Thistle

Prepared Foods · Nutrition & Dietetics
5open roles
Growinghiring pace, 71 of 100
200+people
39stories in the press

Overview

Thistle is a food company that delivers fully prepared, healthy meals, snacks, desserts and organic cold-pressed juices. Its meals are made without gluten and dairy, vegan options are available, and the company runs its own production kitchens and logistics. The company is headquartered in Vacaville, California, United States.

Key facts

As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 5 open roles at Thistle. Thistle is headquartered in Vacaville, United States. It was founded in 2013. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $1M, announced in 2015.

Headquarters
Vacaville, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Founded
2013Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Employees
200+Alion company profile, an estimated range
Total raised
$1MSum of 1 equity round Alion knows
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown · $1M · Oct 12, 2015Press report · techcrunch.com
Technologies in its job postings
8Named in its job postings

Jobs

≈ $124k – $239k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · United States
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≈ $89k – $171k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · United States
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
71/100
Growing
Open positions
5
4 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
6 days
faster than 86% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~8 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.
Industrial Engineering
36% ▼
Operations
14% ▲
Hospitality
14% ▲
Administrative
7% ▼
Analytics
7% ▼
Design
7% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added GMP to stack Nov 2026
New location: Chicago Nov 2026
New location: United States Oct 2026
New location: Burlington Oct 2026
New location: Seattle Oct 2026
+7 jobs in a week Sep 2026

Financials

Total raised
$1M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2015 $1M Details

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Thistle over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
8
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
72/100
Languages
Python
SQL
Databases
Amazon Redshift
Google BigQuery
Snowflake
Developer tools
dbt
Practices & domains
ETL/ELT
GMP
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Connections

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Shared investors1
Atento CapitalVia a fund
86 portfolio companies: WriteSea, WeReno, We Are Palta and 83 more

News

News thistle-threads.blogspot.com 2 years ago
Witney Catalogs 2022-2024
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News uni-koeln.de 2 years ago
New compound from blessed thistle promotes functional nerve regeneration
Researchers from the University of Cologne have found a new use for Cnicin, a substance produced in blessed thistle. Clinical studies are being planned / publication in 'Phytomedicine'
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News Neuroscience News 2 years ago
Blessed Thistle Enhances Nerve Regeneration
Cnicin, a compound derived from the plant Blessed Thistle, significantly enhances nerve regeneration.
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News Fable Dev and AI Research 2 years ago
Thistle Gulch Simulation - v0.3
A more powerful API (see docs) with demos for each one that provide a reference implementation on how they each work and that you can use as a basis for your own creations. There's also the new on_tick() callback, allowing you to react to things as the Ru
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News Vogue 2 years ago
Hangover Helper? This Supplement Supports Liver Health and Could Help
The herb is known to help with digestion and support detoxification.
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News Fable Dev and AI Research 2 years ago
Beta Application for Thistle Gulch Now Open!
We are thrilled to unveil an upcoming revolution in AI-driven simulations. Thistle Gulch is our first Multi-Agent Gym Environment or
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News Science News 2 years ago
On hot summer days, this thistle is somehow cool to the touch
In hot Spanish summers, the thistle Carlina corymbosa is somehow able to cool itself substantially below air temperature.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Vacaville
Vacaville United States
HQ
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for HR
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Burlington United States
2 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hospitality
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Earlier presence
Seattle, United States 1 open roles · last posting Oct 2026
Chicago, United States 1 open roles · last posting Nov 2026

How to cite this page

Alion, "Thistle: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/thistle-co

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