First Hand
Machine Learning · Digital Marketing
$52.9Mtotal raised · 3 rounds on record
1open role
$10Mlatest round · Venture round · Jul 2026 · 4 mo ago
2backers · Plug and Play, Radical Ventures
Overview
AI-powered Brand Agents built for marketers and publishers to engage consumers with their knowledge, everywhere.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$52.9M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$10M
Venture round · Jul 2026 · 4 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
2
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Plug and Play, Radical Ventures
The money's age
Fresh money
4 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
33/100
hiring for its size, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 9
Raised a round Venture round $10M · SEC Form D
Jan 26, 2023
Raised a round Venture round $28.1M · SEC Form D
2023
Founded
Dec 6, 2021
New executive Samir Malik, Executive Officer, Director · SEC Form D
Nov 19, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $14.8M · SEC Form D
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jul 2026 | $10M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jan 2023 | $28.1M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Nov 2021 | $14.8M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | FirstHand Health, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Annmarie TennExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Andrew HayekExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Robert VoreyerExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Julianna OswaldExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Samir MalikExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Ananth LalithakumarExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Jobs
$195k – $210k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · New York
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$210k
Typical range
$210k
Open positions
1
1
Jobs
Staff
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | 1 | $210k | $210k |
Highest paying role
Staff Product Manager, AI/ML
$210k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
49/100
Stable
Open positions
2
1 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
56 days
faster than 24% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
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.
Design
50% ▼
Sales
50% ▲
People
Annmarie Tenn
Executive Officer
Andrew Hayek
Executive Officer, Director
Robert Voreyer
Executive Officer
Julianna Oswald
Executive Officer
Samir Malik
Executive Officer, Director
Ananth Lalithakumar
Executive Officer
Doug Wenners
Director
Benjamin Robbins
Director
Cory Roberts
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at First Hand over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
85/100
Practices & domains
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Shared investors
Radical VenturesVia a fund
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
New York
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Astoria
United States
HQ
New York
United States
Sales office
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $210k Avg Salary
hires for Product, Sales