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Funding and backers
Total raised
$2.6M
1 round on record
Latest round
$2.6M
Venture round · Jul 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Backers
2
Y Combinator, Soma Capital
The money's age
Long since its last round
51 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
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
Jun 29, 2024
On the Hacker News front page It's not just you, Next.js is getting harder to use · 146 points
Feb 10, 2024
On the Hacker News front page Becoming a dungeon master for an interview · 200 points
Feb 17, 2023
On the Hacker News front page I love building a startup in Rust but wouldn't pick it again · 253 points
Jul 28, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $2.6M · PYMNTS.com
Jan 2022
Went through Y Combinator
2021
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
22
best: 253 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jul 2022 | $2.6M | — | PYMNTS.com |
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Write Rust-like code in TypeScript
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Developer Uncertainty
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Understanding Hydration Errors by building a SSR React Project
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Make your LLMs worse with this MCP Tool
We are a remote company, and as a remote company, there just aren't as many opportunities for hanging out, talking around the water cooler.Being a CEO with my priorities straight, I'd like to mandate that all our employees engage in at least 90 minutes of
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It's not just you, Next.js is getting harder to use
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JWT Authentication Explained with Code Examples
When I'm trying to understand a concept, I like to play around with relevant libraries. We'll try this out with JWTs using the popular javascript library jsonwebtoken.
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Becoming a Dungeon Master for an Interview
Interviews should be as close as possible to the work that the candidate would do if they join.While that seems like a pretty tautological statement, it is unfortunately not always true. When interviewing as a software engineer, for example, you'll run in
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Should I Apply for a Startup Accelerator?
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A Founder's Guide to Surviving Family Holiday Parties
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at PropelAuth over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
8
Postings analysed
4
Stack modernity
80/100
Languages
Python
Rust
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
React Native
Svelte
Cloud & platforms
AWS
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Full PropelAuth tech stack
8 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Growth
Hiring Momentum
34/100
Slowing
Open positions
0
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
53 days
faster than 25% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
10/26/2026
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.
Backend
75% ▼
Support
25% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added React.js to stack
Sep 2026
Added JavaScript to stack
Sep 2026
Added Svelte to stack
Sep 2026
Added React Native to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco
United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff
Financials
Total raised
$2.6M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | $2.6M | Details |