Proof beats paper
A resume tells you what someone claims. A 60-second video, a verified ID, and a short skill clip tell you who they are and what they can actually do.
The company
Vetano is rebuilding hiring around proof, identity, and presence.
Vetano — Vetted Talent. Now. A verified, video-first hiring platform built for restaurants, barbershops, trades, automotive, hospitality, retail, and healthcare. Every candidate is ID-verified and presents themselves on video before an interview is ever scheduled.
Where we are today
A real platform, in real use, with real partners.
1,010
verified users on the platform
iOS + Android
apps live and shipping updates
4
national press outlets covered launch
Paychex
distribution partnership in progress
We publish only what we can prove. Revenue, hire counts, and customer metrics will be added here as the Paychex distribution channel comes online.
Why we built it
Resumes broke. Hiring didn't get fixed.
Resume fraud is now routine. Job boards reward sponsored spend more than candidate fit. Small-business owners interview people who never show up, or who do show up and can't do the work.
For service-industry roles, the resume was never the right artifact in the first place. A bartender, a barber, an HVAC tech, a line cook — none of them are best described by bullet points.
Vetano replaces the resume with three things owners can actually use: a verified identity, a short intro video, and proof of skill. That's the entire thesis.
Principles
What we believe about hiring
Identity is non-negotiable
Every candidate on Vetano clears government-ID verification. The person in the profile is the person who shows up.
Built for the people doing the hiring
Owner-operators don't have recruiting teams. Vetano is designed for the person who runs the shop, the kitchen, the crew — not the corporate ATS workflow.
Fewer, better applicants
We optimize for signal, not volume. A short, real conversation in video form beats a hundred low-signal resumes.
Talent owns their work
Profiles, videos, and skill clips belong to the people who create them — portable across jobs, shareable as a personal link.
Team
Founders and leadership
Chris Fairley
Founder & CEO
20+ years in tech across product, engineering, and go-to-market, most recently as a Principal Solutions Architect at AWS. Founded Vetano in 2024 after a layoff exposed how broken resume-based hiring had become for both sides of the table. Read the full founder story on our About page, or connect on LinkedIn.
Milestones
The Vetano timeline so far
Dec 2024
Vetano incorporated after founder Chris Fairley spent 2023–24 prototyping a video-first alternative to resume-based hiring.
2025
Closed private friends-and-family round; built and shipped the iOS and Android apps with identity verification, intro videos, and skill videos.
Dec 2025
National launch covered by Yahoo Finance, AP News, Morningstar, and KTLA.
2026
Reached 1,010 verified users on the platform across service-industry roles.
2026
Paychex distribution partnership in progress — bringing Vetano to 740,000+ small-business customers nationwide.
In the press
Vetano's launch was covered nationally
Yahoo FinanceAP NewsMorningstarKTLA
Talk to us
Press, partnerships, investors, or general inquiries — we'd love to hear from you.
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