo is OVI's AI screening agent — he scores every applicant against your rubric and surfaces a ranked shortlist.

How do OVI's AI interviews work?

OVI runs async AI interviews for every shortlisted candidate and returns scores, transcripts, and recordings — so your team only meets the people worth meeting.

Tackling Hiring in the Middle East with OVI - An AI-First Approach

2026-01-06

After four years of venture building across the UAE and Saudi, I'm thrilled to finally tackle the challenge that’s slowed down every startup I’ve helped build: hiring.

Hiring in the Middle East is still painfully slow often taking months. And when you're moving fast, that’s a dealbreaker.

That’s why we’ve built OVI an AI hiring platform that helps companies:

Source the right candidates
Screen them intelligently
Interview them without bottlenecks

All powered by AI. No manual scheduling. No guesswork. Just faster, better hiring.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll share how we built OVI in an ultra-lean way and how we’re now laser-focused on sales and GTM.

Happy to answer any questions and excited to share more in the next post. Thanks for following along!