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Funding and backers

Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
6
open roles
Backers
1
Harpoon Ventures
Momentum
15/100
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this month
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Overview

American Supercritical develops supercritical CO2 turbomachinery that turns waste heat and gas turbines into more efficient combined-cycle power plants, initially for data centers. The technology is also aimed at small modular reactors, geothermal and concentrated solar plants, and the company hires leads for turbomachinery, controls and power electronics. The company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, United States.

News

News WIRED 22 days ago
A Startup Wants to Power Data Centers With 'Supercritical' Carbon Dioxide
The technology could strap onto existing gas turbines and make them more efficient-but it wouldn't do away with their emissions entirely.
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Tech stack

The technologies known for American Supercritical, by layer.
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$180k
Typical range
$180k
Open positions
6
6 Jobs
Staff 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Staff 6 $180k $180k
Highest paying role Electric Machine Lead $180k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at American Supercritical By role, level and city, against the market · 6 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
6
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
71% ▲
QA
14% ▲
Solutions
14% ▲

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Denver
Denver United States
HQ
7 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 14% engineering 10-50 est. staff $173k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, QA, Solutions
seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Jobs

$145k – $180k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Denver
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