Berlin-based recruitment chatbot startup Jobpal has closed a €2.5 million ( $2.7M) seed round of funding from InReach Ventures and Acadian Ventures. The company, which was founded back in 2016, has built a cross-platform chatbot to automate candidate support and increase efficiency around hiring by applying machine learning and natural language processing for what it dubs "talent interaction". The target customers are large enterprises with Jobpal offering the product as a managed service. For these employers the pitch is increased efficiency by being able to rapidly respond to and engage potential job applicants whenever they're reaching out for more info via an always-on channel (i.e. the chatbot) which is primed to respond to common questions. Candidates can also apply for vacancies via the Jobpal chatbot by answering a series of questions in the familiar messaging thread format.