Onton
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$7.5M
1 round on record
Latest round
$7.5M
Venture round · Nov 2025 · 11 mo ago
Team
9
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
Hiring now
2
open roles
Backers
1
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The money's age
Fresh money
11 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
20/100
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
Nov 26, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $7.5M
Nov 14, 2025
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: Infinite canvas product search and decision making
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 | Nov 2025 | $7.5M | — | manilatimes.net |
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Visa sponsorship
3
H-1B filings in 12 months
$158k
Median offered salary
2
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
General and operations managers
2
Software developers
1
In the register as Onton Inc., San Francisco, CA
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Overview
AI shopping assistant and image search engine for home decor. Type like you speak or search by image - we.
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Onton: $7.5 Million Closed To Accelerate AI Search Engine Growth
AI startup Onton has raised $7.5 million in seed funding as it works to transform how consumers discover and choose products online. The round was led by Footwork with participation from Liquid 2, Parable Ventures, 43, and additional investors, bringing t
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Onton Raises $7.5 Million to Power AI eCommerce Searches
eCommerce-focused artificial intelligence (AI) search startup Onton has raised $7.5 million in new funding.
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Onton raises $7.5M to expand its AI-powered shopping site beyond furniture
Onton, which changed its name from Deft, is giving users an infinite canvas with AI-powered image generation to nudge them toward making quicker purchase decisions.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Onton over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
6
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
72/100AI adopter
Cloud & platforms
OpenAI
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$235k
Typical range
$230k – $240k
Open positions
2
2
Jobs
Middle
50%
Staff
50%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 1 | $240k | $240k |
| Staff | 1 | $230k | $230k |
Highest paying role
Software Engineer
$240k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
48/100
Stable
Open positions
2
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.
AI/ML
50% ▼
Backend
50% ▼
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
3 open roles 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff $235k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Early Careers
Jobs
$195k – $230k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · Master's Degree · San Francisco
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$175k – $240k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · San Francisco
Fine-tuning
Multimodal AI
Diffusion Models
AI Agents
NLP
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Financials
Total raised
$7.5M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $7.5M | Details |