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Early-stage companies hiring FDEs

451 postings · 281 of 1,375 companies · 261 with pay · median $190,000 · middle half $163,000–$225,000 · read

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Postings that involve writing production code

Customer contact

Work done for people outside the company

Pre-sales

Evaluation or proposal work before a deal

Seniority

Senior-level responsibility or above

Remote

Postings that allow remote work

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Early-stage
Size

Salient

Early · About 51–200 people · AI fintech infrastructure

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Scaled Cognition

Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI models and customer experience agent software

Mountain View, CA

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1 posting

Scout AI

Early · About 1–50 people · Defense robotics

Remote (US)

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1 posting

Sea12

Early · About 1–50 people · AI workflow automation / industrial operations

New York, NY

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1 posting

Seasats

Early · About 1–50 people · Ocean Tech / Autonomous Surface Vehicles

San Diego, CA

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1 posting

Sema4.ai

Early · About 51–200 people · AI Agents (Enterprise Platform)

Atlanta, GA

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1 posting

Sequence Holdings

Early · About 1–50 people · AI-enabled holding company / private equity

New York, NY

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1 posting

SF Tensor

Early · About 1–50 people · AI infrastructure software and model training systems

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Sieve

Early · About 1–50 people · AI video data infrastructure

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Sim

Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Agent Infra

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Simple AI

Early · About 1–50 people · Voice AI for business sales and customer operations

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Simular

Early · About 1–50 people · Computer-use AI / autonomous agents

Palo Alto, CA

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1 posting

Sleuth Insights

Early · About 1–50 people · Biopharma intelligence software and services

Los Angeles, CA · San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Smallstep

Early · About 1–50 people · Cybersecurity software; device identity and certificate management

Remote (San Francisco, CA)

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1 posting

Sola

Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI workflow automation software

New York, NY

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1 posting

Sourgum

Early · About 51–200 people · Waste management and recycling services technology

Jersey City, NJ

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1 posting

Speakeasy

Early · About 1–50 people · Developer tools / API infrastructure

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Specter

Early · About 1–50 people · Physical security, industrial monitoring, wireless sensing, and edge AI

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Sphere

Early · About 51–200 people · AI-powered global tax compliance software

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Spherecast

Early · About 1–50 people · Supply chain planning software; AI software for consumer packaged goods

New York, NY

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1 posting

Starbridge

Early · About 51–200 people · AI sales intelligence and public-sector market data

New York, NY

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1 posting

Strix

Early · About 1–50 people · AI cybersecurity software focused on application security and penetration testing

New York, NY

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1 posting

Stuut

Early · About 1–50 people · AI-powered accounts receivable automation

New York, NY

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1 posting

Summation

Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI software for finance and operations

Bellevue, WA

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1 posting

Supermove

Early · About 1–50 people · Moving-industry business software / vertical SaaS

Remote (US)

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1 posting

Take2 AI

Early · About 51–200 people · healthcare recruiting software / AI agents

New York, NY

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1 posting

Temper

Early · About 1–50 people · AI-powered supply-chain integration software

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Tessera Labs

Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI for ERP modernization and business process automation

Remote (New York, NY) · Remote (San Francisco, CA)

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1 posting

The Better Money Company

Early · About 1–50 people · Stablecoin clearing and payment infrastructure

New York, NY

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1 posting

Traba

Early · About 201–1,000 people · Light-industrial staffing and supply-chain operations software

New York, NY

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1 posting

Traversal

Early · About 51–200 people · AI SRE platform

New York, NY

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1 posting

Two Dots

Early · About 1–50 people · Fintech / Proptech (AI underwriting & fraud prevention)

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Ultralytics

Early · About 51–200 people · Vision AI / computer vision platform (YOLO)

New York, NY

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1 posting

Valthos

Early · About 1–50 people · AI biodefense / biosecurity software

New York, NY

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1 posting

Variance

Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI software for fraud investigations, risk, and compliance

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Veda

Early · About 1–50 people · DeFi and blockchain financial infrastructure

Remote (US)

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1 posting

Watney

Early · About 1–50 people · Robotics engineering and data center automation

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

Weave

Early · About 1–50 people · AI engineering intelligence and developer tools

San Francisco, CA

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1 posting

WisdomAI

Early · Agentic analytics and enterprise business intelligence software

Remote (US)

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1 posting

Wraithwatch

Early · About 1–50 people · AI cyber defense / autonomous security operations

US · city not listed

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1 posting

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