Tezi

Seed

Your agentic AI recruiting partner

Autonomous AI recruiter that handles end-to-end hiring from sourcing to screening to scheduling.

Founded January 2024Menlo Park, CA$9M raisedFeatured at Seed

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About

Tezi is an autonomous AI recruiting platform that replaces the traditional recruiter workflow with an AI agent named Max. Max handles the complete hiring process: sourcing from 750M+ candidate profiles globally using natural language search with personalized outreach, screening and ranking applications with automated decision-making, and managing complex interview scheduling and rescheduling. Users interact with Max through Slack or web interface, powered by dozens of specialized agents working together to deliver a unified recruiter experience. Founded by Raghavendra Prabhu (former CTO of Thumbtack and Covariant) and Jason James (former VP of Product & Design at Thumbtack), the pair bring over 22 years of combined experience and have collectively hired over 500 people across premier technology companies. The platform reduces time-to-hire from weeks to days while lowering costs (vs. the US average of $4,700 per hire) and reducing hiring bias through consistent candidate evaluation.

DailyDropout Take

Tezi stood out as a bold bet on fully autonomous recruiting — not another ATS or copilot, but a genuine AI agent that independently runs the hiring funnel end-to-end. With Thumbtack's former CTO and VP of Product at the helm, and backing from 8VC, the team has the operational DNA to understand what hiring at scale actually requires.

Discovery signal: Strong founding team pedigree (ex-Thumbtack CTO + VP Product), $9M seed led by top-tier investors (8VC), and a fully autonomous agent approach in a massive market.

What Makes Them Unique

Tezi's Max is a fully autonomous AI recruiter — not just a copilot or workflow tool — that independently sources, screens, and schedules across the entire hiring funnel, powered by dozens of specialized agents working as a unified team.

750M+ profiles

Candidate Database

$9M

Seed Funding

Target Markets

Enterprise RecruitingTalent AcquisitionHR Operations

Founders

Raghavendra Prabhu

Co-Founder & CEO

Former CTO at Thumbtack and Covariant. Over a decade of engineering leadership experience, having collectively hired 500+ people across premier technology companies.