I built Basely because I got tired of guessing — from both sides of the hiring table. I've sent hundreds of applications into black holes, and I've sat on the other side sorting through resumes with no way to know which ones were real. Basely is the tool I wished existed for both of us.
As a Candidate
I sent over 200 applications chasing a software engineering role. I talked to people who padded their resumes, and to people who used AI to pass take-home tests they couldn't have finished on their own. I know how easily AI can clear an online assessment — I've seen it done. The playing field wasn't level, and nobody could tell the difference.
As the Hiring Lead
On the other side, I was an early engineer helping a startup hire. We got flooded with AI-generated applications that all looked the same on paper. Good resumes, no way to know if the person behind them could actually build anything. That's the gap Basely closes.
Durham University
B.Sc. Computer Science (AI/ML), First Class Honours · Teaching Assistant, Algorithms & Data Structures
Early Engineer, ArborGenie & Feasibly
HIPAA-regulated healthcare AI, and a Top-50 UK Startup (TechRound)
Durham Venture Lab
Backed the early Basely concept · 1st Place, Game Changers Innovation Challenge
What I Heard
After living both sides of it myself, I went and asked the people actually doing this hiring — engineers and hiring leads at Boeing, Bending Spoons, Patch My PC, and NorthStar Ventures, among startups in between. (These are research conversations, not customer references.)
The story was the same everywhere: applications are inflated, assessments are trivially cheated, and there's no fast way left to verify a candidate can actually do the job — let alone do it with the AI tools their job now requires.
How Basely Responds
Responding to the total uprooting of technical competency
AI Integrity Verification
When CVs are generated and browser tests are solved by the same AI in seconds, live environment performance is resistant to being faked. That's where Basely assesses.
AI Skill Validation
We don't ban AI use — we assess it. A candidate who uses AI tools well and delivers quality output is exactly who you want to hire. We test for that judgment, not against it.
Economic Alignment
By eliminating recruiter overhead and pre-validating candidates through portfolio analysis and live assessment, Basely is built to reduce hiring costs and time-to-productivity.
What Basely Does
Stop hiring on resume keywords and gut feeling. Find candidates who can actually do the job and prove it. One platform. Real tasks. Real results.
Real Tasks. Real Results.
Candidates work through a real work simulation assessment on tasks that mirror your actual day-to-day work. Not puzzles. Not theory. You see exactly how they solve problems, how they think, and how they ship.
Smart Discovery
Skip the CV pile. We match you with candidates based on what they've actually built — their real projects, contributions, and track record. Find builders who fit, not keyword matches.
AI Skill Evaluation
Every engineering role today needs AI fluency. Our built-in coding agent tracks how candidates actually prompt, iterate, and ship with AI — not just whether they can copy-paste an answer.
Platform-Wide Capabilities
One integrated platform. No tool switching. No guesswork.
Global Identity
One login across the full Basely platform — matching, interviews, and analytics in one place.
Rich Analytics
See where candidates drop off, how long assessments take, and which roles are hardest to fill.
White-Labeling
Run assessments and matching under your brand — no Basely branding visible to candidates.
Verified Badges
Candidates earn a verified skill badge they can share — reducing repeat assessment overhead.