Watney
watney.com
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Products
People
Growth
Offices
Jobs
Financials
Funding and backers
Total raised
$21.1M
1 round on record
Latest round
$21.1M
Venture round · Apr 2025 · 16 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
24
+10 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Abstract, Hummingbird Ventures
The money's age
Due for its next round
16 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
17/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Apr 2025 | $21.1M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Watney Robotics Inc. | sec |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Ryan GannonExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Sean CheongExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Abstract 
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How Watney hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
Watney 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
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Watney over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
32
Postings analysed
12
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
Python33%
C++17%
Rust17%
Haskell8%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch33%
Embedded Rust8%
JAX8%
OpenTelemetry8%
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes8%
Linux8%
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Full Watney tech stack
32 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
People
Ryan Gannon
Executive Officer, Director
Sean Cheong
Executive Officer, Director
Sarah Guo
Director
Names and roles come from public filings, company registers and the company's own site. Is this you? Correct or remove
Growth
Hiring Momentum
48/100
Stable
Open positions
24
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~18 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
20% ▲
Backend
15% ▼
Robotics
15%
Management
15% ▲
HR
10% ▼
Operations
10% ▲
Actively hiring for AI/ML (+3 in 30 days)
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
24 open roles 21 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Robotics
Jobs
≈ $139k – $268k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • San Francisco
SolidWorks
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≈ $182k – $330k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
Python
Reinforcement Learning
PyTorch
Robotics
Imitation Learning
Reinforcement Learning
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≈ $172k – $370k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
Python
Reinforcement Learning
PyTorch
Robotics
Imitation Learning
Reinforcement Learning
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≈ $200k – $409k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
Python
JAX
PyTorch
Ray
Triton
Machine Learning
DevOps
SLURM
Kubernetes
Robotics
Localization
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≈ $83k – $192k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • San Francisco
Linux
Robotics
EtherCAT
Design
SolidWorks
Fusion 360
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≈ $120k – $244k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • San Francisco
Rust
C++
Teleoperation
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≈ $161k – $299k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
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≈ $195k – $365k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
Rust
C++
Haskell
LISP
OpenTelemetry
Robotics
Teleoperation
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≈ $155k – $318k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
Multimodal AI
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
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≈ $193k – $394k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
Python
TensorFlow
PyTorch
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≈ $143k – $275k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
SLAM
Path Planning
Model Predictive Control
Inverse Kinematics
Autonomous Navigation
Teleoperation
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≈ $161k – $299k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
Embedded Rust
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Financials
Total raised
$21.1M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $21.1M | Details |