LizzyAI Raises $5M Seed Round Led by NEA to Redefine the Interview in the $500B Recruiting Market

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LizzyAI, the AI-native interviewing platform revolutionizing how companies evaluate talent, today announced it has raised $5 million in seed funding, led by NEA, with participation from Speedinvest and Zero Prime Ventures.

The funding will be used to grow LizzyAI’s engineering and go-to-market teams, expand integrations, and deepen its AI-powered interview engine - a system designed to deliver structured, intelligent, and scalable interviews that help companies make faster, more objective hiring decisions.

“Interviews are the most critical - and most broken - part of hiring,” said Yannis Niebelschuetz, Founder and CEO, LizzyAI. “We built LizzyAI to act like your best interviewer: one that listens carefully, asks smart follow-ups, and gives every candidate a fair shot - at any scale.”

At the heart of LizzyAI is an adaptive, conversational AI that conducts role-specific interviews in real time. Candidates speak naturally, and LizzyAI responds dynamically and in real conversation flow, assessing communication skills, problem-solving ability, and job-relevant traits. Hiring teams receive structured reports that surface high-signal insights while eliminating bias and guesswork.

“LizzyAI gives us a powerful, AI-driven lens to see the whole person beyond their résumé,” said Sonja Debus, Head of Agent Recruiting, Engel & Völkers, the global luxury real estate brand. “LizzyAI not only streamlines our recruiting process but also empowers us to uncover potential in ways that traditional methods can overlook. With Lizzy, we’re building stronger, more authentic connections with candidates in a way that’s meaningful, scalable, and uniquely aligned to our business.”

“Recruiting is a $500 billion global market still dominated by manual, inconsistent interviews,” said Luke Pappas, Partner, NEA. “LizzyAI is building infrastructure that turns interviewing into a scalable, intelligent, and objective process. We believe this is the future of hiring.”

LizzyAI is now available to organizations of all sizes - offering a flexible interviewing platform that scales from high-volume screening to in-depth technical assessments, role plays, and case-based interviews.

To learn more or request a demo, visit www.lizzy-ai.com.

About LizzyAI

LizzyAI an AI-native interviewing platform that helps companies evaluate candidates through dynamic, structured, and human-like conversations. Designed to replicate the insight and consistency of top interviewers, LizzyAI helps organizations hire better, faster, and more objectively - at scale.

About NEA

New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors, and geographies. With more than $28 billion in cumulative committed capital since the firm’s founding in 1977, NEA invests in technology and healthcare companies at all stages of a company’s lifecycle, from seed stage through IPO. The firm’s track record includes 284 portfolio company IPOs and 500+ mergers and acquisitions. Learn more at www.nea.com.