Ezra AI Labs
Category: AI in HR & Talent
Voice AI interviewing platform that conducts structured voice conversations with every applicant to help recruiting teams identify qualified candidates beyond resume screening. Ezra AI Labs was founded in 2024. The company is led by Ophir Samson. Based in San Francisco, California / Lafayette, California. Team size: 1-10. Total funding raised: $3.2M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Penny Jar Capital, LMNT Ventures, a16z Speedrun (Andreessen Horowitz), Telegraph Hill Capital.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California / Lafayette, California
- Team size
- 1-10
- Total funding
- $3.2M
Value proposition
Replaces unreliable resume screening with structured voice conversations at scale, saving up to 75% of screening time and enabling teams to interview up to 6x more qualified candidates while giving every applicant a fair chance to be heard.
Products and solutions
Ezra Voice AI Interviewer — an AI-powered platform that conducts structured voice interviews with every applicant, featuring customizable interview criteria, structured scoring, cheat detection (flagging AI-generated/scripted responses), ATS integration, full transcripts, and explainable evaluations.
Unique value
The only voice AI interviewer built by recruiters that conducts natural, structured voice conversations (not one-way videos) with every applicant, with explainable scoring, cheat detection, and full transparency — candidates always know AI is involved and can opt out.
Target customer
Recruiting teams and talent acquisition departments at enterprise and mid-market companies facing high application volumes and seeking to automate initial candidate screening.
Industries served
Technology, Enterprise, General hiring across all verticals
Technology advantage
Proprietary Voice AI models with low-latency, context-aware natural conversation capabilities; structured interviewing with consistent rubrics; cheat detection for AI-generated/scripted responses; built on two years of R&D in Voice AI, ML, and NLP; explainable AI with bias audits
How they differentiate
Unlike competitors that use one-way video interviews or chatbots, Ezra conducts natural, low-latency voice conversations with every applicant. It interviews the hiring team first to build role-specific rubrics, then applies consistent scoring with full explainability. Candidates always know AI is involved, can ask questions about the role, and can opt out — addressing the trust gap that plagues other AI interviewing tools.
Main competitors
HireVue, Paradox, MyInterview, Willo, Spark Hire
Key partnerships
Acquired by Greenhouse Software (May 2026), Ezra remains available as standalone product for both Greenhouse customers and companies using other ATS platforms, ATS integrations with major platforms
Notable customers
Zapier, Mercury, Clover Health, Ello, Dandy, Zendrive, Offerfit
Major milestones
Founded 2024, Raised $3.2M Seed round March 2026, Acquired by Greenhouse Software (announced May 5, 2026, closed May 27, 2026), Ophir Samson joined Greenhouse as Head of Voice AI
Growth metrics
Estimated $440K ARR (2025); enterprise customers reported saving up to 75% screening time and interviewing 6x more qualified candidates
Market positioning
Premium voice AI interviewing platform positioned as the most sophisticated and human-centric solution for structured early-stage candidate screening, differentiated by natural voice conversations (not one-way video), explainable scoring, and transparency with candidates.
Geographic focus
United States (with additional regions planned post-acquisition)
About Ophir Samson
Second-time exited voice AI founder; previously founded Juliet AI Labs (acquired by Spark Networks); engineering executive at General Motors (Fortune 50); scaled teams at Uber and Aurora; PhD in Applied Mathematics (MIT/Imperial College London); MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Official website: https://www.ezrarecruiting.com