The AIApply
Startup 100
No public companies. No big-tech subsidiaries. Just the 100 venture-backed AI startups adding headcount fastest in the US.
- 100
- Startups ranked
- 2,454
- Live open roles
- 1,434
- Technical roles
- 31
- AI sectors
The state of AI startup 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→215
Anduril IndustriesAI Defense
Builds Lattice, an autonomy and sensor-fusion software platform for defense hardware.
215 open · 142 technical · 20 cities
- 04→114
Lila SciencesAI for Science
Scientific superintelligence platform pairing AI with autonomous labs to accelerate discovery.
114 open · 95 technical · 2 cities
- 05→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
- 06→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
- 07→65
AnthropicFrontier Lab
AI safety company behind Claude, focused on reliable, interpretable and steerable models.
65 open · 16 technical · 4 cities
- 08→50
TenstorrentAI Chips
RISC-V AI accelerator company building open-source silicon and software for training.
50 open · 28 technical · 5 cities
- 09→50
Scale AIAI Data
Data foundry for frontier models: evaluation, RLHF and expert data for leading labs.
50 open · 45 technical · 7 cities
- 10→50
o9 SolutionsEnterprise AI
AI-powered digital brain for supply chain planning and integrated business planning.
50 open · 50 technical · 50 cities
- 11→47
CleraApplied AI
AI-driven platform scaling clinical and operational workflows for modern care teams.
47 open · 33 technical · 7 cities
- 12→46
VestwellFintech AI
Savings and retirement infrastructure automating plan administration.
46 open · 6 technical · 4 cities
- 13→41
Peregrine TechnologiesAI Defense
Real-time decision platform unifying public safety data for agencies.
41 open · 18 technical · 7 cities
- 14→38
Alto PharmacyHealthcare AI
Digital pharmacy automating fulfilment and prior authorisation workflows.
38 open · 38 technical · 38 cities
- 15→36
DiscordConsumer Platform
Communication platform for 200M+ users, shipping AI-assisted moderation and creation tools.
36 open · 26 technical · 3 cities
- 16→32
OpenAIFrontier Lab
Creators of ChatGPT and the GPT model family, building toward safe artificial general intelligence.
32 open · 13 technical · 4 cities
- 17→29
HopSkipDriveVertical AI
Youth transportation marketplace routing rides with ML at district scale.
29 open · 1 technical · 29 cities
- 18→26
Shield AIAI Defense
Builds Hivemind, self-flying software for aircraft operating without GPS or a pilot.
26 open · 21 technical · 5 cities
- 19→25
ZocksApplied AI
Private AI assistant capturing client conversations and automating advisor workflows.
25 open · 25 technical · 25 cities
- 20→25
Blackthorn.ioEnterprise AI
Salesforce-native events, payments and messaging apps with AI-assisted operations.
25 open · 25 technical · 25 cities
- 21→23
CrusoeAI Cloud
Energy-first AI cloud building gigawatt-scale data centres for frontier training runs.
23 open · 5 technical · 8 cities
- 22→21
GustoVertical AI
Payroll and people platform using AI to automate compliance for small businesses.
21 open · 2 technical · 6 cities
- 23→19
Capable LabsApplied AI
Consumer AI studio shipping habit and coaching products powered by LLMs.
19 open · 18 technical · 1 cities
- 24→18
VerkadaAI Security
Cloud physical security platform with computer-vision search across cameras and sensors.
18 open · 8 technical · 7 cities
- 25→18
Vanilla TechnologiesApplied AI
Estate planning platform using AI to model and visualise family wealth.
18 open · 0 technical · 18 cities
- 26→17
True AnomalyAI Defense
Autonomous spacecraft and Mosaic software for space domain awareness.
17 open · 12 technical · 5 cities
- 27→17
Genius AIApplied AI
AI sales and marketing agents for high-volume consumer businesses.
17 open · 6 technical · 2 cities
- 28→16
Agility RoboticsRobotics AI
Maker of Digit, a humanoid robot working live in logistics warehouses.
16 open · 13 technical · 5 cities
- 29→15
WorkatoAgentic Automation
Enterprise orchestration platform deploying AI agents across business systems.
15 open · 14 technical · 8 cities
- 30→15
FivetranData & AI Platform
Automated data movement platform feeding warehouses, lakehouses and AI pipelines.
15 open · 6 technical · 8 cities
- 31→14
PerplexityAI Search
Answer engine reinventing search with cited, model-generated responses.
14 open · 6 technical · 2 cities
- 32→14
HarveyLegal AI
Domain-specific AI for elite law firms: research, drafting and diligence workflows.
14 open · 1 technical · 5 cities
- 33→13
CensysAI Security
Internet intelligence platform mapping global attack surface with ML-driven scanning.
13 open · 9 technical · 6 cities
- 34→13
CohereFrontier Lab
Enterprise LLM company building secure models and retrieval for regulated industries.
13 open · 1 technical · 4 cities
- 35→13
DatavantHealthcare AI
Health data ecosystem connecting and de-identifying records for AI-ready research.
13 open · 0 technical · 6 cities
- 36→11
DataikuData & AI Platform
Universal AI platform for building analytics, ML and agents in one workspace.
11 open · 0 technical · 2 cities
- 37→10
NeurophosAI Chips
Optical compute startup building metamaterial photonic processors for AI inference.
10 open · 10 technical · 2 cities
- 38→10
Spring HealthHealthcare AI
Precision mental healthcare using ML to match members to the right care.
10 open · 3 technical · 4 cities
- 39→9
WayveAutonomy
Embodied AI company training end-to-end driving models that generalize across cities.
9 open · 9 technical · 1 cities
- 40→9
RampFintech AI
Finance automation platform using AI agents to control spend and close the books.
9 open · 3 technical · 2 cities
- 41→9
AkidoHealthcare AI
ScopeAI clinical model that expands what a care team can safely see per day.
9 open · 0 technical · 8 cities
- 42→9
StackAdaptMarketing AI
Programmatic advertising platform with ML bidding and creative optimisation.
9 open · 2 technical · 5 cities
- 43→8
Efficient ComputerAI Chips
Ultra-efficient general-purpose compute for edge AI workloads.
8 open · 8 technical · 3 cities
- 44→8
CohesityAI Data
AI-powered data security and management platform with Gaia conversational search.
8 open · 5 technical · 7 cities
- 45→8
Horizon3AI Security
Autonomous pentesting platform (NodeZero) that continuously attacks your own network.
8 open · 4 technical · 2 cities
- 46→8
HandshakeAI Data
Early-career network now supplying expert human data to frontier AI labs.
8 open · 6 technical · 4 cities
- 47→8
MercuryFintech AI
Banking stack for startups, automating spend controls and reconciliation with ML.
8 open · 2 technical · 1 cities
- 48→8
ProfluentAI for Science
Protein language models designing novel enzymes and gene editors.
8 open · 7 technical · 1 cities
- 49→7
TaniumAI Security
Autonomous endpoint management platform with real-time AI-driven remediation.
7 open · 5 technical · 6 cities
- 50→7
NetskopeAI Security
SASE platform securing enterprise use of generative AI apps and data flows.
7 open · 5 technical · 4 cities
- 51→7
BasetenAI Infrastructure
Inference platform for deploying and scaling open and custom models in production.
7 open · 4 technical · 1 cities
- 52→7
Applied IntuitionAutonomy
Vehicle intelligence toolchain for simulating, validating and shipping autonomy.
7 open · 6 technical · 1 cities
- 53→7
QuantinuumQuantum + AI
Quantum computing company pairing trapped-ion hardware with generative quantum AI.
7 open · 6 technical · 3 cities
- 54→7
KalepaInsurance AI
Copilot for commercial underwriters, automating risk assessment with LLMs.
7 open · 5 technical · 2 cities
- 55→7
YipitDataData & AI
Alternative data company turning web-scale signals into investor-grade analytics.
7 open · 4 technical · 1 cities
- 56→7
LabelboxAI Data
Data factory and labelling platform producing training and evaluation sets for AI teams.
7 open · 4 technical · 1 cities
- 57→7
ServalEnterprise AI
AI agents resolving internal IT and HR service requests end to end.
7 open · 3 technical · 3 cities
- 58→7
AddeparFintech AI
Wealth management data platform with AI-assisted portfolio insight.
7 open · 3 technical · 2 cities
- 59→7
ChainalysisFintech AI
Blockchain intelligence platform detecting illicit activity with ML.
7 open · 0 technical · 6 cities
- 60→6
VercelAI DevTools
Frontend cloud and creators of v0, the generative UI product for developers.
6 open · 6 technical · 2 cities
- 61→6
PlaidFintech AI
Financial data network using ML for identity, income and risk decisioning.
6 open · 3 technical · 4 cities
- 62→6
TuringAI Data
Supplies coding and reasoning data plus expert evaluation to frontier model labs.
6 open · 3 technical · 3 cities
- 63→6
CheckrApplied AI
Background check platform using ML to adjudicate records faster and more fairly.
6 open · 4 technical · 2 cities
- 64→6
Atom ComputingQuantum + AI
Neutral-atom quantum computing company scaling qubit arrays for scientific compute.
6 open · 6 technical · 2 cities
- 65→6
1XRobotics AI
Humanoid robot company training neural networks for general-purpose physical labour.
6 open · 5 technical · 2 cities
- 66→6
GleanEnterprise AI
Work AI platform grounding assistants and agents in a company's own knowledge.
6 open · 1 technical · 3 cities
- 67→6
Atomic MachinesAI for Science
Micro-manufacturing platform combining robotics and AI-driven process control.
6 open · 3 technical · 2 cities
- 68→5
TypefaceGenerative Media
Enterprise generative content platform that stays on brand across channels.
5 open · 5 technical · 2 cities
- 69→5
LegoraLegal AI
Collaborative AI workspace for lawyers, used across leading European and US firms.
5 open · 2 technical · 4 cities
- 70→5
FieldAIRobotics AI
Risk-aware foundation models giving robots a universal brain for unstructured sites.
5 open · 5 technical · 3 cities
- 71→5
Invisible TechnologiesAI Data
Human-in-the-loop operations partner training and evaluating frontier models.
5 open · 5 technical · 2 cities
- 72→5
Gong.ioGTM AI
Revenue AI platform analysing every customer conversation for sales teams.
5 open · 1 technical · 2 cities
- 73→5
Array LabsAI Defense
Satellite constellation building a live 3D radar map of the Earth.
5 open · 5 technical · 1 cities
- 74→5
PaveApplied AI
Compensation platform benchmarking pay with live market data models.
5 open · 4 technical · 2 cities
- 75→4
NotionProductivity AI
Connected workspace with AI writing, search and agents across team knowledge.
4 open · 0 technical · 2 cities
- 76→4
VantaAI Security
Trust management platform automating SOC 2, ISO and AI governance evidence.
4 open · 2 technical · 1 cities
- 77→4
ChainguardAI Security
Secure-by-default container images and software supply-chain hardening.
4 open · 0 technical · 1 cities
- 78→4
Grafana LabsObservability AI
Open-source observability stack adding AI assistants for incident investigation.
4 open · 2 technical · 1 cities
- 79→4
SkydioAutonomy
Largest US drone maker, with onboard autonomy that flies and inspects without pilots.
4 open · 3 technical · 2 cities
- 80→4
NeuralinkNeurotech AI
Brain-computer interface company decoding neural signals with on-device models.
4 open · 2 technical · 2 cities
- 81→4
UniphoreVoice AI
Conversational and multimodal AI platform for enterprise service and sales.
4 open · 2 technical · 2 cities
- 82→4
Torc RoboticsAutonomy
Autonomous trucking software running driver-out freight on Texas corridors.
4 open · 4 technical · 2 cities
- 83→4
Reliable RoboticsAutonomy
Certifiable autonomy for cargo aircraft, enabling remotely operated flight.
4 open · 4 technical · 3 cities
- 84→4
Otter.aiProductivity AI
Meeting AI that transcribes, summarises and answers questions across calls.
4 open · 0 technical · 3 cities
- 85→4
ExTrac AIAI Security
Risk intelligence platform tracking online threats with predictive models.
4 open · 4 technical · 4 cities
- 86→3
DrataAI Security
Continuous compliance automation with AI-assisted control monitoring.
3 open · 1 technical · 2 cities
- 87→3
ClickHouseAI Data
Real-time analytics database used as the query layer under AI and observability apps.
3 open · 0 technical · 1 cities
- 88→3
PostmanAI DevTools
API platform adding AI agent builders and spec generation for developers.
3 open · 2 technical · 2 cities
- 89→3
Cerebras SystemsAI Chips
Wafer-scale AI processors delivering the fastest inference for large models.
3 open · 3 technical · 1 cities
- 90→3
RunwayGenerative Media
Research company behind Gen-series video models used across film and advertising.
3 open · 2 technical · 1 cities
- 91→3
SunoGenerative Media
Generative music model turning prompts into full, produced songs.
3 open · 1 technical · 3 cities
- 92→3
SukiHealthcare AI
Ambient AI assistant that drafts clinical notes from doctor-patient conversations.
3 open · 2 technical · 2 cities
- 93→3
AbnormalAI Security
Behavioural AI email security stopping socially engineered attacks.
3 open · 1 technical · 1 cities
- 94→3
MolocoMarketing AI
Machine-learning ad platform ranking and bidding on first-party commerce data.
3 open · 2 technical · 1 cities
- 95→3
Bear RoboticsRobotics AI
Autonomous service robots for restaurants and hospitality floors.
3 open · 3 technical · 3 cities
- 96→3
Machina LabsAI for Science
Robotic craftsman platform forming metal parts with AI-guided robots.
3 open · 2 technical · 1 cities
- 97→3
Gray Swan AIAI Security
Red-teaming and safeguards company stress-testing frontier model deployments.
3 open · 0 technical · 1 cities
- 98→3
Legion IntelligenceAI Defense
Autonomy software for defence platforms operating in contested environments.
3 open · 2 technical · 1 cities
- 99→3
RilletFintech AI
AI-native general ledger automating the accounting close.
3 open · 0 technical · 2 cities
- 100→3
AdonisHealthcare AI
Revenue intelligence and automation for healthcare billing teams.
3 open · 3 technical · 1 cities
What counts as a startup
Same feed, stricter filter. This list is built for people who want to join a company before everyone has heard of it.
- 01Privately held and venture-backed only — every publicly traded company is removed.
- 02No subsidiaries or joint ventures of public parents, and no private-equity roll-ups.
- 03AI-native or AI-first product companies: frontier labs, AI infrastructure, autonomy, robotics, applied AI and AI-powered vertical software.
- 04Ranked by live open US roles from the AIApply job feed, snapshot September 4, 2026. Every role links straight to the live listing.