What is the name of your organization?
Darshana
What is the name of your solution?
Credentials, AI, Hiring, Trust
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
AI-powered credentials, hiring, and career companion—connecting talent, schools, and companies worldwide with trusted data.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Boston, MA, USA
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
USA
What type of organization is your solution team?
For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
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What specific problem are you solving?
Way too many people—billions—struggle to prove what they know or what they've done. Whether it's students, gig workers, or people changing careers, the process of proving skills, education, or work experience is a mess. It’s slow, expensive, and often just not trusted. Over 4 billion people lack verifiable credentials, making it harder to access better jobs or fair pay. At the same time, companies spend $40B+ every year just trying to confirm if people are who they say they are—yet fraud is everywhere (1 in 3 resumes contain lies). And to make things worse, AI is being trained on all this bad data, leading to even more bias in hiring and opportunities. The world needs a smarter, more trusted way to verify skills, credentials, and work history.
What is your solution?
Darshana makes it easy to prove what you know with verifiable digital credentials powered by blockchain and AI. Basically, people can collect their skills, education, and work history all in one place, and actually own it. Universities, companies, and other institutions issue tamper-proof credentials, which can be shared instantly—no more slow, expensive background checks. AI helps verify skills and detect fraud, making everything more reliable. Plus, instead of being stuck in one platform, these credentials are portable and work across different systems.
With this trusted data, we also build AI-driven tools for educational institutions, individuals, and companies to help them connect, place, and find the best talent worldwide. Schools can track alumni success, companies can find verified talent faster, and job seekers get better opportunities without endless paperwork. We’re already working with universities and companies to get this moving.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
We’re here for students, job seekers, gig workers, and people who had to move—anyone struggling to prove what they know and missing out on jobs because of it. There’s no easy way for them to show their skills or experience, and that’s a huge problem. We also help businesses, schools, and hiring platforms by reducing fraud and making hiring way smoother. For workers, that means more chances, fairer pay. For companies, it’s less hassle, lower costs. And for AI? Better data, less bias, smarter hiring. Bottom line—Darshana gives people control over their own credentials so the job market actually works for everyone, not just a lucky few.
