Spear AI
Early · About 51–200 people · Maritime defense AI, sensing systems, and engineering services
Fewer remote roles than mostLess pre-sales than most
Washington, DC · Keyport, WA · Manassas, VA · +1 ·
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7 postings
Early-stage companies hiring FDEs
451 postings · 281 of 1,376 companies · 262 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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Fundamental Research Labs
Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise tabular AI
More remote roles than mostWrites less production code than most
Remote (US) · Houston, TX
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6 postings
H Company
Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise agentic AI / computer-use models
More travel than mostWrites less production code than most
Austin, TX · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA ·
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6 postings
SpruceID
Early · Digital identity infrastructure and government digital services
More remote roles than mostMore travel than most
Remote (US)
$181,000
6 postings
Obin AI
Early · About 1–50 people · AI / financial services
Less travel than mostLess pre-sales than most
New York, NY
$240,000
5 postings
Realm
Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Mining technology
Writes less production code than mostMore pre-sales than most
Remote (US) · Remote (Chicago, IL) · Remote (New York, NY) · +1 ·
$158,000
5 postings
TrueFoundry
Early · About 51–200 people · AI infrastructure / MLOps / developer tools
Less travel than mostMore pre-sales than most
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · San Mateo, CA ·
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5 postings
Voltai
Early · About 1–50 people · AI semiconductor and electronics design
More travel than mostFewer remote roles than most
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA ·
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5 postings
Blank Metal
Early · About 1–50 people · AI-native engineering services
Minneapolis, MN
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4 postings
Brain Co.
Early · About 51–200 people · Applied AI / Enterprise AI
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
$255,000
4 postings
Chalk
Early · About 51–200 people · AI infrastructure / feature platform
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
$220,000
4 postings
Ciridae
Early · About 1–50 people · AI transformation software and services for mid-market operating businesses
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY
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4 postings
Endeavor
Early · Enterprise AI software for manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, defense, and other mission-critical operations
Chicago, IL
$153,000
4 postings
Eudia
Early · About 51–200 people · Legal Ops / Enterprise Legal AI
Palo Alto, CA · Washington, DC
$190,000
4 postings
Field AI
Early · About 201–1,000 people · Robotics AI / Embodied Intelligence
Irvine, CA
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4 postings
Lorikeet
Early · AI customer support software
New York, NY · Remote (US)
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4 postings
Rowspace
Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Financial Software
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
$219,000
4 postings
Rune Technologies
Early · About 51–200 people · Defense technology and military logistics software
Arlington, VA · Austin, TX · Honolulu, HI · +1 ·
$200,000
4 postings
Tenex Labs
Early · About 51–200 people · Applied AI consulting and software engineering
New York, NY
$309,000
4 postings
Thread AI
Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI infrastructure
New York, NY
$181,000
4 postings
Titan
Early · About 201–1,000 people · AI-enabled IT services / Managed Service Providers (MSP)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Remote (US) ·
$330,000
4 postings
webAI
Early · About 51–200 people · AI infrastructure / edge AI
Austin, TX · Remote (US) · Washington, DC ·
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4 postings
Amigo
Early · About 1–50 people · healthcare AI infrastructure
New York, NY
$230,000
3 postings
August
Early · About 1–50 people · Legal AI software
New York, NY
$130,000
3 postings
Clarion
Early · About 1–50 people · AI / healthcare workflow automation
New York, NY
$175,000
3 postings
Credal.ai
Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI / AI Agent Governance
Brooklyn, NY
$140,000
3 postings
Destro AI
Early · Warehouse robotics and physical AI software
Savannah, GA · Sumner, WA
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3 postings
Genera
Early · About 1–50 people · AI deployment / enterprise software
San Francisco, CA
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3 postings
Generalist AI
Early · About 1–50 people · Embodied AI / robotics foundation models
San Mateo, CA · Somerville, MA
$175,000
3 postings
Giga
Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI customer support agents
San Francisco, CA
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3 postings
GovSignals
Early · About 1–50 people · GovTech / acquisition AI software
New York, NY · San Antonio, TX · Washington, DC ·
$170,000
3 postings
HavocAI
Early · About 201–1,000 people · All-domain collaborative autonomy / defense technology
Honolulu, HI · Remote (US) · San Diego, CA ·
$168,000
3 postings
Hubs.is
Early · About 1–50 people · Organizational AI / AI automation platform
San Francisco, CA · SF Bay Area
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3 postings
Liquid AI
Early · About 51–200 people · Foundation models (MIT spinout)
San Francisco, CA · Cambridge, MA
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3 postings
Nuvo
Early · About 51–200 people · Fintech / B2B commerce infrastructure
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
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3 postings
Tempo
Early · About 1–50 people · Payments infrastructure; blockchain and stablecoin technology
New York, NY · Remote (US) · San Francisco, CA ·
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3 postings
Titan Banking AI
Early · About 1–50 people · Banking technology and financial services AI
Remote (US)
$170,000
3 postings
Tribe AI
Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI services and implementation
Remote (US)
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3 postings
Uncountable
Early · About 51–200 people · AI-native laboratory informatics / industrial R&D software
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
$120,000
3 postings
Adelphi
Early · About 1–50 people · national security artificial intelligence
Washington, DC
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2 postings
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