Greenhouse, the hiring platform, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ezra AI Labs, a voice AI interviewing startup. The acquisition, expected to close this quarter, aims to help companies identify talent amid a 412% spike in applications per recruiter since 2023. Ezra conducts structured, AI-led voice interviews that candidates can complete on demand. The platform generates role-specific evaluations with structured scores and transcripts, addressing concerns that 63% of job seekers have faced AI interviews but only 20% believe employers use AI responsibly. Founded in 2024, Ezra previously raised seed funding from PennyJar Capital, LMNT and a16z Speedrun. The technology will integrate with Greenhouse's platform whilst remaining available as a standalone offering for existing customers.

Nearly 40% of job candidates have withdrawn from hiring processes that required an AI interview, according to a recent Greenhouse report. Another 12% say they would drop out if faced with such a requirement. Around 63% of US job-seekers have been interviewed by AI, a 13% increase from six months ago. Recruiters are deploying AI interviewers to manage overwhelming application volumes in a competitive labour market. Of candidates who completed AI interviews, 51% were either ghosted or still awaiting responses. Sharawn Tipton, Greenhouse's chief people officer, warns that poor AI interviewing experiences could backfire on employers through negative word-of-mouth and social media posts. Tipton advises employers to ensure human oversight of AI assessments and offer human interviewer options, cautioning that without intentional implementation, AI hiring could "scale the same inequities the industry has been trying to break, just faster.

New AI-driven Solution Helps Recruiters Navigate the Chaos of Candidate Pipelines, Identify the Best Candidates, While Securing Organizations Against Fraud and SpamNEW YORK, June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenhouse, trusted HR tech leader and hiring platform, today announced the launch of Real Talent, a groundbreaking solution designed to address the high costs and growing risks of spam, fraud and cheating in hiring. This solution provides recruiting teams with tools to quickly sort and filter job candidates into a tiered inbox based on their application quality and the likelihood of fraudulent or spam activities.Today's recruiting teams are drowning in applications. Economic uncertainty, AI-powered mass applications, and remote work have led to flooded hiring pipelines with sometimes thousands of candidates per role. The use of AI has also increased levels of spam and fraud. These problems also hurt qualified candidates, who get lost in the noise, leading to slower response rates to their applications and even ghosting by overwhelmed recruiters.Spam is caused by individuals applying for roles in bulk using automated tools, often without high interest or affinity to any specific role. Applicants are also showing up to job interviews with AI co-pilot tools to help them pass interviews, giving them an unfair advantage