Striveworks
Growth · About 51–200 people · Defense AI / AIOps
More travel than mostLess pre-sales than most
Major job locations: Austin, TX · Fort Belvoir, VA · Tacoma, WA · +2 ·
Posted pay: $208,000
10 jobs
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Liberate
Growth · Insurance voice agents
Writes less production code than mostMore pre-sales than most
Major job locations: Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA · Berkeley, CA ·
Posted pay: $160,000
7 jobs
Serval
Growth · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI software (ITSM and workflow automation)
Less pre-sales than mostFewer remote roles than most
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Santa Clara, CA
Posted pay: $215,000
5 jobs
TENEX.AI
Growth · AI-native managed detection and response (MDR) / cybersecurity
Less travel than mostWrites less production code than most
Major job locations: Kansas City, MO · Sarasota, FL · Overland Park, KS · +1 ·
Posted pay: —
5 jobs
Deepgram
Growth · About 51–200 people · Voice AI infrastructure
Major job locations: Remote (Washington, DC) · San Francisco, CA · New York, NY ·
Posted pay: $213,000
4 jobs
Sift
Growth · About 51–200 people · Hardware observability / industrial data infrastructure
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Marina Del Rey, CA · Los Angeles, CA ·
Posted pay: $150,000
4 jobs
Kognitos
Growth · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI / Hyperautomation
Major job locations: Mountain View, CA · Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
3 jobs
True Anomaly
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Defense tech / space superiority and space domain awareness
Major job locations: Denver, CO · Long Beach, CA
Posted pay: $238,000
3 jobs
Basis AI
Growth · AI / Accounting Automation
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Rogo
Growth · AI analyst for finance
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Assembled
Growth · About 51–200 people · Customer support / contact center software (AI + workforce management)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Figure AI
Growth · Humanoid robotics
Major job locations: San Jose, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
HighRadius
Growth · About 1,001–5,000 people · Autonomous Finance / Office of the CFO Software
Major job locations: Houston, TX
Posted pay: —
1 job
Physical Intelligence
Growth · About 51–200 people · Robotics Foundation Models
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Striim
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · real-time data integration and streaming analytics
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
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