> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Early-stage companies hiring FDEs Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?stage=early&page=7 281 of 1,375 companies hiring FDEs are early-stage companies. Compare their open roles, locations and posted pay. **451** postings · **281** of **1,375** companies · **261** with pay · median **$190,000** · middle half $163,000–$225,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 ### [Salient](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salient) Early · About 51–200 people · AI fintech infrastructure San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Scaled Cognition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scaled-cognition) Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI models and customer experience agent software Mountain View, CA 1 posting ### [Scout AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scout-ai) Early · About 1–50 people · Defense robotics Remote (US) 1 posting ### [Sea12](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sea12) Early · About 1–50 people · AI workflow automation / industrial operations New York, NY 1 posting ### [Seasats](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seasats) Early · About 1–50 people · Ocean Tech / Autonomous Surface Vehicles San Diego, CA 1 posting ### [Sema4.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sema4-ai) Early · About 51–200 people · AI Agents (Enterprise Platform) Atlanta, GA 1 posting ### [Sequence Holdings](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sequence-holdings) Early · About 1–50 people · AI-enabled holding company / private equity New York, NY 1 posting ### [SF Tensor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sf-tensor) Early · About 1–50 people · AI infrastructure software and model training systems San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Sieve](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sieve) Early · About 1–50 people · AI video data infrastructure San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Sim](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sim) Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Agent Infra San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Simple AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simple-ai) Early · About 1–50 people · Voice AI for business sales and customer operations San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Simular](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simular) Early · About 1–50 people · Computer-use AI / autonomous agents Palo Alto, CA 1 posting ### [Sleuth Insights](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sleuth-insights) Early · About 1–50 people · Biopharma intelligence software and services Los Angeles, CA · San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Smallstep](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/smallstep) Early · About 1–50 people · Cybersecurity software; device identity and certificate management Remote (San Francisco, CA) 1 posting ### [Sola](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sola) Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI workflow automation software New York, NY 1 posting ### [Sourgum](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sourgum) Early · About 51–200 people · Waste management and recycling services technology Jersey City, NJ 1 posting ### [Speakeasy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/speakeasy) Early · About 1–50 people · Developer tools / API infrastructure San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Specter](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/specter) Early · About 1–50 people · Physical security, industrial monitoring, wireless sensing, and edge AI San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Sphere](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sphere) Early · About 51–200 people · AI-powered global tax compliance software San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Spherecast](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spherecast) Early · About 1–50 people · Supply chain planning software; AI software for consumer packaged goods New York, NY 1 posting ### [Starbridge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/starbridge) Early · About 51–200 people · AI sales intelligence and public-sector market data New York, NY 1 posting ### [Strix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/strix) Early · About 1–50 people · AI cybersecurity software focused on application security and penetration testing New York, NY 1 posting ### [Stuut](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stuut) Early · About 1–50 people · AI-powered accounts receivable automation New York, NY 1 posting ### [Summation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/summation) Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI software for finance and operations Bellevue, WA 1 posting ### [Supermove](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/supermove) Early · About 1–50 people · Moving-industry business software / vertical SaaS Remote (US) 1 posting ### [Take2 AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/take2-ai) Early · About 51–200 people · healthcare recruiting software / AI agents New York, NY 1 posting ### [Temper](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/temper) Early · About 1–50 people · AI-powered supply-chain integration software San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Tessera Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tessera-labs) Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI for ERP modernization and business process automation Remote (New York, NY) · Remote (San Francisco, CA) 1 posting ### [The Better Money Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/the-better-money-company) Early · About 1–50 people · Stablecoin clearing and payment infrastructure New York, NY 1 posting ### [Traba](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/traba) Early · About 201–1,000 people · Light-industrial staffing and supply-chain operations software New York, NY 1 posting ### [Traversal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/traversal) Early · About 51–200 people · AI SRE platform New York, NY 1 posting ### [Two Dots](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/two-dots) Early · About 1–50 people · Fintech / Proptech (AI underwriting & fraud prevention) San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Ultralytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ultralytics) Early · About 51–200 people · Vision AI / computer vision platform (YOLO) New York, NY 1 posting ### [Valthos](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/valthos) Early · About 1–50 people · AI biodefense / biosecurity software New York, NY 1 posting ### [Variance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/variance) Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI software for fraud investigations, risk, and compliance San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Veda](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/veda) Early · About 1–50 people · DeFi and blockchain financial infrastructure Remote (US) 1 posting ### [Watney](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/watney) Early · About 1–50 people · Robotics engineering and data center automation San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [Weave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/weave) Early · About 1–50 people · AI engineering intelligence and developer tools San Francisco, CA 1 posting ### [WisdomAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wisdomai) Early · Agentic analytics and enterprise business intelligence software Remote (US) 1 posting ### [Wraithwatch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wraithwatch) Early · About 1–50 people · AI cyber defense / autonomous security operations US · city not listed 1 posting [See every company hiring FDEs →](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies) - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fcompanies%3Fstage%3Dearly%26page%3D7&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fcompanies%3Fstage%3Dearly%26page%3D7&placement=alert) Alerts for “Early-stage companies hiring FDEs” go out once you have an account. 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