The AIApply
Velocity List
The 100 scaling AI software companies hiring hardest in the US right now — ranked by live open roles, not by headline valuation.
- 100
- Companies ranked
- 3,140
- Live open roles
- 2,001
- Technical roles
- 35
- AI sectors
The state of AI hiring
Who is hiring hardest
Live open US roles, top 12 companies
Where the roles are
Share of open roles by AI sector
What they're hiring for
Open roles by job function
Hiring hotspots
Open roles by US state (top 12)
The ranking
- 01→469
Jerry.aiApplied AI
AI-first car ownership super app that shops insurance, financing and maintenance for drivers.
469 open · 216 technical · 18 cities
- 02→313
DatabricksData & AI Platform
The lakehouse company powering data engineering, analytics and AI for over 10,000 organizations.
313 open · 194 technical · 43 cities
- 03→248
WaymoAutonomy
Alphabet's autonomous driving company, running fully driverless commercial fleets across US cities.
248 open · 197 technical · 10 cities
- 04→215
Anduril IndustriesAI Defense
Builds Lattice, an autonomy and sensor-fusion software platform for defense hardware.
215 open · 142 technical · 20 cities
- 05→114
Lila SciencesAI for Science
Scientific superintelligence platform pairing AI with autonomous labs to accelerate discovery.
114 open · 95 technical · 2 cities
- 06→107
SpeechifyVoice AI
The world's most-used text-to-speech product, with AI voices and dubbing at consumer scale.
107 open · 84 technical · 1 cities
- 07→92
RobloxAI Platform
Immersive 3D platform investing heavily in generative AI for creation, safety and translation.
92 open · 72 technical · 2 cities
- 08→83
AuroraAutonomy
Self-driving technology company running driverless trucking on Texas freight lanes.
83 open · 54 technical · 12 cities
- 09→72
Latitude AIAutonomy
Ford's automated driving subsidiary building hands-free, eyes-off driver assistance.
72 open · 70 technical · 7 cities
- 10→66
Lightning AIAI Infrastructure
Creators of PyTorch Lightning, offering a full-stack cloud platform for training and serving AI.
66 open · 48 technical · 8 cities
- 11→65
ServiceNowEnterprise AI
Agentic AI workflow platform embedding Now Assist across enterprise operations.
65 open · 41 technical · 6 cities
- 12→65
AnthropicFrontier Lab
AI safety company behind Claude, focused on reliable, interpretable and steerable models.
65 open · 16 technical · 4 cities
- 13→63
CrowdStrikeAI Security
AI-native cybersecurity platform stopping breaches with Charlotte AI and Falcon telemetry.
63 open · 35 technical · 39 cities
- 14→50
o9 SolutionsEnterprise AI
AI-powered digital brain for supply chain planning and integrated business planning.
50 open · 50 technical · 50 cities
- 15→50
TenstorrentAI Chips
RISC-V AI accelerator company building open-source silicon and software for training.
50 open · 28 technical · 5 cities
- 16→50
Scale AIAI Data
Data foundry for frontier models: evaluation, RLHF and expert data for leading labs.
50 open · 45 technical · 7 cities
- 17→47
CleraApplied AI
AI-driven platform scaling clinical and operational workflows for modern care teams.
47 open · 33 technical · 7 cities
- 18→41
DatadogObservability AI
Cloud observability platform with Bits AI agents monitoring LLM and app stacks.
41 open · 23 technical · 20 cities
- 19→36
DiscordConsumer Platform
Communication platform for 200M+ users, shipping AI-assisted moderation and creation tools.
36 open · 26 technical · 3 cities
- 20→32
CoreWeaveAI Cloud
The AI hyperscaler renting GPU supercomputing capacity to frontier labs and enterprises.
32 open · 21 technical · 10 cities
- 21→32
OpenAIFrontier Lab
Creators of ChatGPT and the GPT model family, building toward safe artificial general intelligence.
32 open · 13 technical · 4 cities
- 22→27
BrazeMarketing AI
Customer engagement platform using AI to orchestrate cross-channel journeys in real time.
27 open · 19 technical · 4 cities
- 23→27
BrexFintech AI
AI-powered spend platform for startups and enterprises, from cards to close.
27 open · 5 technical · 4 cities
- 24→26
Shield AIAI Defense
Builds Hivemind, autonomy software flying aircraft without GPS or a pilot.
26 open · 21 technical · 5 cities
- 25→25
ZocksApplied AI
Private AI assistant capturing client conversations and automating advisor workflows.
25 open · 25 technical · 25 cities
- 26→25
Blackthorn.ioEnterprise AI
Salesforce-native events, payments and messaging apps with AI-assisted operations.
25 open · 25 technical · 25 cities
- 27→23
MongoDBAI Data
Developer data platform powering vector search and retrieval for AI applications.
23 open · 14 technical · 12 cities
- 28→23
CrusoeAI Cloud
Vertically integrated AI factory company building energy-first GPU data centers.
23 open · 5 technical · 8 cities
- 29→21
GustoVertical AI
Payroll and HR platform for SMBs with AI compliance and advisory tooling.
21 open · 2 technical · 6 cities
- 30→21
RemitlyFintech AI
Cross-border payments platform using ML for risk, pricing and disbursement.
21 open · 20 technical · 13 cities
- 31→19
DigitalOceanAI Cloud
Cloud for developers and scaleups, now serving GPU droplets and GenAI agent tooling.
19 open · 12 technical · 2 cities
- 32→18
SnowflakeData & AI Platform
AI Data Cloud running Cortex AI models and agents directly on enterprise data.
18 open · 7 technical · 9 cities
- 33→18
VerkadaAI Security
Cloud physical security platform with AI video search across cameras and sensors.
18 open · 8 technical · 7 cities
- 34→18
RokuConsumer Platform
Streaming platform applying ML to content discovery, ads and measurement.
18 open · 10 technical · 4 cities
- 35→17
GitLabDevSecOps AI
AI-powered DevSecOps platform with GitLab Duo code suggestions and agents.
17 open · 11 technical · 1 cities
- 36→17
SnapConsumer Platform
Camera company shipping generative AR lenses and My AI to 900M+ users.
17 open · 15 technical · 8 cities
- 37→15
WorkatoAgentic Automation
Enterprise orchestration platform deploying AI agents across business systems.
15 open · 14 technical · 8 cities
- 38→15
FivetranData & AI Platform
Automated data movement platform feeding warehouses, lakes and AI pipelines.
15 open · 6 technical · 8 cities
- 39→15
RedditConsumer Platform
Conversation platform behind Reddit Answers and a key data source for AI models.
15 open · 8 technical · 5 cities
- 40→14
KlaviyoMarketing AI
B2C CRM using predictive AI to drive owned-channel revenue for 150k+ brands.
14 open · 11 technical · 3 cities
- 41→14
PerplexityAI Search
AI answer engine reinventing search with cited, conversational research.
14 open · 6 technical · 2 cities
- 42→14
HarveyLegal AI
Domain-specific AI for elite law firms, automating research, drafting and diligence.
14 open · 1 technical · 5 cities
- 43→13
CensysAI Security
Internet intelligence platform mapping global attack surface with ML-driven scanning.
13 open · 9 technical · 6 cities
- 44→13
CohereFrontier Lab
Enterprise-grade LLMs and retrieval models built for secure private deployment.
13 open · 1 technical · 4 cities
- 45→13
DatavantHealthcare AI
Health data logistics platform connecting and de-identifying records at scale.
13 open · 0 technical · 6 cities
- 46→12
ZendeskService AI
AI-first service platform resolving customer conversations with autonomous agents.
12 open · 6 technical · 9 cities
- 47→12
ElasticAI Search
Search AI company behind Elasticsearch, powering RAG and vector retrieval at scale.
12 open · 6 technical · 3 cities
- 48→12
ZoomInfoGTM AI
Go-to-market intelligence platform with AI copilots for revenue teams.
12 open · 7 technical · 4 cities
- 49→12
RobinhoodFintech AI
Investing platform shipping AI research tools and Cortex insights to retail investors.
12 open · 7 technical · 4 cities
- 50→12
InstacartCommerce AI
Grocery technology company applying AI to catalogs, ads and fulfillment.
12 open · 9 technical · 1 cities
- 51→11
NebiusAI Cloud
Full-stack AI cloud provider building large GPU clusters and ML developer tooling.
11 open · 7 technical · 5 cities
- 52→10
SentinelOneAI Security
Autonomous endpoint and cloud security powered by the Purple AI analyst.
10 open · 5 technical · 3 cities
- 53→10
NeurophosAI Chips
Optical compute startup building metamaterial photonic processors for AI inference.
10 open · 10 technical · 2 cities
- 54→9
AvePointEnterprise AI
Data management and governance platform readying enterprises for Copilot-era AI.
9 open · 5 technical · 5 cities
- 55→9
FortinetAI Security
Security fabric vendor applying AI to threat detection across networks and cloud.
9 open · 6 technical · 4 cities
- 56→9
WayveAutonomy
Embodied AI company building end-to-end learned driving models for global OEMs.
9 open · 9 technical · 1 cities
- 57→9
ZooxAutonomy
Amazon's robotaxi company building a purpose-built autonomous vehicle from scratch.
9 open · 8 technical · 4 cities
- 58→9
RampFintech AI
Finance automation platform using AI agents to control spend and close books.
9 open · 3 technical · 2 cities
- 59→8
Efficient ComputerAI Chips
Ultra-efficient general-purpose compute for edge AI workloads.
8 open · 8 technical · 3 cities
- 60→8
CohesityAI Data
AI-powered data security and management platform with Gaia conversational search.
8 open · 5 technical · 7 cities
- 61→8
Horizon3AI Security
Autonomous pentesting platform (NodeZero) that continuously attacks your own network.
8 open · 4 technical · 2 cities
- 62→8
HandshakeAI Data
Early-career network now supplying expert human data to frontier AI labs.
8 open · 6 technical · 4 cities
- 63→8
ServiceTitanVertical AI
Software platform for the trades, adding AI dispatch, pricing and call intelligence.
8 open · 5 technical · 3 cities
- 64→8
AffirmFintech AI
Buy-now-pay-later network underwriting every transaction with ML risk models.
8 open · 5 technical · 1 cities
- 65→8
MercuryFintech AI
Banking stack for startups, layering AI on payments, bill pay and controls.
8 open · 2 technical · 1 cities
- 66→7
UpstartFintech AI
AI lending marketplace pricing credit with models beyond FICO.
7 open · 5 technical · 1 cities
- 67→7
TaniumAI Security
Autonomous endpoint management platform with real-time AI-driven remediation.
7 open · 5 technical · 6 cities
- 68→7
NetskopeAI Security
SASE platform securing enterprise use of generative AI apps and data flows.
7 open · 5 technical · 4 cities
- 69→7
SmartsheetEnterprise AI
Work management platform embedding AI formulas, summaries and agents.
7 open · 4 technical · 1 cities
- 70→7
BasetenAI Infrastructure
Inference platform for deploying and scaling open and custom models in production.
7 open · 4 technical · 1 cities
- 71→7
Applied IntuitionAutonomy
Vehicle intelligence toolchain for simulating, validating and shipping autonomy.
7 open · 6 technical · 1 cities
- 72→7
QuantinuumQuantum + AI
Quantum computing company pairing trapped-ion hardware with generative quantum AI.
7 open · 6 technical · 3 cities
- 73→7
KalepaInsurance AI
Copilot for commercial underwriters, automating risk assessment with LLMs.
7 open · 5 technical · 2 cities
- 74→7
YipitDataData & AI
Alternative data company turning web-scale signals into investor-grade analytics.
7 open · 4 technical · 1 cities
- 75→7
MotionalAutonomy
Driverless technology joint venture deploying robotaxis on the Ioniq 5 platform.
7 open · 7 technical · 4 cities
- 76→7
Alkami TechnologyFintech AI
Cloud digital banking platform with AI-driven data insights for banks and credit unions.
7 open · 5 technical · 1 cities
- 77→6
VercelAI DevTools
Frontend cloud and creators of v0, the generative UI product for developers.
6 open · 6 technical · 2 cities
- 78→6
PlaidFintech AI
Financial data network using ML for identity, income and risk decisioning.
6 open · 3 technical · 4 cities
- 79→6
TuringAI Data
Supplies frontier labs with coding data, evals and AI-vetted engineering talent.
6 open · 3 technical · 3 cities
- 80→6
CheckrApplied AI
Background check platform using ML to make hiring screens faster and fairer.
6 open · 4 technical · 2 cities
- 81→6
Clearwater AnalyticsFintech AI
Investment accounting platform automating reconciliation with AI at multi-trillion scale.
6 open · 3 technical · 3 cities
- 82→6
Atom ComputingQuantum + AI
Neutral-atom quantum computing company scaling toward fault tolerance.
6 open · 6 technical · 2 cities
- 83→6
Boston DynamicsRobotics AI
Builds Atlas and Spot, pairing advanced mobility with reinforcement-learned control.
6 open · 5 technical · 1 cities
- 84→6
1XRobotics AI
Humanoid robot company training end-to-end neural policies for home and work.
6 open · 5 technical · 2 cities
- 85→6
GleanEnterprise AI
Work AI platform indexing company knowledge for search, assistants and agents.
6 open · 1 technical · 3 cities
- 86→5
WizAI Security
Cloud security platform with AI-SPM for securing AI pipelines and models.
5 open · 2 technical · 2 cities
- 87→5
DuolingoEducation AI
World's most downloaded education app, with GPT-powered Video Call and Max.
5 open · 4 technical · 2 cities
- 88→5
StripeFintech AI
Payments infrastructure with ML-driven fraud, optimization and agentic commerce.
5 open · 5 technical · 3 cities
- 89→4
FigmaAI DevTools
Design platform shipping generative AI features from first draft to production code.
4 open · 2 technical · 1 cities
- 90→4
NotionProductivity AI
Connected workspace with AI writing, search and autonomous agents.
4 open · 0 technical · 2 cities
- 91→4
VantaAI Security
Trust management platform automating SOC 2, ISO and AI governance with agents.
4 open · 2 technical · 1 cities
- 92→4
ChainguardAI Security
Secure-by-default container and AI image supply chain, minimal and CVE-free.
4 open · 0 technical · 1 cities
- 93→4
Grafana LabsObservability AI
Open-source observability stack adding AI assistants and LLM monitoring.
4 open · 2 technical · 1 cities
- 94→3
DrataAI Security
Compliance automation platform continuously monitoring controls with AI.
3 open · 1 technical · 2 cities
- 95→3
ClickHouseAI Data
Real-time analytical database powering observability and AI feature serving.
3 open · 0 technical · 1 cities
- 96→3
PostmanAI DevTools
API platform for 35M developers, now generating and testing agent tool calls.
3 open · 2 technical · 2 cities
- 97→3
Cerebras SystemsAI Chips
Wafer-scale AI compute company delivering record-fast inference and training.
3 open · 3 technical · 1 cities
- 98→3
RunwayGenerative Media
Research company building frontier video generation models for filmmakers.
3 open · 2 technical · 1 cities
- 99→3
SunoGenerative Media
Generative music platform letting anyone compose full songs from a prompt.
3 open · 1 technical · 3 cities
- 100→3
SukiHealthcare AI
Voice-first AI assistant for clinicians, ambient documentation and orders.
3 open · 2 technical · 2 cities
Want only the startups?
The Startup 100 strips out every public company and big-tech subsidiary — 100 privately held, venture-backed AI companies hiring 2,454 live US roles.
How we rank velocity
Hiring velocity is the most honest growth signal a company gives off. Headcount plans leak before funding rounds do.
- 01We parse the AIApply US job feed — 100,000 live listings across 9,500+ employers, refreshed daily.
- 02We keep only AI-native and AI-first software companies: frontier labs, AI infrastructure, autonomy, applied AI and AI-powered vertical platforms. No staffing agencies, no consultancies, no legacy conglomerates.
- 03Companies are ranked by live open roles. Re-rank by technical (engineering, data, research and product) roles or by the number of US cities each is hiring in.
- 04Snapshot taken September 4, 2026. Every role links straight to the live listing.