Project Canary

Oil & Gas · Environmental Science
4open roles
3backers · Techstars, Energy Impact Partners
106team · US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
19stories in the press

Overview

Project Canary helps oil & gas operators and natural gas utilities turn methane detection data into operational intelligence – from mobile leak survey to emissions reporting and regulatory defensibility.

Funding and backers

Team
106
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Hiring now
4
open roles
Backers
3
Techstars, Energy Impact Partners
Momentum
25/100
a new city, in the news
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
2018 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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$150k – $200k per year · In office · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$195k
Typical range
$150k – $200k
Open positions
4
4 Jobs
Middle 25%
Senior 75%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 1 $150k $150k
Senior 3 $200k $190k – $200k
Highest paying role Senior Electrical Engineer $200k
Normalized to USD per year

Visa sponsorship

#3,445 of 8,998 sponsors
3 ▲ 50%
H-1B filings in 12 months
1
Green card filings
$123k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Physicists
1
Other engineers
1
Data scientists
1
The salary offered for each occupationVisa pass · 90 credits
In the register as Project Canary, PBC, Denver, CO (+1 more)
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Apr 28, 2026 · Visa details by country

Growth

Hiring Momentum
48/100
Stable
Open positions
4
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
24 days
faster than 53% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 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.
Hardware
60% ▼
Backend
20% ▲
Operations
10% ▲
Industrial Engineering
10% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Wi-Fi to stack Oct 2026
Added OrCAD to stack Oct 2026
Added LTspice to stack Oct 2026
Added C++ to stack Oct 2026
Added Python to stack Oct 2026
Added Pytest to stack Oct 2026
Added CI/CD to stack Oct 2026
New location: Longmont Oct 2026
Added Rust to stack Oct 2026
New location: Hayward Sep 2026
+5 jobs in a week Sep 2026

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Project Canary over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
9
Postings analysed
4
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
Python
C++
Rust
Frameworks & libraries
Pytest
Cloud & platforms
Linux
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Shared investors3
148 portfolio companies: Zitara, JOLT, ASI and 145 more
812 portfolio companies
TechstarsVia a fund
4368 portfolio companies

News

Blog 2 months ago
Compliance vs. Defensibility: Leak Survey Data Management for Gas Utilities
A gas utility can meet every survey schedule and still struggle to show which indications mattered and what happened to them. Compliance requirements for gas distribution have been in motion since 2020. The federal leak detection and repair (LDAR) rulemak
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Report
Blog 4 months ago
How Gas Utilities Get More From Internal Systems With Methane Intelligence
Internal systems manage the work. Methane intelligence helps utilities decide which work to prioritize. Gas utilities manage leak detection and repair through internal systems built for a broader purpose. Geographic information systems map the network. Wo
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Blog 5 months ago
Detection Is Only the Beginning: How Gas Utilities Close the Leak Detection to Repair Workflow Gap
The next challenge is turning methane information into operational action, defensible decisions, and system-wide value Methane detection has improved significantly in recent years. Gas utilities have more ways to identify potential leaks across their dist
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Blog 6 months ago
Project Canary Validation Testing Confirms Advanced Mobile Leak Detection Performance for Natural Gas Utilities
Based on controlled release testing at three facilities spanning distinct geographic regions, covering release rates from 0.2 to 120 scfh and distances up to 200 feet from buried pipeline infrastructure. For natural gas utilities, the question is no longe
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Blog 6 months ago
What Utilities Should Look for When Evaluating Advanced Mobile Leak Detection (AMLD) Solutions
Natural gas utilities have always surveyed their distribution networks for leaks. For most of the industry's history, that meant walking crews with handheld instruments - effective but slow and labor-intensive at scale. AMLD changes that equation. Vehicle
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Blog 6 months ago
How AGD Raised Utility Leak Find Rates from 47% to 75% with Advanced Mobile Leak Detection
For leak detection contractors working in dense urban environments, the gap between detection and confirmation is where programs break down. Mobile surveys flag indications. Field teams go investigate. And too often, they come back empty-handed - burning
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Blog 8 months ago
Seeing the Full Picture: The Next Phase of Methane Management
The Incomplete View Methane management has reached an inflection point. Over the past few years, we've seen the industry invest heavily in measurement. Continuous monitors and flyovers are deployed, data is flowing, and emissions performance is being trac
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Blog 8 months ago
Project Canary's Analysis of Continuous Methane Monitoring Data Finds Short-Lived Events Drive an Outsized Share of Total Emissions
Based on one of the largest site-level continuous methane monitoring datasets - 24.7 million 15-minute measurements across 940 upstream facilities in seven U.S. basins - analyzed using a consistent event-detection approach. DENVER / PR Newswire / February
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Blog 11 months ago
CEO WILL FOILES on AI IN 2026
This is a short set of predictions about where AI adoption could go next year. I'm sharing it because most teams are still planning around capabilities, while the real bottlenecks are starting to show up elsewhere. I think 2026 is the year AI collides wit
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Blog 11 months ago
Methane is a signal that you're losing profit
Most "lost profit" stories in methane seem impressive. Big leak, big number, big ROI slide. The math is straightforward. Estimate a leak rate, assume it lasted for weeks or months, multiply by the gas price, and you get a substantial dollar amount. That a
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Denver
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Denver United States
HQ
Aeris Technologies
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $200k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware
2228 Blake Street, Denver, CO 80205
seen since Sep 2026 company site, job postings
Hayward United States
Engineering / R&D
3 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $180k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Backend
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Earlier presence
Longmont, United States 1 open roles · last posting Oct 2026