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use case · hiring

Stop bot job applications at the API.

LinkedIn removed 25 million fake accounts in Q1 2025. Indeed processed 73 million applications submitted by AI agents the same year. Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever recruiters spend 38% of their week deduping the AI submissions. The hiring funnel is filled with synthetic candidates. Manav refuses them at the ATS API.

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The problem

The Operator-class agent now job-hunts for its user. The recruiter has no way to know.

OpenAI Operator and equivalent autonomous agents launched in late 2025. By Q1 2026, agent-submitted applications outnumber human-submitted ones on the largest job boards. Recruiters can't tell which is which, the cover letters are better, the keyword optimisation is perfect, the interview availability is suspiciously open.

25M+
LinkedIn fake accounts removed Q1 2025
73M
Agent-submitted applications, Indeed, 2025
38%
Recruiter time spent deduping
2.4×
Application volume since Operator launch
The fix

One verify() call at submission. Optionally accept agent applications under a verified human's delegation.

// ats/applications/submit.ts
async function submitApplication(req, candidate) {
  const { is_human, trust_score, delegation } = await manav.verify({
    email:   candidate.email,
    context: "hiring/application",
    // Optionally allow delegated agent submissions:
    accept_delegation: true
  });

  if (!is_human && !delegation) return { rejected: "unverified_actor" };
  if (trust_score < 60)         return { rejected: "low_trust" };

  const tag = delegation ? "agent-submitted" : "human-submitted";
  return applications.insert({ ...req.body, manav_tag: tag });
}

The two-mode response is the killer feature. Reject pure bots outright. Accept agent applications when the human has explicitly delegated. The recruiter sees the tag, they can choose to filter, weight, or just sort the human-submitted to the top.

ROI · live calculator

Recruiter time saved per month.

Industry-average $0.78 fully-loaded recruiter cost per minute spent deduping. Industry-average 22 seconds per agent application to flag and reject manually. Manav cuts both to zero.

// Bot applications (industry avg 47%): 235,000
// Monthly recruiter cost to dedupe: $67,210
// Manav-gated recruiter cost: $0
// Manav verify cost: $2,500
// Net monthly savings: $64,710
// Net ROI: 26×
Compliance bonus

EU AI Act Article 14, covered.

From August 2 2026, EU employers must record meaningful human oversight of every AI-assisted decision. The Manav delegation receipt is the audit artifact regulators want. Anchored signature. Time-stamped. Offline-verifiable. Reviewed in your existing ATS audit log.

EU AI Act Article 14 · the August 2 playbook Every AI-decision-supported application your recruiter touches needs a meaningful human-oversight record. Manav's delegation receipt is that record. See the implementation playbook.
in production

Three categories. Names withheld.

ATS & HRIS

Application-API gating

Verify the candidate before the application writes. Agent-submitted applications accepted only under verified delegation. Tag visible to the recruiter; recruiter chooses.

background-check vendors

Portable check anchoring

Every completed check anchored to a manav.id. Receipt travels with the worker across employers. Re-check spend drops 60-70% across the integrator base.

credentialing & learning

Mastery artifact signing

Every credential signed by a manav.id. Proof travels with the artifact when uploaded to a hiring platform. Dozens of platforms accept the receipt without re-issuing.

→ Customers chose not to be named.

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Ship before Article 14 enforcement begins.

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