Companies where FDE jobs work with outside customers more than most

Vannevar Labs

Growth · About 51–200 people · Defense AI / National Security Decision Support and Sensing

More travel than mostMore pre-sales than most

Venn

Growth · About 51–200 people · PropTech / Multifamily resident operating systems

More travel than mostLess pre-sales than most

Visionist, Inc.

Later private · About 51–200 people · National security and defense software engineering, analytics, and technical services

Less travel than mostLess pre-sales than most

Voltai

Early · About 1–50 people · AI semiconductor and electronics design

More travel than mostFewer remote roles than most

6sense

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · B2B revenue intelligence and sales and marketing software

Accordion

Afresh

Later private · About 51–200 people · Retail / Grocery AI & Supply Chain Software

AHEAD

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Enterprise IT services / cloud & digital infrastructure integrator

Amplitude

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · Product & digital analytics SaaS

Applied Intuition

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Physical AI / autonomous vehicle software

AvePoint

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · Data management & governance / SaaS

Blank Metal

Early · About 1–50 people · AI-native engineering services

Brain Co.

Early · About 51–200 people · Applied AI / Enterprise AI

Chalk

Early · About 51–200 people · AI infrastructure / feature platform

Ciridae

Early · About 1–50 people · AI transformation software and services for mid-market operating businesses

Cloudflare

Public · About 5,000+ people · Infra / Edge

Creative Chaos

About 201–1,000 people · AI-enabled operational transformation and software delivery

CrossCountry Consulting

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Management consulting and business advisory

Defense Unicorns

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Defense software / Airgap DevSecOps

Doss

Growth · About 51–200 people · AI-native ERP and operations cloud

Dynamo AI

Egen

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Technology services and consulting across cloud, data, platforms, and AI, serving sectors including healthcare and life sciences.

Endeavor

Early · Enterprise AI software for manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, defense, and other mission-critical operations

Enlighten AI Labs

About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI analytics and data infrastructure

Eudia

Early · About 51–200 people · Legal Ops / Enterprise Legal AI

Exa (formerly Metaphor)

Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Infrastructure

Field AI

Early · About 201–1,000 people · Robotics AI / Embodied Intelligence

GRIDSIGHT

Invisible Technologies

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · AI Infrastructure / Enterprise AI Operations

Leidos

Public · About 5,000+ people · Defense, intelligence, civil, health, and government technology services

Lorikeet

Early · AI customer support software

Lyric

Mercor

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · AI / Talent Marketplace

Nearform

Neo4j

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Graph database and AI data infrastructure

Netic

Growth · About 1–50 people · AI / Vertical SaaS (essential & home services)

Neural Concept

Peregrine

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Public safety data intelligence

Qualified Health

Growth · About 51–200 people · Healthcare AI (generative AI platform for health systems)

Revel

Ripple

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Enterprise digital asset infrastructure / fintech

Rowspace

Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Financial Software

Rune Technologies

Early · About 51–200 people · Defense technology and military logistics software

Sand Technologies

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Physical AI and data platforms for critical infrastructure across water, energy, telecom, healthcare, and government.

Sift

Growth · About 51–200 people · Hardware observability / industrial data infrastructure

SingleStore

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Database software and cloud data platform

Taktile

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · financial services software

Tenex Labs

Early · About 51–200 people · Applied AI consulting and software engineering

Thread AI

Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI infrastructure

Titan

Early · About 201–1,000 people · AI-enabled IT services / Managed Service Providers (MSP)

TrueFoundry

Early · About 51–200 people · AI infrastructure / MLOps / developer tools

Via

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · Public transit software / TransitTech / GovTech

Addepar

Later private · Financial data and AI platform for the financial services ecosystem

Adyen

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · Payments / Financial Technology

Amigo

Early · About 1–50 people · healthcare AI infrastructure

Anthem Engineering, LLC

Software, systems, and solutions for government and intelligence missions

Assort Health

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Healthcare AI / patient access automation

August

Early · About 1–50 people · Legal AI software

Bretton AI

Growth · About 51–200 people · Financial services software and AI operations

Brillio

Later private · About 5,000+ people · Digital technology consulting and services

Canvas Medical

Growth · About 1–50 people · Healthcare software; electronic medical records and clinical workflow automation

Cape

Growth · About 51–200 people · Privacy-first mobile carrier / telecom security

Charta Health

Clarion

Early · About 1–50 people · AI / healthcare workflow automation

Cohere Health

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Healthcare AI (prior authorization, utilization management, and payment integrity)

Credal.ai

Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI / AI Agent Governance

depthfirst

Growth · AI-native software security and application security

Destro AI

Early · Warehouse robotics and physical AI software

ElevenLabs

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · AI / Voice & Audio Generation

Ethicrithm

Enterprise AI consulting and Palantir implementation services

Evolver

Later private · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI software / professional services

Extreme Networks

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · Enterprise networking (cloud-managed switching, Wi-Fi, NAC)

Figma

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · Design / Collab

Firecrawl

Growth · AI web data infrastructure and developer APIs

FloQast

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Accounting automation software

Flow Engineering

Forgepoint

Gen Digital Inc.

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · Consumer cybersecurity, online privacy, identity protection, and financial wellness technology

Genera

Early · About 1–50 people · AI deployment / enterprise software

Generalist AI

Early · About 1–50 people · Embodied AI / robotics foundation models

Giga

Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI customer support agents

GovSignals

Early · About 1–50 people · GovTech / acquisition AI software

Gradial

Growth · About 1–50 people · Agentic marketing operations / Enterprise martech

Harvey

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · AI / Legal

HavocAI

Early · About 201–1,000 people · All-domain collaborative autonomy / defense technology

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

Public · Healthcare real estate investment trust

Hebbia

Growth · About 51–200 people · AI / Finance + Knowledge

Hubs.is

Early · About 1–50 people · Organizational AI / AI automation platform

Indicium AI

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Data and AI consulting

Innodata Inc.

Public · About 5,000+ people · AI data engineering and AI systems services

Instrumental

Growth · About 51–200 people · Manufacturing AI / Industrial Software

Intapp

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · Vertical SaaS / Professional and Financial Services

Intercom

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · AI customer service and customer communications software

Istari Digital

Early · About 51–200 people · Defense digital engineering infrastructure

jeffreym-consulting

Labelbox

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Data labeling and reinforcement-learning data infrastructure for AI

Legora

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Legal Tech / AI Research + Drafting

Liatrio

Later private · About 51–200 people · IT services and enterprise AI enablement

Linero

Liquid AI

Early · About 51–200 people · Foundation models (MIT spinout)