Ezra nets $3.2M seed
Ezra, a San Francisco voice‑AI interviewing platform, closed a $3.2M seed led by Penny Jar Capital/LMNT Ventures to accelerate model development and product iteration. Early seed founders like this are prime candidates for developer CUDA bundles and small DGX cloud credits to speed embedding and voice model work. (x.com)
Ezra’s March 18, 2026 GlobeNewswire press release also names a16z Speedrun and Telegraph Hill Capital as participating investors in the round. (markets.businessinsider.com) The company’s founder, Ophir Samson, is identified in the filing as a second‑time exited AI‑voice founder with a PhD in applied mathematics who scaled teams at Uber and Aurora. (markets.businessinsider.com) The release says application volume has “nearly tripled since 2021” and that recruiting teams are now screening 1,000+ applications per role, framing the product’s go‑to‑market argument. (markets.businessinsider.com) Two large enterprise tech customers reported saving up to 75% of screening time and interviewing six times as many qualified candidates when using Ezra versus traditional resume screening, according to the company statement. (markets.businessinsider.com) Product details in the announcement emphasize structured, role‑specific voice conversations with built‑in scoring, cheat‑detection, and ATS integrations to standardize signals across interviews. (markets.businessinsider.com) Company communications accompanying the round say proceeds will support expanded operations and broader enterprise adoption, including additional platform integrations and customer deployments. (finsmes.com)
