Terra AI
Science & Engineering · Natural Resources
6open roles
$265kmedian advertised pay
$20Mlatest round · Series A · Jun 2026 · 5 mo ago
2backers · Plug and Play, Khosla Ventures
Overview
A geoscience frontier company building AI to accelerate subsurface resource development for a clean energy future.
How Terra AI hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
Terra AI scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% 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
Funding and backers
Total raised
$20M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$20M
Series A · Jun 2026 · 5 mo ago
Team
15
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +67% in a year
Hiring now
7
+4 posted in 30 days
Grants
$274k
1 grant · CORDIS
Backers
2
Plug and Play, Khosla Ventures
The money's age
Fresh money
5 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
43/100
hiring for its size, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 3
Raised a round Series A $20M · led by Khosla Ventures · YahooFinance
2025
Team of 15 was 9 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Sep 1, 2024
Won a grant $274k · CORDIS
2023
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Jun 2026 | $20M | Khosla Ventures lead | YahooFinance |
| Grant | Sep 2024 | $274k | — | CORDIS |
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$265k
Typical range
$225k – $400k
Open positions
7
7
Jobs
Senior
28.6%
Staff
28.6%
Architect
42.9%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 2 | $238k | $225k – $250k |
| Staff | 2 | $270k | $265k – $275k |
| Architect | 3 | $300k | $250k – $400k |
Highest paying role
VP of Engineering
$400k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Terra AI
By role, level and city, against the market · 7 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
0
H-1B filings in 12 months
7
Open roles in United States
In the register as Terra AI, Inc., Redwood City, CA
Other sponsors in the same field
Exodigo 
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Codex 
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US Department of Labor · latest filing May 15, 2025 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
73/100
Growing
Open positions
7
5 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
143 days
faster than 8% of the market
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.
Leadership
40% ▲
Energy
40% ▲
Management
20% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added LLM to stack
Oct 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Terra AI over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
17
Postings analysed
10
Stack modernity
69/100AI adopter
Languages
Julia10%
Python10%
C++10%
Fortran10%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch30%
Dagster10%
JAX10%
TensorFlow10%
Cloud & platforms
Flyte10%
Prefect10%
AI & ML
LLM10%
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17 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Connections
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Shared investors
Khosla VenturesVia a fund
Plug and PlayVia a fund
2741 portfolio companies
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News
Terra AI raises $20M to Accelerate Mineral and Reservoir Exploration to Meet Global Critical Mineral and Energy Demands
Terra AI, the artificial intelligence platform helping solve subsurface uncertainty for mineral and energy development, today announced it raised $20 million Series A led by Khosla Ventures and strategic investment from BHP Ventures.
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Terra AI raises $20M to Accelerate Mineral and Reservoir Exploration to Meet Global Critical Mineral and Energy Demands
/CNW/ -- Terra AI, the artificial intelligence platform helping solve subsurface uncertainty for mineral and energy development, today announced it raised $20...
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News WSJ Silicon Valley Is Racing to Make Critical Mineralsand Blunt China's Dominance Read article
Silicon Valley Is Racing to Make Critical Mineralsand Blunt China's Dominance
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Redwood City
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Palo Alto
United States
HQ
Redwood City
United States
Engineering / R&D
6 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $285k Avg Salary
hires for Energy, Leadership, Management