Martian
Artificial Intelligence · AI Safety & Alignment
Overview
Martian researches AI interpretability, working to explain what happens inside a model rather than treating it as a black box. It applies that work commercially through model routing and evaluation products. The company publishes research alongside its tools.
Funding and backers
Backers
3
Plug and Play, General Catalyst
Momentum
30/100
in the news, rising traction
Last sign of life
2 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
2022
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
4
best: 3 points
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General CatalystVia a fund
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NEAVia a fund
672 portfolio companies
Plug and PlayVia a fund
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News
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The Martian weatherman
James Tillman '58, SM '61, began designing instruments to study Martian weather as an MIT student. When NASA decided to shut down the Viking mission after two years, he wouldn't hear of it.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco
United States
HQ