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Interview · 7 October 2026

# Barb Hyman, Founder and CEO of Sapia.ai – Interview Series

Original title, in French: “Barb Hyman, fondatrice et PDG de Sapia.ai – Série d’interviews”

**Publication**

Unite.AI (United States)

**Author**

Unsigned

**Published on**

7 October 2026 · read in the page metadata · updated on 7 October 2026

## Summary

In this interview, Barb Hyman, founder and CEO of Sapia.ai, a conversational AI recruitment platform, sets out her view of responsible AI adoption in business. She argues that AI adoption should first be a trust project, not just an efficiency one, and details how to prevent models from reproducing historical recruitment biases: not training on CVs, photos, names or universities, continuously testing for gaps by gender, ethnicity, age or disability, and using external audits. She distinguishes generative AI, used for conversation, from deterministic systems used for assessment, which she considers more auditable and defensible. She presents Sapia.ai's FAIR model (fairness, validity, explainability, inclusivity) and states that the technology has assessed more than 10 million candidates, while advocating systematic human oversight of final decisions.

Summary based on the full text of the article.

[Read the article on Unite.AI →](https://www.unite.ai/fr/barb-hyman-founder-and-ceo-of-sapia-ai-interview-series/)

## Figures cited

-   10 millions
    
    number of candidates assessed by Sapia.ai technology
    
    Sapia.ai customers, cumulative
    
    > « Sapia.ai affirme que sa technologie a évalué plus de 10 millions de candidats »
    
    Source: Sapia.ai
    
-   33.3 %
    
    share of North American candidates with no response two months after completing an application
    
    candidates in North America
    
    > « Un tiers des candidats nord‑américains qui terminent une candidature restent sans réponse deux mois plus tard. »
    

## Classification

**Country**

Worldwide scope

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

Consulting, legal, accounting, business services · All industries, or industry not specified

**Companies**

Sapia.ai (supplier)

**Keywords**

recruitment, algorithmic bias, trust, explainability, human resources, generative artificial intelligence

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Unite.AI. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.