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Ethos funding, valuation and investors

AI expert-matching platform that verifies skills via voice interviews and work samples.

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Funding, valuation & investors

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Latest funding

Series A

$22.75M · May 2026

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$23M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

series a

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Andreessen Horowitz

Other: General Catalyst

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Ethos is an AI-powered expert network that verifies professional skills through voice interviews and work samples, then matches verified experts to companies seeking domain-specific knowledge beyond traditional resume screening.

Why Ethos is interesting

Ethos (askethos.com) replaces low-signal CVs with AI-verified expert profiles — General Catalyst joined a16z in a $22.75M Series A (May 2026) to scale its expert network with voice onboarding.

Product & use cases

AI platform verifying expert skills via voice interviews and work samples instead of resumes.

  • AI companies sourcing verified domain experts
  • Enterprises matching consultants by verified skills
  • Replacing resume screening for specialized roles

Key facts

  • Series A (May 2026): $22.75M led by a16z; General Catalyst (/fund/general-catalyst) re-upped from seed (TechCrunch)
  • Product: AI-verified expert profiles using voice interviews and work samples instead of CVs

Funding history (newest first)

Series A

2026-05 $22.75M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/ethos-raises-22-75m-for-ai-expert-verification/

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Ethos's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Andreessen Horowitz General Catalyst

Competitive landscape

Edge: Voice-interview plus work-sample verification creates richer signal than CV parsing at scale.

Expert verification is heating up as AI companies need domain specialists. Ethos competes on assessment quality; a16z and General Catalyst backing signals category conviction.

  • Mercor direct

    AI expert matching for model training.

  • LinkedIn incumbent

    Self-reported skills; Ethos offers verified assessment.

  • Toptal adjacent

    Manual vetting marketplace; Ethos automates with AI.

Notable stories

  • Ethos emerged as AI companies struggled to verify expert credentials at scale — voice interviews capture nuance resumes miss (TechCrunch, 2026).

Industries

AI & Machine Learning Enterprise SaaS

FAQs about Ethos

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Ethos (askethos.com) is an AI expert-matching platform that verifies skills through voice interviews and work samples, then connects verified experts to companies.
Ethos raised $22.75M in May 2026 led by Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz), with General Catalyst (/fund/general-catalyst) participating from its prior seed position.
Ethos is at Series A based on its May 2026 $22.75M round.
Expert networks and hiring both suffer from unverifiable credentials. Ethos uses AI voice onboarding to create higher-signal expert profiles than traditional CV-based matching.
No. Ethos remains a private company.
Both do AI expert matching; Ethos emphasizes voice-interview verification.
AI voice interviews plus work-sample analysis.
See company website for current headquarters.
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