Rounds AI, Round AI, LastRound AI: Which Is Which? (2026)

Our own Search Console data turned up something odd this spring: about 690 impressions over three months for the phrase “rounds ai,” plus close variants like “round ai,” “round ai ltd,” and “ai round” (almost always the same two words typed in the wrong order). All of it landing on pages of ours that have nothing to do with any of those exact terms. Somebody out there is looking for a product called Rounds AI, or Round AI, and getting LastRound AI instead. That mismatch is worth sorting out properly, once, in one place, because there are at least four unrelated companies using some version of that name. The one most people probably mean isn’t any of them.

Four names, one search box

Type “rounds ai” into Google and the results are a mess. Not because ranking is broken, but because there is no single company by that name. At least four active businesses use some variant of “Rounds” or “Round” plus “AI” in their branding, and they sit in four different industries: mobile app monetization, customer success software, recruiting automation built for employers, and talent networking. None of them puts an AI tool inside your interview to help you answer questions live. The one that actually does that, and the one most “round ai” searchers are probably picturing, is called Final Round AI, and it’s a completely separate company from LastRound AI (that’s us).

Rounds AI Ltd: a Tel Aviv ad-tech company, not an interview tool

The closest exact match for “round ai ltd” is a real, registered company: Rounds AI Ltd, based in Tel Aviv. Its own profile on Preqin, the financial data firm, describes a business that “provides a technology that identifies and optimizes mobile assets,” tracking performance across acquisition, evaluation and ongoing monitoring for things like utilities, media, messaging, music and gaming apps. As of 2024 it reportedly operated in 187 countries and managed more than 65 asset classes, per that Preqin profile. It raised funding from PSG Equity in 2023.

Untangling the corporate history takes a minute, and we couldn’t pin it down completely from public filings alone. Preqin lists the company as “previously known as 6rounds,” the video-chat app that Kik Interactive bought for a reported $60 to $80 million in January 2017, according to TechCrunch’s reporting at the time. Whether the current Rounds AI Ltd, incorporated in July 2020, is a direct legal continuation of that older company or a new entity that reused the name and some of the same people, we can’t say for certain from the records available. What is clear either way: nothing about this company touches job interviews, resumes, or hiring.

Round.ai, RoundOne AI, and Rounds.so: three more names, same non-answer

Three other companies show up depending on exactly how you spell the search.

Round (round.ai) builds AI agents for customer success teams, monitoring emails, calls and product usage so account managers can catch churn risk early. It has nothing to do with hiring.

RoundOne AI (roundone.ai) sits on the employer side of recruiting. It screens applicants for companies, not the other way around. If you’re a candidate hoping an AI will coach you through your own interview, this tool wasn’t built for you.

Rounds (rounds.so) is closer, but still not it. It bills itself as a talent networking platform connecting recruiters with candidates, and it links to a Business Insider feature pitching it as a replacement for the traditional resume. Useful, maybe, if you want a recruiter to find you. It won’t sit quietly in the corner of your screen during a live interview and suggest what to say next.

Is “round ai” just shorthand for Final Round AI?

Probably, in a lot of cases. Final Round AI is the largest interview-prep company using a name close enough to cause the mix-up, and unlike the four companies above, it does roughly the same job we do: a live copilot that listens during your interview and helps you answer in real time.

Final Round AI’s own site claims more than 10 million users and supports live sessions across Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and HackerRank. Its pricing, verified in a real browser against finalroundai.com/subscription, breaks down like this: a free tier with unlimited mock interviews but no live copilot, $150 a month billed monthly, $83.33 a month billed quarterly, and $25 a month on the annual plan. Stealth mode ships on every paid tier. Monthly subscribers get no refund window at all; quarterly and yearly customers get 72 hours on a first purchase only, and that’s it.

Final Round AI vs. LastRound AI, the actual numbers

Once you get past the naming confusion, the real comparison is simple. Here’s how the two candidate-side copilots line up on price and the basics that matter in an interview.

So which one should you actually pick?

If cost matters and you want the same core feature set (live copilot, stealth, mock interviews) at a fraction of the price, LastRound AI’s $19-a-month Starter plan is the practical choice. If a friend specifically recommended Final Round AI, or you’ve already tried it and $150 a month (or $25 annually) isn’t a dealbreaker, it’s a mature product too, and we’d rather say that plainly than pretend it isn’t.

• Starter plan at $19/mo with stealth included from day one, against $150/mo for Final Round AI’s month-to-month tier
• Sub-200ms answer latency, which matters most in fast-moving behavioral rounds where a laggy suggestion is worse than none
• Auto-Apply included on every plan (10 matches a month on Free, 50 on Starter, 150 on Pro, 400 on Ultimate), each one resume-matched and tailored, held in a queue for your review, so you can turn on Auto-Apply without worrying anything gets sent before you say so
• Support for 50+ languages, useful if you’re interviewing somewhere your first language isn’t English

Two honest tradeoffs, and we won’t bury them: monthly plan credits reset at the end of each cycle (only purchased extra credits carry over), and there’s no native mobile app. Full stealth needs the desktop app; the web version is fine for prep and review from a phone but isn’t built for running stealth mode mid-interview. We’re also a smaller brand than Final Round AI, and if brand recognition alone is what you’re after, that’s a fair reason to look elsewhere. For a deeper side-by-side, our own Final Round AI comparison and head-to-head breakdown go further than this post does, and the full plan details live on the pricing page.

FAQ

Is Rounds AI the same company as LastRound AI?

No. Rounds AI Ltd is a Tel Aviv company that optimizes mobile app assets for advertisers, and it has no connection to interview prep. LastRound AI is a separate company built specifically for job interviews, with a $19-a-month live interview copilot, mock interviews, and Auto-Apply. The two names just happen to share a word.

Is Rounds AI Ltd a real company?

Yes. Rounds AI Ltd is registered in Tel Aviv, Israel, and according to its Preqin profile it works in mobile asset optimization for advertisers across 187 countries. It has no product for job seekers, interview prep, or hiring, so if that’s what you were searching for, you’ve landed on the wrong company entirely.

What is Final Round AI’s cheapest plan?

Final Round AI’s cheapest option is its annual plan, billed at $25 a month ($300 a year), based on pricing verified directly on finalroundai.com/subscription. Its month-to-month plan costs $150 with no refund once paid. For comparison, LastRound AI’s Starter plan is $19 a month with no annual commitment required to get that price.

Does LastRound AI have a mobile app?

No, not a native one. LastRound AI runs as a desktop app for Windows and Mac, where the stealth features live, plus a mobile-compatible web app for prep and review in a phone browser. There’s no iOS or Android app in the App Store or Play Store, and we’d rather tell you that upfront than have you go looking for one.

How ours is actually used

Worth grounding a comparison in usage rather than feature lists. Across 1,393 sessions configured on LastRound between January 2025 and July 2026, 721 were live sessions and 672 mock practice, an almost even split we did not expect. And 1,374 of those sessions stayed on default difficulty, which says something about how much of any tool’s configurability people actually touch.