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Popp AI: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Popp AI is a conversational AI tool designed to transform recruitment by enabling open, authentic conversations with candidates at scale. Founded by Sam Dhesi, James Cochrane-Dyet, and Ilyes Benmansour, Popp AI combines advanced technology with a human touch, automating the screening process while ensuring personalised interactions. By capturing deeper candidate insights and intelligently ranking responses, Popp AI helps recruiters make faster, more informed decisions—driving efficiency without compromising on quality. Learn more at joinpopp.com. Popp’s AI engine plugs into almost any ATS to automatically match and rank every candidate, engage suitable candidates with human-like conversations via WhatsApp or SMS, and constantly update the database with the latest candidate data. Some of the most exciting high-growth talent teams, like Zoe, and the largest staffing companies in the world, like Randstad and GI Group, are using Popp to place 25% more candidates 40X faster, with ROI averaging >10X. With a lot more coming soon!

www.joinpopp.ai LinkedIn London, United Kingdom 1-10 employees
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Human Resources Recruiting Software B2B B2C
Total raised
$4.5M
Rounds
1
Latest
Seed
Nov 2024

Popp AI has raised $4.5M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Seed of $4.5M announced in Nov 2024.

That round is in line with the $4.7M median round size for Administrative Services companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Popp AI Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$4.5M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Seed
$4.5M in Nov 2024
Employees
1-10
reported band
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom

Latest funding round on record: Nov 2024.

Popp AI Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Seed
$4.5M

Popp AI Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Ilyes Benmansour
Founder

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Popp AI Funding Compared to Other Administrative Services Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
5,273
$4.0M
16,485
$3.1M

Popp AI's latest round of $4.5M is in line with the median round in Administrative Services. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Popp AI Funding FAQs

What does Popp AI do?

Popp AI is a conversational AI tool designed to transform recruitment by enabling open, authentic conversations with candidates at scale. Founded by Sam Dhesi, James Cochrane-Dyet, and Ilyes Benmansour, Popp AI combines advanced technology with a human touch, automating the screening process while ensuring personalised interactions. By capturing deeper candidate insights and intelligently ranking responses, Popp AI helps recruiters make faster, more informed decisions—driving efficiency without compromising on quality. Learn more at joinpopp.com. Popp’s AI engine plugs into almost any ATS to automatically match and rank every candidate, engage suitable candidates with human-like conversations via WhatsApp or SMS, and constantly update the database with the latest candidate data. Some of the most exciting high-growth talent teams, like Zoe, and the largest staffing companies in the world, like Randstad and GI Group, are using Popp to place 25% more candidates 40X faster, with ROI averaging >10X. With a lot more coming soon!

How much funding has Popp AI raised?

Popp AI has raised $4.5M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Seed of $4.5M announced in Nov 2024.

When did Popp AI last raise funding?

Popp AI's most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $4.5M, announced in Nov 2024.

Who founded Popp AI?

FundedIQ lists Ilyes Benmansour (Founder) at Popp AI.

Where is Popp AI headquartered?

Popp AI is based in London, England, United Kingdom.

How many employees does Popp AI have?

Popp AI is in the 1-10 employee band.

How does Popp AI's funding compare to other Administrative Services startups?

Popp AI's latest round of $4.5M is in line with the $4.7M median round size for Administrative Services companies on FundedIQ across 1,897 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Popp AI Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Popp AI is left off this page rather than filled in.

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