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EliseAI

“Can conversational AI become the operating layer for communication-heavy verticals like multifamily housing and healthcare?”

Founded2017
HQNew York, NY, United States
FoundersMinna Song, Tony Stoyanov
Total raised$391.9M
Latest roundSeries E, 2025
Valuation$1B+ (Series D, 2024)
IndustryVertical SaaS / Property Management
The story

Founded 2017 as MeetElise, a conversational AI leasing assistant for multifamily property managers. Expanded into healthcare in 2023 to bring the same agentic AI communication layer to patient scheduling and billing. The 2024 launch of billing/payments and delinquency products in housing plus patient billing collections in healthcare marks the company's push toward embedded financial workflows — collecting rent balances and patient co-pays through conversational AI — though EliseAI still positions itself as an AI communications platform rather than a fintech.

Last 12 months
2025-08
2026-01
Product timeline
2017
Founded as MeetElise by Minna Song and Tony Stoyanov, focused on conversational AI for multifamily housing leasing.· pivot
2023
Series C ($35M) and expansion into healthcare vertical.· pivot
2024
Reached unicorn status with $75M Series D at $1B+ valuation.· pivot
2025
$250M Series E led by a16z to scale AI automation across housing and healthcare.· pivot
2026
OpenAI names EliseAI a trusted partner for OpenAI for Healthcare launch.· pivot
The stack
0 layers disclosed in EliseAI’s embedded-finance stack
Accounting gap: minor

EliseAI — frequently asked

Who founded EliseAI?

EliseAI was founded by Minna Song and Tony Stoyanov and is founded in 2017, headquartered in New York, NY, United States.

How much funding has EliseAI raised?

EliseAI has raised $391.9M in total (latest round: Series E, 2025; valuation: $1B+ (Series D, 2024)).

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