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 · More pre-sales 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
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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
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
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
Eudia
Early · About 51–200 people · Legal Ops / Enterprise Legal AI
Major job locations: Palo Alto, CA · Washington, DC
Posted pay: $188,000
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
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
HavocAI
Early · Maritime defense autonomy / uncrewed surface vessels
Major job locations: Honolulu, HI · Remote (US) · San Diego, CA ·
Posted pay: $168,000
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
DevRev
Early · About 201–1,000 people · AI-native customer support, product, and work intelligence software
Major job locations: Austin, TX
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
Simile
Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Simulation & Behavioral Prediction
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Superblocks
Early · About 51–200 people · developer-tools
Major job locations: Remote (US) · New York, NY
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Tessera Labs
Early · Enterprise AI for ERP modernization and business process automation
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Turbopuffer
Early · About 1–50 people · AI Infrastructure
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Apollo Research
Early · AI Safety / Evals
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Artisan
Early · AI / Sales Agents
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Axiom
Early · About 1–50 people · Zero-Knowledge Infrastructure / Blockchain Developer Tools
Major job locations: Remote (New York, NY)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Bluefish AI
Early · About 51–200 people · AI marketing / GEO
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Crew (CrewAI)
Early · AI / Multi-agent orchestration
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Ema
Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI / Agentic AI Platform
Major job locations: Remote (New York, NY)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Greptile
Early · About 1–50 people · AI Code Review
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
HiddenLayer
Early · About 51–200 people · AI security
Major job locations: Remote (US)
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
Impiricus
Early · About 51–200 people · Health Tech / Pharma AI
Major job locations: Remote (US)
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
Orchard Robotics
Early · About 1–50 people · AgTech / AI & Computer Vision
Major job locations: Remote (San Francisco, CA)
Posted pay: —
1 job
P-1 AI
Early · Engineering foundation model / physical-world AI
Major job locations: Remote (San Mateo, CA)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Prolific
Early · About 51–200 people · AI data infrastructure
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Sema4.ai
Early · About 51–200 people · AI Agents (Enterprise Platform)
Major job locations: Atlanta, GA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Speakeasy
Early · About 1–50 people · Developer tools / API infrastructure
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Twelve Labs
Early · Multimodal video foundation models
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Ultralytics
Early · Vision AI / computer vision platform (YOLO)
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Valthos
Early · AI biodefense / biosecurity software
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
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