You were confident about your last hire too. Until they weren't the right fit.
You're the founder, the hiring manager, and the HR team, all at once. Tera gives you a real read on the people you hire and keep, so you stop deciding on instinct, without a $150K Head of People.
Every people decision shapes your company. Don't leave it to gut feel.
Five to ten real people calls a month, no process, no data behind them. You just lost someone you were sure was a great hire, and you still can't say what went wrong.
The founder-alone problem
You are the CEO, the head of HR, and the hiring manager at once. Every people decision lands on your desk, and most of it is still driven by instinct, with no real system for understanding the people behind it.
The 90-day blind spot
Most bad hires reveal themselves within 90 days. Most founders only see it around month six, long after the cost has already been paid and the damage quietly absorbed.
Your tools don't actually see people
Gusto tells you if they showed up. Lattice tells you how they feel on a scale. Your ATS tells you who applied and who got filtered out. But none of them tell you who the person actually is, how they think, or how they really work when it matters.
Athletes train ninety percent of the time and compete ten. We ask our employees to do the opposite.
Your people get two weeks of onboarding, then they're expected to perform. After that, there's no real coaching loop, no continuous feedback, no signal for who is growing and who is quietly drifting off course. By the time you notice, they're often already halfway out the door.
What uncertain people decisions actually cost a company your size.
One system for the entire employee lifecycle. From first conversation to long-term growth.
Not five disconnected tools. One system that follows a person from screening, through their first months, and into how they actually grow inside your company. No patchwork, no consultants, no blind spots.
Sales training
An AI coach for every rep. It role-plays real buyers, pressure-tests live deals, answers product questions on demand, scores core selling skills, and tracks who is actually improving over time.
Hiring
A 15-minute voice screen that shows how a candidate thinks, communicates, and handles pressure, before you make the offer.
Onboarding
Structured check-ins through a new hire's first 90 days, so you see who is settling in and who is drifting.
A bad hire costs you $15K-$50K in lost productivity and rehiring. A Head of People costs ~$150K a year. Compared to either, this is insurance that costs less than the mistakes it prevents.
- ✓20 voice minutes
- ✓1 AI request
- ✓0.1 GB storage
- ✓Beta access while spots remain
- ✓830 voice minutes
- ✓500 AI requests
- ✓5 GB storage
- ✓Priority support
- ✓2,800 voice minutes
- ✓10,000 AI requests
- ✓10 GB storage
- ✓Dedicated support
Gusto. Lattice. Rippling. None of them tell you who your people actually are.
98% of candidates rated the conversation as good as a human interview, or better.
of candidates rated the conversation equal to or better than a human interview.
Candidate experience is your employer brand, and yours can't afford a bad one.
candidates re-engage on their own after screening.
When someone comes back to you unprompted, it's usually a strong signal of genuine interest and a higher likelihood they'll stay.
I agreed to the test to prove them wrong. I interviewed all fifteen candidates myself, thirty minutes each, and picked my top three. Their AI picked the same three people, in the same order. Before we even finished reviewing the results, I was asking them to run the next position.
The questions founders ask in the first 20 minutes.
Do I need an HR team to use this?
No. It's built for founders and operators who make every people decision themselves. No HR vocabulary, no setup that eats an afternoon. You run one conversation and get a ranked, evidence-backed read.
Does it replace Gusto, Lattice, or my payroll?
No. It sits on top of your existing tools. Gusto and payroll keep running, Lattice keeps surveying. Tera adds the one thing none of them do: a real read on how your people think and work.
How fast can I start, and what does it cost?
Live in a day. Try Tera free on your next hire, no credit card. Paid plans are priced per employee per month, in the range SMBs already budget for HR tools.
Is candidate data private?
Yes. Candidates own their conversation. You see the analysis and evidence, not raw transcripts, and everything is encrypted by default.
Try it on your next hire. Free to start.
One conversation. One candidate. Experience what it feels like to make a people decision with real signals instead of gut feeling. No credit card, no HR team required.
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