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convergentresearch.org • HQ: Cambridge, United States • Research Institutes • Science & Engineering • 11-50 employees • Est. 2021 • Trust A • Hiring 21, 3 new
HQ: Cambridge, United States • Research Institutes • Science & Engineering • 11-50 employees • Est. 2021 • Trust A • Hiring 21, 3 new
Convergent Research creates focused research organisations that attack scientific and engineering bottlenecks too large for a single academic laboratory and too unprofitable for a startup. Its model funds a fixed term team with a concrete engineering goal, and the organisations it has launched span brain mapping, biology tooling, materials and computing. The group works with philanthropic funders and spins each organisation out as an independent institute; its portfolio institutes operate as independent non-profits once their initial programme is funded.
unlimitedindustries.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Manufacturing & Industrial Software • Construction • 11-50 employees • Startup • Hiring 8
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Manufacturing & Industrial Software • Construction • 11-50 employees • Startup • Hiring 8
UNLIMITED transforms how critical infrastructure is engineered and delivered, accelerating a future of abundance with AI-powered, outcome-aligned execution.
calahealth.com • HQ: San Mateo, United States • Neurotech & Neuromodulation • 201-500 employees • Est. 2014 • Startup • Hiring 10, 1 new
HQ: San Mateo, United States • Neurotech & Neuromodulation • 201-500 employees • Est. 2014 • Startup • Hiring 10, 1 new
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$125k – $175k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (San Mateo, San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • GMP / cleanroom • Senior
lambdarobotics.ai • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Industrial Robotics • Startup • Hiring 4
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Industrial Robotics • Startup • Hiring 4
Lambda Robotics builds autonomous robots for the data centers and facilities that keep AI compute running, deploying them into the real world where they improve with every deployment. Its vacancies include a founding go-to-market lead, electrical and mechatronics engineers and a robotics infrastructure software engineer. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
anthropic.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Code Intelligence • AI Research Labs • AI Safety & Alignment • Foundation Models • LLM & Generative AI • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2021 • Trust B • Hiring 675, 58 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Code Intelligence • AI Research Labs • AI Safety & Alignment • Foundation Models • LLM & Generative AI • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2021 • Trust B • Hiring 675, 58 new
Anthropic is an American artificial intelligence safety and research company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, among them the siblings Dario and Daniela Amodei. It develops the Claude family of large language models and ships them through a consumer assistant, an enterprise developer platform and the Claude Code agentic coding tool, alongside open standards such as the Model Context Protocol. Incorporated as a public benefit corporation and headquartered in San Francisco, the company concentrates on interpretability, alignment and reliability research and counts Google and Amazon among its largest investors.
polymathrobotics.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Mining & Heavy Industry Robotics • Autonomous Driving • Robotic Software & Control Systems • 11-50 employees • Startup • Hiring 4
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Mining & Heavy Industry Robotics • Autonomous Driving • Robotic Software & Control Systems • 11-50 employees • Startup • Hiring 4
Polymath Robotics builds core autonomy and safety systems for off-highway vehicles such as wheel loaders, haul trucks and excavators. Its software is deployed at steel mills, mines and farms and is used by OEMs, fleet operators and defense customers, and the company hires applications, controls and verification and validation engineers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
specter.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • IoT Platforms & Solutions • Sensors & Transducers • Est. 2021 • Likely startup • Trust C • Hiring 33, 1 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • IoT Platforms & Solutions • Sensors & Transducers • Est. 2021 • Likely startup • Trust C • Hiring 33, 1 new
Specter is an American hardware and software startup founded in 2021 that builds connected sensing systems under the tagline Creating a software defined physical world. It designs, manufactures and deploys its own devices, hiring RF systems, mechanical and manufacturing engineers as well as deployment operations staff. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
waabi.ai • HQ: Toronto, Canada • Autonomous Driving • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2021 • Trust A • Hiring 87, 3 new
HQ: Toronto, Canada • Autonomous Driving • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2021 • Trust A • Hiring 87, 3 new
Waabi is an artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicle technology company headquartered in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2021. The company develops an end-to-end artificial intelligence software platform, known as the Waabi Driver, and a simulation environment called Waabi World to power autonomous trucks and robotaxis. It operates primarily in the North American logistics and transportation sectors through strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as Volvo, Uber Freight, and NVIDIA.
≈ $127k – $239k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • In office (Pittsburgh, San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
$225k – $300k per year • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Shift work • Senior • Vietnamese: C1 (Optional)
foundation.bot • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Industrial Robotics • Humanoid Robots • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2024 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 24
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Industrial Robotics • Humanoid Robots • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2024 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 24
Foundation is a robotics company that develops humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics work that remains manual. It runs pilots in consumer goods, beverage and glass production and builds both the hardware and the control software in house. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
span.io • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Smart Home Devices • Energy Management • EV Charging • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 29, 2 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Smart Home Devices • Energy Management • EV Charging • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 29, 2 new
SPAN is a home energy technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2018. The company develops and manufactures smart electrical panels that replace traditional circuit breakers to provide real-time energy monitoring, circuit-level control, and integrated management for solar, battery storage, and electric vehicle charging. It serves residential customers across the United States through a network of certified installers and partners with utilities to enhance grid stability and support home electrification.
$113k – $150k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Hazardous materials • Senior
hubble.com • HQ: Las Vegas, United States • IoT Connectivity • IoT Platforms & Solutions • 201-500 employees • Startup • Hiring 17
HQ: Las Vegas, United States • IoT Connectivity • IoT Platforms & Solutions • 201-500 employees • Startup • Hiring 17
Track and transmit with confidence. Powered by space-grade coverage.. Unlock low-cost global transmission and visibility for any device with a Bluetooth® chip. No modems, no infrastructure, no custom hardware required.
$138k – $168k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Seattle, San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Nationals only • Senior
cosmicrobotics.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Construction • Construction Robotics • 1-10 employees • Est. 2019 • Startup • Hiring 5, 1 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Construction • Construction Robotics • 1-10 employees • Est. 2019 • Startup • Hiring 5, 1 new
Cosmic Robotics builds robotic equipment for autonomous construction of critical infrastructure, starting with solar farms and data centers. Its Cosmic-1 system installs solar panels ten times faster than current methods, and it hires forward deployed, electrical and mechanical engineers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
rockytalkie.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • RF & Wireless Hardware • Outdoor & Camping Gear • Est. 2019 • Hiring 2
HQ: San Francisco, United States • RF & Wireless Hardware • Outdoor & Camping Gear • Est. 2019 • Hiring 2
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plaud.ai • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Office & Productivity Software • Speech & Audio AI • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2021 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 46, 2 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Office & Productivity Software • Speech & Audio AI • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2021 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 46, 2 new
Plaud is an AI hardware and software company headquartered in San Francisco that makes AI voice recorders and note-taking devices, with companion apps that transcribe, summarize and organize in-person conversations, phone calls and online meetings. Incorporated in Delaware and with further offices in Singapore, Tokyo, Shenzhen, Seattle and Beijing, it reports more than 2,500,000 users since 2023 and a $300 million revenue run rate reached within three years as a bootstrapped, profitable business. It hires machine learning engineers for speech models, full-stack and security engineers, product and growth managers, hardware designers and regional marketing and PR staff.
doordash.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Marketplaces • Delivery • 5000+ employees • Est. 2013 • NASDAQ: DASH • Trust B • Hiring 381, 28 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Marketplaces • Delivery • 5000+ employees • Est. 2013 • NASDAQ: DASH • Trust B • Hiring 381, 28 new
DoorDash is an American delivery company founded in 2013 that started with restaurant orders in suburban markets the incumbents had ignored, and now holds the largest share of United States food delivery. It has extended the same courier network into grocery, convenience, alcohol and retail delivery, sells a white-label fulfilment service to merchants who want deliveries from their own apps, and operates an advertising business selling placement to restaurants and brands. Headquartered in San Francisco and listed on Nasdaq, it acquired the European platform Deliveroo and the hospitality software firm SevenRooms in 2025.
gram.ai • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Robotic Software & Control Systems • Robotics AI • Hiring 13
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Robotic Software & Control Systems • Robotics AI • Hiring 13
GRAM is a robotics company working on self-replicating machines and creating populations of insectoid robots for the physical economy. It hires robotics systems, manipulation, mechanical design, magnetics and robot data infrastructure engineers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
impulselabs.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Energy Management • Home Appliances • Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Energy Management • Home Appliances • Hiring 1
Impulse Labs is an early-stage, venture-backed hardware company of engineers and designers building high-performance electric stoves and products for whole-home electrification. It hires systems electrical engineers for hardware development and mechanical engineers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
airwallex.com • HQ: Singapore • Cards & Card Issuing • Currency Exchange & FX Payments • Payment Processing & Gateways • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015 • Trust A • Hiring 493, 37 new
HQ: Singapore • Cards & Card Issuing • Currency Exchange & FX Payments • Payment Processing & Gateways • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015 • Trust A • Hiring 493, 37 new
Airwallex is a financial technology company founded in Melbourne in 2015 that builds cross-border payment and treasury infrastructure for businesses. It holds payment and money transfer licences in a large number of jurisdictions, which lets customers open local currency accounts, collect and pay out in dozens of currencies, issue cards and embed those capabilities through APIs rather than assembling bank relationships themselves. The company moved its headquarters to Singapore, serves marketplaces, software platforms and international ecommerce sellers, and has raised more than a billion dollars from growth investors.
