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    Strella

    Strella is an AI-powered customer research platform that enables teams to conduct in-depth, AI-moderated interviews and generate actionable insights in hours rather than weeks.

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    At a Glance

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    New York, NYHeadquarters
    2023Est.
    23Employees
    $18MRaised
    Focus Areas
    User Research
    Customer Research
    Conversational Agents
    Latest News
    Strella Everywhere You Work: Introducing Our AI ConnectorMar 28, 2026
    Strella Raises $14M Series A to Transform How Companies Understand Their CustomersOct 16, 2025
    Markets
    • Fortune 500 Enterprises
    • High-growth Technology Companies
    • UX Research Teams
    • Product & Design Teams

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    Latest News

    03/28/2026

    Strella Everywhere You Work: Introducing Our AI Connector

    strella.io
    10/16/2025

    Strella Raises $14M Series A to Transform How Companies Understand Their Customers

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    10/16/2025

    Amazon and Chobani adopt Strella's AI interviews for customer research

    VentureBeat
    04/29/2025

    Analysis of top 7 customer use cases for AI-moderated interviews

    strella.io

    Products & Services

    5
    AI-Moderated Interview Platform
    2024

    A platform that uses AI to conduct in-depth qualitative interviews, probing participants in real-time.

    Automated Discussion Guide Generation
    2024

    AI-generated unbiased discussion guides that refine based on participant segments and project goals.

    Participant Recruitment Panel
    2024

    Access to a global panel of 8 million+ participants with advanced demographic and experience filtering.

    Research Synthesis & Repository
    2025

    Tools for instant synthesis, video highlight reels, and a searchable repository of research insights.

    Market Position

    Strella positions itself as the first AI-moderated interview platform that offers 90% time savings and 70% cost savings compared to traditional focus groups and manual qualitative research.

    Leadership

    Founders

    LH

    Lydia Hylton

    Co-Founder & CEO. Previously a Partner at Bain Capital, Investor at Redpoint Ventures, and Data Scientist at Facebook. MBA from Stanford University and background in software/hardware engineering at Microsoft.

    PK

    Priya Krishnan

    Co-Founder & COO. Previously Manager of New Business Verticals at DoorDash, and Product Manager at Brava Home and Fitbit (focusing on UX Research). MBA from The Wharton School.

    Executive Team

    LH

    Lydia Hylton

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Background in venture capital (Bain Capital, Redpoint) and data science (Facebook).

    PK

    Priya Krishnan

    Co-Founder & COO

    Background in product management and UX research (DoorDash, Fitbit, Brava Home).

    Board of Directors

    LH
    Lydia Hylton
    Director
    PK
    Priya Krishnan
    Director
    TG
    Talia Goldberg
    Board Member (Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners)

    Founding Story

    Founded by Lydia Hylton and Priya Krishnan, who experienced firsthand the pain points of slow qualitative research. They built Strella to eliminate the trade-off between the depth of human interviews and the speed of automated surveys, starting the company from an apartment in New York.

    Business Model

    Revenue
    Not publicly disclosed; reported 10x growth in customer base as of late 2025.

    Revenue Model

    SaaS model with a combination of subscription plans and usage-based tiers (per interview or per project).

    Pricing Tiers

    Usage-based

    Flexible tiers based on the number of interviews or research projects.

    Subscription

    Enterprise-level subscriptions for ongoing research needs.

    Private

    Target Markets

    Industries & Segments
    • Fortune 500 Enterprises
    • High-growth Technology Companies
    • UX Research Teams
    • Product & Design Teams
    Use Cases
    • Concept Testing
    • Usability Testing
    • Market Research
    • Exploratory Research
    • Competitive Analysis
    • Mobile Research
    Notable Customers
    • Amazon
    • Chobani
    • Duolingo
    • MeUndies

    Quick Facts

    Headquarters
    New York, NY
    Founded
    2023
    Entity Type
    Inc.
    Employees
    23
    Total Funding
    $18 million
    Investors
    Bessemer Venture Partners, Decibel Partners
    Office Locations
    New York

    Funding History

    Series A$14 million
    October 16, 2025
    Bessemer Venture Partners
    Seed$4 million
    October 15, 2024
    Unusual Ventures
    Decibel Partners

    History & Milestones

    March 2026

    Launched 'Strella Everywhere You Work' AI Connector integration.

    October 2025

    Raised $14 million Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

    October 2025

    Public announcement of enterprise adoption by Amazon, Chobani, and Duolingo.

    October 2024

    Raised $4 million Seed round led by Unusual Ventures and Decibel Partners.

    June 2023

    Company founded by Lydia Hylton and Priya Krishnan.

    Key Capabilities

    7
    Real-time AI probing during interviews
    AI-generated unbiased discussion guides
    Instant video highlight reels
    Global participant panel (8M+)
    Multi-language support (46+ languages)
    Automated synthesis across segments

    Integrations & Partnerships

    Platform Integrations

    • Amazon AWS
    • Google Tag Manager
    • HubSpot
    • AI Connector (Slack/Workflow integrations)

    Key Partnerships

    Strategic integrations with participant panels and workflow tools (AI Connector).

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