Istari Digital
Early · Defense digital engineering infrastructure
Writes less production code than mostMore pre-sales than most
Major job locations: Seattle, WA · Remote (US) · Dayton, OH · +3 ·
Posted pay: —
17 jobs
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Trait · Fewer remote roles than most
Production code
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
Travel
How often postings mention travel
Size
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Retell AI
Early · About 1–50 people · Voice AI Agents
More pre-sales than mostFewer remote roles than most
Major job locations: Redwood City, CA · New York, NY
Posted pay: $240,000
9 jobs
Sitreps
Early · Veteran career platform / recruiting
Writes less production code than mostMore pre-sales than most
Major job locations: Arlington, VA · Washington, DC · Remote (Pittsburgh, PA) · +2 ·
Posted pay: $180,000
9 jobs
Fluidstack
Early · AI infrastructure / GPU cloud / data centers
Works with outside customers less than mostLess travel than most
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX ·
Posted pay: $262,000
7 jobs
Major job locations: Houston, TX · San Francisco, CA · Remote (US) ·
Posted pay: —
5 jobs
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA
Posted pay: —
5 jobs
Northslope Technologies
Early · About 51–200 people · Applied AI / Enterprise Software
More travel than mostLess pre-sales than most
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: $230,000
5 jobs
Antithesis
Early · About 51–200 people · developer-tools / software testing
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Vienna, VA · Washington, DC ·
Posted pay: $140,000
4 jobs
Brain Co.
Early · Applied AI / Enterprise AI
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY
Posted pay: —
4 jobs
Chalk
Early · About 51–200 people · AI infrastructure / feature platform
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: $220,000
4 jobs
Flip
Early · About 51–200 people · Vertical Voice AI / customer support automation
Major job locations: Marina Del Rey, CA · Brooklyn, NY · Williamsburg, NY ·
Posted pay: $213,000
4 jobs
GovWell
Early · About 51–200 people · GovTech / Public Sector SaaS
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: $150,000
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
Posted pay: $218,000
4 jobs
Credal.ai
Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI / AI Agent Governance
Major job locations: Brooklyn, NY
Posted pay: $140,000
3 jobs
firecrawl
Early · About 1–50 people · AI infrastructure / web data API
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: $228,000
3 jobs
Giga
Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI customer support agents
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
3 jobs
H Company
Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise agentic AI / computer-use models
Major job locations: Austin, TX · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA ·
Posted pay: —
3 jobs
Reevo
Early · About 51–200 people · GTM / Revenue Operations Software
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Santa Clara, CA
Posted pay: —
3 jobs
Thread AI
Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI infrastructure
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: $173,000
3 jobs
Auctor
Early · AI for professional services / system integrators
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Collate
Early · Life Sciences AI
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
FriendliAI
Early · About 51–200 people · AI infrastructure
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Gallatin AI
Early · About 1–50 people · Defense technology / military logistics AI
Major job locations: Austin, TX
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Latent Labs
Early · About 1–50 people · AI Protein Design
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
LMArena
Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Model Evaluation
Major job locations: SF Bay Area
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
NODA AI
Early · Edge autonomy / defense
Major job locations: Austin, TX · Washington, DC
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Periodic Labs
Early · About 51–200 people · AI for Science / Autonomous Materials Discovery
Major job locations: Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Simile
Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Simulation & Behavioral Prediction
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
webAI
Early · About 51–200 people · AI infrastructure / edge AI
Major job locations: Austin, TX · Washington, DC
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Alex
Early · About 1–50 people · AI recruiting / HR tech
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Alterion
Early · Agentic AI governance / runtime control plane
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Ambral
Early · AI / Customer Success & Account Management
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Apollo Research
Early · AI Safety / Evals
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Applied Compute
Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI agents
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Apptronik
Early · Humanoid robotics
Major job locations: Austin, TX
Posted pay: —
1 job
Artisan
Early · AI / Sales Agents
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Bluefish AI
Early · About 51–200 people · AI marketing / GEO
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Bobyard
Early · Construction AI / Preconstruction software
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Brellium
Early · About 51–200 people · Healthcare AI / Clinical Compliance
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Bretton AI
Early · About 1–50 people · AI / regtech (financial crime & compliance)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Cartesia
Early · About 1–50 people · Voice AI / Speech Infrastructure / Frontier Models
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
DatologyAI
Early · About 1–50 people · AI Infrastructure
Major job locations: San Mateo, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Dryft
Early · About 1–50 people · Manufacturing operations software (agentic AI / ERP-successor)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Dust
Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI agent platform
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Dyna Robotics
Early · Embodied AI robotics
Major job locations: Redwood City, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Eloquent AI
Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Financial Services Automation
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
FurtherAI
Early · About 51–200 people · AI workspace and agentic automation for commercial insurance
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Garage
Early · About 1–50 people · GovTech / B2B marketplace (public safety & municipal equipment)
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Generalist AI
Early · About 1–50 people · Embodied AI / robotics foundation models
Major job locations: San Mateo, CA · Somerville, MA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Greptile
Early · About 1–50 people · AI Code Review
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
HealthLeap
Early · Clinical decision support AI
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Higgsfield AI
Early · About 51–200 people · Generative media / AI video platform
Major job locations: Los Angeles, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Isidor
Early · Enterprise AI evaluation / post-training infrastructure
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Layer Health
Early · About 1–50 people · Healthcare AI / clinical chart review
Major job locations: Boston, MA · New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Maple AI
Early · About 1–50 people · Voice AI for restaurants and local businesses
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Mariana Minerals
Early · About 201–1,000 people · Critical minerals mining and refining / industrial AI
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Modus
Early · Agentic AI for audit / CPA firms
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Monaco
Early · AI-native sales platform
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Nectar Social
Early · About 1–50 people · AI marketing / social commerce SaaS
Major job locations: Palo Alto, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Neon Health
Early · About 1–50 people · Healthcare AI / Patient Access Automation
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Normal Computing
Early · AI / Hardware + Verification
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Pulse
Early · About 1–50 people · AI document intelligence / data infrastructure
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Reframe Systems
Early · About 51–200 people · Construction Technology / Industrialized Housing
Major job locations: Andover, MA
Posted pay: —
1 job
RoboForce
Early · Embodied AI / robotics
Major job locations: Milpitas, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Rox
Early · About 51–200 people · AI Agents (Sales / RevOps)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Salient
Early · About 51–200 people · AI fintech infrastructure
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Seasats
Early · About 1–50 people · Ocean Tech / Autonomous Surface Vehicles
Major job locations: San Diego, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Sema4.ai
Early · About 51–200 people · AI Agents (Enterprise Platform)
Major job locations: Atlanta, GA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Sieve
Early · About 1–50 people · AI video data infrastructure
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Speakeasy
Early · About 1–50 people · Developer tools / API infrastructure
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Stuut
Early · AI-powered accounts receivable automation
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Tutor Intelligence
Early · About 51–200 people · AI robotics / warehouse and manufacturing automation
Major job locations: Watertown, MA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Ultralytics
Early · Vision AI / computer vision platform (YOLO)
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Valerie Health
Early · About 1–50 people · Healthcare AI
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Valthos
Early · AI biodefense / biosecurity software
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Vapi
Early · About 51–200 people · Voice AI / Developer Platform
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Wispr Flow
Early · About 51–200 people · AI / Voice Interface / DevTools
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Wraithwatch
Early · AI cyber defense / autonomous security operations
Major job locations: US · city not listed
Posted pay: —
1 job
zaimler
Early · About 1–50 people · AI infrastructure / enterprise data
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
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