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Funding and backers

Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
11
+11 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
General Catalyst
Momentum
50/100
hiring for its size, a new city
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
2024 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Dryft Inc. Dryft Inc. its site
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Intelligence that Runs Manufacturing Operations. Dryft builds artificial intelligence that mimics, optimizes, and automates complex human decisions in manufacturing operations.

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Shared investors1
606 portfolio companies

News

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News AppleInsider 11 years ago
Apple reportedly purchased keyboard app maker Dryft last year
Apple recently acquired Dryft, a software keyboard developer headed up by one of the cofounders of popular third-party app Swype, according to a report on Wednesday.
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News MacRumors 11 years ago
Apple Acquired Keyboard Startup 'Dryft' in 2014
Over the last few weeks, several previously unknown Apple acquisitions have surfaced.
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News TechCrunch 11 years ago
Apple Quietly Bought Dryft, A Keyboard App
Apple quietly bought Dryft, a startup thatdevelops keyboard apps - an acquisition that appears to have occurred last year - TechCrunch has learned. The
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News Business Insider 13 years ago
It Didn't Win Disrupt, But Dryft Could Be The Best Thing To Happen To Tablet Keyboards
Dryft introduces innovative tablet keyboards, aiming to enhance typing experiences for mobile users.
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News TechCrunch 13 years ago
The Final 6 Disrupt SF Startups: Cota, Dryft, Fates Forever, Layer, Regalii And Soil IQ
This year'sTechCrunch Disrupt San Franciscohas hit attendance records and been one of the most exciting we've ever had. Over the past few days, 3200 people have walked through the concourse to watch Valley titans and newcomers hash it out with the TechCru
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News TechCrunch 13 years ago
Dryft Wants To Reinvent The Way We Type On Tablets
Let's face it: tablets have grown to be tremendously popular (to the point where traditional PCs sales are slumping), but typing on them is still sort of a pain. After all, no matter how accustomed you get to typing away on a smooth slate of glass or plas
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News blog.dryft.net 15 years ago
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Dryft over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
17
Postings analysed
8
Stack modernity
78/100AI adopter
Languages
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
Chakra UI
FastAPI
Pydantic
Pydantic AI
Databases
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
Langfuse
AI & ML
LLM
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Full Dryft tech stack 17 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Growth

Hiring Momentum
81/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
11
15 opened / 8 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
290 days
faster than 4% of the market
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.
AI/ML
25% ▲
Early Careers
25% ▲
Solutions
25% ▲
Sales
13% ▲
Communications
6% ▲
Marketing
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Early Careers (+4 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+15 jobs in a week Oct 2026
New location: Munich Oct 2026
Added YouTube to stack Oct 2026
Added LinkedIn to stack Oct 2026
Added Instagram to stack Oct 2026
Added LLM Guardrails to stack Oct 2026
Added LLM to stack Oct 2026
Added Claude Code to stack Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
San Francisco
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San Francisco United States
Plant / site
7 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 29% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Early Careers, Communications
seen since Aug 2025 job postings
Munich Germany
Plant / site
6 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Solutions, AI/ML, Sales
seen since Oct 2026 job postings

Jobs

≈ $71k – $149k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Munich
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
FastAPI
Pydantic
Databases
PostgreSQL
pgvector
AI/ML
Langfuse
Pydantic AI
Frontend
React.js
TanStack Router
Chakra UI
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≈ $105k – $230k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Munich
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
FastAPI
Pydantic
Databases
PostgreSQL
pgvector
AI/ML
Langfuse
Pydantic AI
LLM
LLM Guardrails
Frontend
React.js
Vite
TanStack Router
Chakra UI
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≈ $83k – $200k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Munich
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≈ $71k – $149k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Munich
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≈ $126k – $281k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
FastAPI
Pydantic
Databases
PostgreSQL
pgvector
AI/ML
Langfuse
Pydantic AI
Frontend
React.js
TanStack Router
Chakra UI
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In office · Internship · San Francisco
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
FastAPI
Pydantic
Databases
PostgreSQL
pgvector
AI/ML
Langfuse
Pydantic AI
LLM
LLM Guardrails
Frontend
React.js
Vite
TanStack Router
Chakra UI
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≈ $197k – $391k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
FastAPI
Pydantic
Databases
PostgreSQL
pgvector
AI/ML
Langfuse
Pydantic AI
LLM
LLM Guardrails
Frontend
React.js
Vite
TanStack Router
Chakra UI
Apply