About Us
Our story, our values, and how we're building PokeBot with AI.
Why the name PokeBot?
PokeBot is short for Poke + Bot. "Poke" comes from the Japanese word poketto (meaning "pocket")—a reminder that great career support should feel portable, always-with-you, and ready on demand. It also carries the idea of a gentle "poke": a helpful nudge that keeps you moving forward.
"Bot" reflects our AI companion—powered by modern multimodal and agentic AI—to help you plan, practice, and progress. And yes, PokeBot also echoes the sound of a poke bowl: a thoughtfully crafted mix where each component matters, but the whole is better together. That's exactly how we build PokeBot—integrating the key pieces of career growth into one cohesive experience.
Our Story
PokeBot was founded by two co-founders with over 20 years of combined experience across hedge funds, asset managers, and leading technology companies. With Ph.D. and EMBA training from top universities, they bring together deep expertise in both career development and AI systems.
Having navigated career transitions themselves—from academia to finance and tech—they know firsthand how fragmented and overwhelming job searching can be. Candidates often juggle separate tools for career planning, resume building, interview practice, and progress tracking, with no unified system to guide them end to end.
The founding team also includes recent graduates from top US and Canadian universities who have lived through job searching firsthand. They've felt the pain of tailoring resumes, preparing for interviews, and tracking applications across disconnected platforms.
That's why PokeBot is built by people who've been there, for people who are going through it. We're building an integrated, AI-native workflow that replaces a fragmented stack—so you can spend less time managing tools and more time making progress. From goal-setting to goal-getting, PokeBot supports your entire career journey with personalized, AI-powered guidance.
Our Mission
Our mission is to empower everyone to plan their careers, execute better, and make high-stakes decisions with greater clarity and less anxiety—making AI a trusted everyday collaborator.
Our Values
Every feature we build starts with understanding your career challenges, goals, and constraints.
Career growth is complex—so we make the next best step clear, actionable, and easy to follow.
AI shouldn't replace you—it should amplify you, keeping you in control while PokeBot adapts to your goals and context.
We combine cutting-edge AI with robust product engineering—and continuously improve through user feedback and ongoing improvements.
Your career data is sensitive. We use strong, industry-standard security practices, act with integrity, and take ownership by fixing issues quickly and transparently.
We measure our success by your success—landing interviews, getting offers, and growing careers.
Our Principles
1. Combat-ready, Built to Win
- We hold ourselves to a "combat-ready" standard: every team member—product, engineering, business, and operations—stays ready to perform when needed.
- We may lose some battles, but we must never lose our ability to fight. We move from challenge to challenge, from one victory to the next.
- In an ever-changing world, we either stay alert, adapt, and move fast—or we fall behind.
2. Adapt for the Team
- Working in a team is like going boating: if everyone rows in their own way, we go nowhere. When our strokes are aligned, we move faster with less effort; when some over-row and some barely row, everyone suffers and the boat underperforms.
- When we join the team, we bring our strengths, but we're also willing to adjust our own rhythm for the whole: on one hand, we help shape the team's pace where we can; on the other hand, we adapt ourselves to the team's rhythm. We don't just ask "what do I want", we first ask "what's best for the team".
- Knowledge should be shared, and credit should be given. Winning is never about one person – it's about the whole team winning together.
3. Disciplined in Conduct
- Compliance with laws and regulations is our bottom line; respect and integrity toward users, colleagues, and partners are our basic standard.
- Our systems are designed to operate under clear safeguards and procedures. We respect user privacy and put user safety first.
- We don't chase outsized leaps or gamble on luck. We accumulate small wins through fast iteration, and when conviction is high, we are willing to bet big on the right opportunities.
Join Our Journey
We're building the future of career development. Whether you're a user looking to grow your career or interested in joining our team, we'd love to hear from you.
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