# Dex charges employers agency fees only on successful hires.

*fintech · news · 2026-04-29 · TNW*

## Key points

- Dex reached $1.8 million in ARR less than six months after starting to charge employers.
- Dex charges employers only upon successful hires, mirroring traditional agency fee structures, not SaaS subscriptions.
- Dex's AI agent conducts deep, conversational interviews, collecting richer candidate data than LinkedIn or CVs.
- The $5.3 million seed round will finance Dex's expansion to New York and San Francisco in 2026.
- Dex focuses exclusively on AI researchers, software developers, and machine learning and quantitative engineers.

**Companies:** Notion Capital, Dex
**Countries:** United Kingdom, United States

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