
Alfa AI offers an AI-powered recruitment agent, Lisa, designed to automate the screening and interviewing of candidates. Lisa operates 24/7, reducing the time spent reviewing resumes by 95% and increasing the number of interviewed candidates by 10x, with the goal of helping companies hire top talent 1% faster. The service supports any job, across all countries and industries, and can conduct live AI calls in over 30 languages with custom avatars. Alfa AI also provides resources such as a podcast, blog, and newsletter focused on AI and recruitment.

Alfa AI offers an AI-powered recruitment agent, Lisa, designed to automate the screening and interviewing of candidates. Lisa operates 24/7, reducing the time spent reviewing resumes by 95% and increasing the number of interviewed candidates by 10x, with the goal of helping companies hire top talent 1% faster. The service supports any job, across all countries and industries, and can conduct live AI calls in over 30 languages with custom avatars. Alfa AI also provides resources such as a podcast, blog, and newsletter focused on AI and recruitment.
Product: Lisa — an AI recruiter that automates sourcing, resume screening and video interviews (30+ languages)
Founded: 2022 (Alfa Technology Recruitment Ltd.)
Funding: USD 625,000 pre-seed (Feb 18, 2025) — lead investor Fuel Ventures
Founders: Alfie Whattam (CEO); Ed Godshaw (CTO); Dr. Linda Yu, PhD (CRO)
Headquarters: Hackbridge, Sutton, United Kingdom
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Recruitment technology / hiring automation
2022
Software Development
USD 625,000
Reported valuation at the round: USD 6,000,000; other investors include David Rowe, Pierre Decote, and Chris Adelsbach.
“Lead investor Fuel Ventures with participation from angel investors including David Rowe, Pierre Decote, and Chris Adelsbach.”
Role Overview
First Circle is one of the fastest growing fintechs in South-East Asia, providing financial services to under-served SMEs. We have already transformed access to credit for thousands of small businesses in the Philippines, and we are now building a full-stack Neobank from scratch that will include multi-currency bank accounts, payments, FX, corporate credit cards, payroll.
We are now looking for a skilled Mid-Level Backend Engineer to join our growing engineering team.
What's different about engineering at First Circle?
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