Pre-seed · Uzbekistan IT · Founded Q4 2025

The job board Uzbekistan's IT talent
has been waiting for.

SilkHire is built to fix the broken hiring experience for Uzbekistan's fast-growing tech sector — AI-powered matching, required skill filters, and real-time screening. No noise. No stale listings. No unread CVs.

Live
Platform status
Running in production with real users today
50+
Registered users
Employers and job seekers since launch
5+
Active vacancies
IT roles posted and managed on SilkHire
35%+
IT sector growth
Uzbekistan's annual IT industry growth rate
The problem

Hiring in Uzbekistan's IT sector is broken on both sides.

Employers post on HH.uz, OLX, Telegram, and Instagram at the same time — then try to manage hundreds of applications scattered across four platforms. HR managers spend up to 40% of their time manually filtering CVs, most of which don't meet basic requirements.

On the other side, 80% of job seekers never hear back. They submit CVs with no guidance, receive no status updates, and have no idea whether their application was even opened. The tools exist — they're just not built for this market.

"I built the platform I wished existed when I was looking for a tech job in Tashkent. Clear requirements, real feedback, and a process that respects everyone's time."
— Mukhsinjon Bokijonov, Founder
HR time is wasted on bad-fit applications

200–300 applications per vacancy. 75% don't meet the requirements. With no filter system, HR manually reads every one.

Hiring is fragmented across too many platforms

HH.uz, OLX, Telegram, Instagram — postings everywhere, applications everywhere. There's no single place to manage the whole process.

Job seekers get no feedback or transparency

Applications disappear into silence. No status tracking, no rejection reason, no way to know where things stand.

No smart local platform exists

LinkedIn is expensive and English-only. HH.uz has no AI matching. There is no platform built specifically for Uzbekistan's IT market.

Roadmap

Where we are. Where we're going.

An honest look at SilkHire's progress and the milestones ahead.

Q4 2025
The idea

After personally struggling to hire a developer in Tashkent — wading through stale listings, hidden salaries, and unverified companies — the decision was made to stop complaining and start building.

Q2 2026
Live in production

SilkHire launched with 50+ registered users and 5+ active IT vacancies. The platform is running, real employers are posting, and real candidates are applying. MVP is now a working product.

Planned
Q2–Q3 2026
Seed investment & AI features

Raising $100K to expand the team, ship AI Screening Partner and AI Resume Builder, and accelerate user growth across Uzbekistan's IT sector.

Planned
2027
All sectors in Uzbekistan

After proving the model with IT, expand SilkHire to finance, retail, education, and healthcare. Same platform, same principles — applied to every employer and job seeker in the country.

Planned
2028+
Central Asia expansion

If market opportunity supports it — and we believe it will — expand into Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, then across the region. 80M+ people, a $2.5B addressable market, and no dominant local platform.

Market opportunity

A $120M+ IT hiring market with no clear winner yet.

80K+
IT professionals
And growing rapidly every year in Uzbekistan
$120M
TAM — IT hiring market
Total IT recruitment and HR-tech spend in Uzbekistan
$35M
SAM — online IT recruitment
Companies actively using digital platforms to hire IT talent
$8M
SOM — SilkHire target by 2027
Realistic share of Uzbekistan's IT HR-tech market within 2 years
35%+
Annual sector growth
Uzbekistan's IT industry growing faster than almost any other sector
2000+
IT companies
Registered IT companies in Uzbekistan — all potential employers
The product

What makes SilkHire different by design.

Transparent pricing

Freemium for both sides. Employers post 3 vacancies free. Job seekers apply free — always. Premium unlocks advanced tools, not basic access.

Required Requirements Filter

Employers set minimum criteria — years of experience, education, skills, location. Candidates who don't qualify simply can't apply. HR only sees relevant CVs.

AI Screening Partner

Every application is scored by AI against the job requirements. Below 60%? Auto-declined with feedback. Above 60%? Sent to HR. Screening time drops by 70%.

AI Resume Builder

Candidates generate 5+ tailored CV templates from their profile in one click. Each one optimised for a specific job. Professional output, zero design experience needed.

Real-time application tracking

Candidates always know where they stand — which stage, who viewed their CV, when to expect a response. No more sending into silence.

Built for this market

Uzbek language, local currency, and a deep understanding of how hiring actually works here. Not a global platform translated — a local one built from scratch.

The founder
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Mukhsinjon Bokijonov — Founder, SilkHire
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

I'm a full-stack developer based in Tashkent who built SilkHire because I couldn't find a hiring platform that worked for the local IT market. After spending weeks navigating fragmented job boards, hidden salaries, and zero feedback loops, I decided to build the tool I wished existed.

SilkHire is live, growing, and backed by real user feedback. I'm raising a pre-seed round to bring on a small team, ship AI features, and make SilkHire the default place to hire and get hired in Uzbekistan's tech sector.

Seeking pre-seed investment

Interested in
backing SilkHire?

We're raising $100K for 10% equity — pre-money valuation $1M. If you see the opportunity in Uzbekistan's IT market, I'd love to connect. Whether you're a VC, angel investor, or strategic partner.