CTGT
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$7.2M
1 round on record
Latest round
$7.2M
Venture round · Feb 2025 · 19 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
6
open roles
Backers
2
Y Combinator, StartX
The money's age
Due for its next round
19 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 30
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: Distilling DeepSeek into GPT-OSS doesn't transfer censorship. Try it
Jun 28, 2025
Recognition CTGT wins award for AI model customization · Venturebeat
Feb 20, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $7.2M · The Manila Times
Oct 2024
Went through Y Combinator
Aug 2024
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
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Web presence
top 5%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Feb 2025 | $7.2M | — | The Manila Times |
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Overview
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, CTGT is an applied AI research laboratory and enterprise software startup specializing in mechanistic interpretability, representation engineering, and AI governance. Backed by Y Combinator and Google's Gradient Ventures, the firm develops deterministic policy engines and alignment systems that intervene directly at an LLM's neural representation layer during inference.
News
Behaviorally Fingerprinting Ox Alpha's Provenance and Censorship
Ox Alpha exhibits censorship on China-sensitive topics, but differently than models like DeepSeek V4 Flash. Behavioral fingerprinting indicates GLM-5.x provenance.
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DeepSeek's Official V4 Flash Censors More Than Its Preview, Selectively
The production build answers more freely on everything except China-sensitive topics.
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What a Distilled Model Inherits From Its Teacher
DeepSeek V4 Flash scores 45 points more censored on China-sensitive questions than on matched controls. Every model trained on it stays at the level of the untouched American base.
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CTGT wins award for AI model customization
CTGT wins Best Presentation Style at VB Transform 2025, showcasing AI model customization that reduces trust barriers and computational needs for enterprises.
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CTGT wins award for AI model customization
CTGT wins Best Presentation Style at VB Transform 2025, showcasing AI model customization that reduces trust barriers and computational needs for enterprises.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at CTGT over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
19
Postings analysed
6
Stack modernity
98/100AI adopter
Languages
JavaScript
Python
Rust
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch
Transformers
React.js
Databases
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
AWS
GCP
Kubernetes
AI & ML
LLM
Claude
Gemini
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19 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$250k
Typical range
$144k – $250k
Open positions
5
5
Jobs
Intern
40%
Senior
60%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 2 | $144k | $144k |
| Senior | 3 | $250k | $250k |
Highest paying role
Senior Software Engineer, Platform
$250k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at CTGT
By role, level and city, against the market · 5 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
58/100
Growing
Open positions
6
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
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.
Backend
67%
AI/ML
33%
Activity Timeline
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added Interpretability to stack
Sep 2026
Added TypeScript to stack
Sep 2026
Added Rust to stack
Sep 2026
Added React.js to stack
Sep 2026
Added PostgreSQL to stack
Sep 2026
Added Kubernetes to stack
Sep 2026
Added Docker to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
6 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff $208k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, AI/ML
Jobs
$175k – $250k per year • Equity 0.5–1% • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • San Francisco
LLM
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$175k – $250k per year • Equity 0.5–1% • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • San Francisco
Claude
Gemini
LLM
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$96k – $144k per year • In office • Internship • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco
Python
JavaScript
Rust
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Claude
PyTorch
Gemini
LLM
Interpretability
Machine Learning
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Terraform
Docker
Kubernetes
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$96k – $144k per year • In office • Internship • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco
Python
JavaScript
Claude
Gemini
LLM
DevOps
GCP
Git
AWS
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≈ $125k – $276k per year (Estimated) • Equity 0.5–1% • In office • Full-Time • 1+ year exp • San Francisco
Transformers
PyTorch
LLM
Interpretability
Machine Learning
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$175k – $250k per year • Equity 0.5–1% • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • San Francisco
LLM
DevOps
Terraform
Apply
Financials
Total raised
$7.2M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $7.2M | Details |