Xapien

Automated risk and due diligence platform
Last updated:
January 23, 2026
Company details
HQ
HEADCOUNT
25-99
ORG TYPE
Startup
SECTOR
Professional Services
About the company
Xapien is a London-based B2B software company building an AI-powered due diligence and research platform for checking third parties such as clients, partners, suppliers, and investors. Dan Secretan and Shaun O’Mahony founded the business in 2018 (originally as Digital Insight Technologies) after running into the same problem repeatedly: companies lacked the tooling to understand who they were doing business with. Xapien later rebranded in 2021 and sells into regulated and high-risk environments where speed and auditability matter.
Locations and presence
Xapien is headquartered in London and highlights access to a central London WeWork office alongside hybrid working. Xapien also markets and sells internationally, with public company materials describing customer growth beyond the UK across multiple regions.
Palpable Score
70.5
/ 100
Xapien scores well for early-career access and learning because the company has publicly hired for multiple graduate and intern roles with concrete training language and visible salary ranges. The score is held back by repeated reports of poor candidate communication in interviews and limited public evidence on promotions and retention beyond a small set of reviews.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

15.0
/ 20
  • The company has advertised multiple graduate-level full-time roles, including a Graduate Sales Development Representative in Greater London with a stated salary range.
  • Xapien has posted technical early-career roles such as Junior Applied Research Engineer (Graduate), positioned as a first role in AI, with a full-time salary range.
  • The company has also recruited for a paid Marketing Communications Internship in London, giving entry-level access outside engineering.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

11.0
/ 20
  • The company’s public job adverts spell out responsibilities, must-haves, and pay ranges for graduate roles such as SDR (£33k–£36k) and Junior Applied Research Engineer (£30k–£40k).
  • Xapien’s own careers page directs applicants to email a CV and cover letter, while other roles appear on a formal ATS, which makes the application route feel inconsistent depending on where candidates look.
  • The company has multiple public interview reports describing slow follow-up, generic rejections without feedback, and take-home work that candidates felt was larger than advertised.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

16.0
/ 20
  • The company explicitly promises support and training for the Junior Applied Research Engineer (Graduate), including onboarding into the risk and compliance domain plus hands-on learning across infrastructure and tooling.
  • Xapien lists a £1k annual professional development budget and a £1k wellness and development fund in benefits, which gives juniors a practical way to fund learning and support.
  • The company’s graduate SDR advert frames progression as part of the role, including learning the sales craft with an expectation of moving into more senior commercial roles over time.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

16.0
/ 20
  • The company publishes salary ranges on early-career roles, including £33k–£36k for the graduate SDR and £30k–£40k for the junior applied research role, which reduces guesswork for new grads.
  • Xapien’s internship advertising includes a fixed annual salary figure (£28,800) rather than leaving pay ambiguous, which is a stronger signal than unpaid or speculative “intern” roles.
  • The company lists benefits that add stability, including private health insurance, life insurance, equity participation, paid volunteering days, and company-wide time-off policies.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

12.5
/ 20
  • The company has current-employee reviews showing people staying beyond a year and describing a supportive environment where learning is encouraged and training investment continues as the team scales.
  • Xapien has a former sales development representative review describing a positive experience, but public information on promotions, time-to-promotion, and early-career retention beyond reviews is limited.
  • The company’s public LinkedIn presence and third-party job boards show repeat hiring for graduate and intern roles across 2025–2026, suggesting the company keeps opening entry-level doors rather than treating junior hiring as a one-off.

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