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Early-stage companies hiring FDEs

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108 of 728 companies hiring FDEs are early-stage companies.

Istari Digital

Early · Defense digital engineering infrastructure

Less production codeMore pre-sales

Major job locations: Seattle, WA · Remote (US) ·

17 jobs

Retell AI

Early · About 1–50 people · Voice AI Agents

More pre-sales

Major job locations: Redwood City, CA · Remote (US) ·

12 jobs

Sitreps

Early · Veteran career platform / recruiting

Less production codeMore pre-sales

Major job locations: Arlington, VA · Washington, DC ·

9 jobs

Fluidstack

Early · AI infrastructure / GPU cloud / data centers

Less customer-facingLess travel

Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA ·

7 jobs

Fundamental Research Labs

Early · Enterprise tabular AI

Less production codeMore customer-facing

Major job locations: Houston, TX · San Francisco, CA ·

5 jobs

Liquid AI

Early · Foundation models (MIT spinout)

Less travelLess remote

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA

5 jobs

Northslope Technologies

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

More travelLess pre-sales

Major job locations: New York, NY

5 jobs

Antithesis

Early · About 51–200 people · developer-tools / software testing

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Vienna, VA ·

4 jobs

Brain Co.

Early · Applied AI / Enterprise AI

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY

4 jobs

Chalk

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

Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA

4 jobs

Eudia

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

Major job locations: Palo Alto, CA · Washington, DC

4 jobs

Flip

Early · About 51–200 people · Vertical Voice AI / customer support automation

Major job locations: Marina Del Rey, CA · Brooklyn, NY ·

4 jobs

GovWell

Early · About 51–200 people · GovTech / Public Sector SaaS

Major job locations: New York, NY

4 jobs

Titan

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

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY

4 jobs

Credal.ai

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

Major job locations: Brooklyn, NY

3 jobs

firecrawl

Early · About 1–50 people · AI infrastructure / web data API

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

3 jobs

FleetWorks

Early · About 1–50 people · Logistics AI / Voice Agents

Major job locations: Chicago, IL

3 jobs

Giga

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

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

3 jobs

H Company

Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise agentic AI / computer-use models

Major job locations: Austin, TX · New York, NY ·

3 jobs

HavocAI

Early · Maritime defense autonomy / uncrewed surface vessels

Major job locations: Honolulu, HI · Remote (US) ·

3 jobs

Reevo

Early · About 51–200 people · GTM / Revenue Operations Software

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Santa Clara, CA

3 jobs

sprucesystems

Early · About 1–50 people · digital identity / govtech

Major job locations: Remote (US)

3 jobs

Thread AI

Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI infrastructure

Major job locations: New York, NY

3 jobs

Uncountable

Early · About 51–200 people · AI-native laboratory informatics / industrial R&D software

Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA

3 jobs

Auctor

Early · AI for professional services / system integrators

Major job locations: New York, NY

2 jobs

Collate

Early · Life Sciences AI

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

2 jobs

Defense Unicorns

Early · Defense software / Airgap DevSecOps

Major job locations: Cape Canaveral, FL · Cocoa Beach, FL ·

2 jobs

DevRev

Early · About 201–1,000 people · AI-native customer support, product, and work intelligence software

Major job locations: Austin, TX

2 jobs

Edia

Early · About 1–50 people · K-12 education AI

Major job locations: Remote (US)

2 jobs

FriendliAI

Early · About 51–200 people · AI infrastructure

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

2 jobs

Gallatin AI

Early · About 1–50 people · Defense technology / military logistics AI

Major job locations: Austin, TX

2 jobs

Latent Labs

Early · About 1–50 people · AI Protein Design

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

2 jobs

Lila Sciences

Early · Scientific superintelligence platform

Major job locations: Cambridge, MA

2 jobs

LMArena

Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Model Evaluation

Major job locations: SF Bay Area

2 jobs

NODA AI

Early · Edge autonomy / defense

Major job locations: Austin, TX · Washington, DC

2 jobs

Periodic Labs

Early · About 51–200 people · AI for Science / Autonomous Materials Discovery

Major job locations: Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CA

2 jobs

Simile

Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Simulation & Behavioral Prediction

Major job locations: New York, NY

2 jobs

Superblocks

Early · About 51–200 people · developer-tools

Major job locations: Remote (US) · New York, NY

2 jobs

Tessera Labs

Early · Enterprise AI for ERP modernization and business process automation

Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA

2 jobs

Turbopuffer

Early · About 1–50 people · AI Infrastructure

Major job locations: Remote (US)

2 jobs

webAI

Early · About 51–200 people · AI infrastructure / edge AI

Major job locations: Austin, TX · Washington, DC

2 jobs

Alex

Early · About 1–50 people · AI recruiting / HR tech

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Alterion

Early · Agentic AI governance / runtime control plane

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Ambral

Early · AI / Customer Success & Account Management

Major job locations: New York, NY

1 job

Apollo Research

Early · AI Safety / Evals

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Applied Compute

Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI agents

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Apptronik

Early · Humanoid robotics

Major job locations: Austin, TX

1 job

Artisan

Early · AI / Sales Agents

Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA

1 job

Atomic

Early · Venture studio (multi-industry company creation)

Major job locations: Remote (US)

1 job

Axiom

Early · About 1–50 people · Zero-Knowledge Infrastructure / Blockchain Developer Tools

Major job locations: Remote (New York, NY)

1 job

Bluefish AI

Early · About 51–200 people · AI marketing / GEO

Major job locations: New York, NY

1 job

Bobyard

Early · Construction AI / Preconstruction software

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Bot Auto

Early · About 51–200 people · Autonomous Trucking / L4 AI

Major job locations: Houston, TX

1 job

Brellium

Early · About 51–200 people · Healthcare AI / Clinical Compliance

Major job locations: New York, NY

1 job

Bretton AI

Early · About 1–50 people · AI / regtech (financial crime & compliance)

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Cartesia

Early · About 1–50 people · Voice AI / Speech Infrastructure / Frontier Models

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Crew (CrewAI)

Early · AI / Multi-agent orchestration

Major job locations: Remote (US)

1 job

DatologyAI

Early · About 1–50 people · AI Infrastructure

Major job locations: San Mateo, CA

1 job

Dryft

Early · About 1–50 people · Manufacturing operations software (agentic AI / ERP-successor)

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Dust

Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI agent platform

Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA

1 job

Dyna Robotics

Early · Embodied AI robotics

Major job locations: Redwood City, CA

1 job

Eloquent AI

Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Financial Services Automation

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Ema

Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI / Agentic AI Platform

Major job locations: Remote (New York, NY)

1 job

FurtherAI

Early · About 51–200 people · AI workspace and agentic automation for commercial insurance

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Garage

Early · About 1–50 people · GovTech / B2B marketplace (public safety & municipal equipment)

Major job locations: New York, NY

1 job

Generalist AI

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

Major job locations: San Mateo, CA · Somerville, MA

1 job

Greptile

Early · About 1–50 people · AI Code Review

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

HealthLeap

Early · Clinical decision support AI

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

HiddenLayer

Early · About 51–200 people · AI security

Major job locations: Remote (US)

1 job

Higgsfield AI

Early · About 51–200 people · Generative media / AI video platform

Major job locations: Los Angeles, CA

1 job

Humata Health

Early · About 51–200 people · Healthcare AI / prior-authorization automation

Major job locations: Remote (US)

1 job

Hyperbolic Labs

Early · About 1–50 people · AI infrastructure / GPU cloud / inference platform

Major job locations: Remote (US)

1 job

Impiricus

Early · About 51–200 people · Health Tech / Pharma AI

Major job locations: Remote (US)

1 job

Isidor

Early · Enterprise AI evaluation / post-training infrastructure

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Layer Health

Early · About 1–50 people · Healthcare AI / clinical chart review

Major job locations: Boston, MA · New York, NY

1 job

Maple AI

Early · About 1–50 people · Voice AI for restaurants and local businesses

Major job locations: New York, NY

1 job

Mariana Minerals

Early · About 201–1,000 people · Critical minerals mining and refining / industrial AI

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Modus

Early · Agentic AI for audit / CPA firms

Major job locations: New York, NY

1 job

Monaco

Early · AI-native sales platform

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Nectar Social

Early · About 1–50 people · AI marketing / social commerce SaaS

Major job locations: Palo Alto, CA

1 job

Neon Health

Early · About 1–50 people · Healthcare AI / Patient Access Automation

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Normal Computing

Early · AI / Hardware + Verification

Major job locations: New York, NY

1 job

Orchard Robotics

Early · About 1–50 people · AgTech / AI & Computer Vision

Major job locations: Remote (San Francisco, CA)

1 job

P-1 AI

Early · Engineering foundation model / physical-world AI

Major job locations: Remote (San Mateo, CA)

1 job

Picogrid

Early · About 51–200 people · Defense edge connectivity / sensor fusion

Major job locations: El Segundo, CA · Fort Bragg, NC

1 job

Prolific

Early · About 51–200 people · AI data infrastructure

Major job locations: Remote (US)

1 job

Pulse

Early · About 1–50 people · AI document intelligence / data infrastructure

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Reframe Systems

Early · About 51–200 people · Construction Technology / Industrialized Housing

Major job locations: Andover, MA

1 job

RoboForce

Early · Embodied AI / robotics

Major job locations: Milpitas, CA

1 job

Rox

Early · About 51–200 people · AI Agents (Sales / RevOps)

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Salient

Early · About 51–200 people · AI fintech infrastructure

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Seasats

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

Major job locations: San Diego, CA

1 job

Sema4.ai

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

Major job locations: Atlanta, GA

1 job

Sieve

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

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Speakeasy

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

Major job locations: San Francisco, CA

1 job

Stuut

Early · AI-powered accounts receivable automation

Major job locations: New York, NY

1 job

TensorWave

Early · AMD GPU cloud for AI and HPC

Major job locations: Remote (US)

1 job

Trase Systems

Early · Governed agentic AI platform for regulated industries

Major job locations: Remote (Mclean, VA) · Remote (Seattle, WA)

1 job

Tutor Intelligence

Early · About 51–200 people · AI robotics / warehouse and manufacturing automation

Major job locations: Watertown, MA

1 job

Twelve Labs

Early · Multimodal video foundation models

Major job locations: Remote (US)

1 job

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