First Resonance
firstresonance.io
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$30M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$12.5M
Venture round · Dec 2024 · 21 mo ago
Team
29
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +12% in a year
Hiring now
13
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
4
Blue Bear Capital, Craft Ventures
The money's age
Due for its next round
21 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
3/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Dec 2024 | $12.5M | Third Prime lead | Pulse 2.0 |
| Series A | Dec 2021 | $14M | — | venturebeat.com |
| Venture round | Feb 2021 | $3.5M | — | dot.la |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | First Resonance, Inc. | sec |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Neal SarrafExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Karan TalatiExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Blue Bear Capital 
Craft Ventures 
Fika Ventures 
Stage Venture Partners Similar startupsby what they do, their industry and backers
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How First Resonance hires
Truth index
C 68/100
Ghost roles
54%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
First Resonance scores C on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 13 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 54% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
News
We're partnering with Razorleaf to link ION to PLM, ERP, MES and CRM systemsoptimizing workflows and improving data accuracy. This advances our mission to give space, nuclear and robotics industries agility, security and intelligence to build the future. September 9, 2025
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E5: Karan Talati: SpaceX engineer to raising $30 million for First Resonance
Karan is the Co-founder and CEO of First Resonance, (building the next-generation manufacturing software platform for modern manufacturers)
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First Look at First Resonance
ION, by First Resonance, ties manufacturing together with a factory operating system for the modern factory
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First Resonance: Digital Manufacturing Solutions Company Raises $12.5 Million
First Resonance - a leader in digital manufacturing solutions - announced the closing of its latest funding round, led by Third Prime, with support from Craft Ventures, Blue Bear Capital, and E12. This round, which brings the total funding raised to $32 m
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at First Resonance over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
31
Postings analysed
12
Stack modernity
80/100AI adopter
Languages
Python75%
TypeScript67%
JavaScript25%
Go8%
Frameworks & libraries
Jest8%
Next.js8%
Pytest8%
React.js8%
Databases
PostgreSQL8%
Cloud & platforms
AWS25%
Amazon EC28%
Amazon ECS8%
Amazon EKS8%
AI & ML
Claude8%
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Full First Resonance tech stack
31 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$175k
Typical range
$125k – $350k
Open positions
13
7
Jobs
Junior
14.3%
Middle
14.3%
Senior
42.9%
Staff
14.3%
Principal
14.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $150k | $150k |
| Middle | 1 | $175k | $175k |
| Senior | 3 | $190k | $190k – $350k |
| Staff | 1 | $210k | $210k |
| Principal | 1 | $210k | $210k |
Highest paying role
Senior Account Executive
$350k
Normalized to USD per year
People
Neal Sarraf
Executive Officer, Director
Karan Talati
Executive Officer, Director
Blake Vaughn
Director
Eric Manlunas
Director
Michael Tam
Director
Vaughn Blake
Director
Michael Kim
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
45/100
Stable
Open positions
13
0 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
177 days
faster than 12% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~12 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.
Product
33% ▲
Backend
17% ▼
HR
17% ▼
Sales
17% ▼
Solutions
17% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added UML to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
Los Angeles
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El Segundo
United States
HQ
Address:
2030 E Maple Ave, Suite 400, El Segundo, CA 90245
Los Angeles
United States
Plant / site
10 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 50-200 est. staff $195k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Product, Solutions
San Francisco
United States
Engineering / R&D
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions
Boston
United States
Engineering / R&D
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions
Earlier presence
Austin, United States
Jobs
$120k – $150k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Los Angeles
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$145k – $175k per year • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • Boston
Python
TypeScript
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$140k – $175k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Los Angeles
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Agile
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$175k – $210k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Los Angeles
Python
Go
JavaScript
Node JS
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CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
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Amazon EC2
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Amazon ECS
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$170k – $210k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Los Angeles
CI/CD
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$145k – $175k per year • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • United States
Python
TypeScript
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$145k – $175k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Los Angeles
Python
TypeScript
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$160k – $190k per year • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • Los Angeles
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQLAlchemy
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Claude
AI Agents
Frontend
GraphQL
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
Terraform
AWS
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Management
Agile
UML
QA
Jest
Pytest
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$160k – $190k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Los Angeles
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Diffusion Models
RAG
Anomaly Detection
DevOps
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
GDPR
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$145k – $175k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Los Angeles
Python
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$145k – $175k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
Python
TypeScript
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