Hiring heat leaderboard

Which AI companies are adding roles fastest, straight from each company's own job board. Updated Oct 16, 2026.

Biggest movers

FR
Fractile
#46 · +6 this week
▲109
BR
Bedrock Robotics
#26 · +12 this week
▲95
SA
Sardine
#30 · +11 this week
▲92
NC
Normal Computing
#68 · +4 this week
▲88
LA
LanceDB
#69 · +4 this week
▲88
AS
AssemblyAI
#70 · +4 this week
▲88

Who's hiring fastest

Top 50Startups 114Scaleups 57Giants 37


1	=	NV NVIDIA AI hardware	+217 ▲	+561 ▲	1,074	88
2	▲3	EL ElevenLabs AI app	+55 ▲	+108 ▲	156	92
3	▲9	NE Nebius AI infra	+50 ▲	+118 ▲	375	82
4	▼1	OP OpenAI AI lab	+48 ▼	+236 ▲	808	81
5	▲1	DA Databricks AI infra	+45 ▼	+168 ▲	883	78
6	▲3	MI Micron AI hardware	+36 ▲	+142 ▲	321	84
7	▲1	SA Shield AI Robotics	+35 ▼	+180 ▲	615	80
8	▼4	AN Anthropic AI lab	+34 ▼	+179 ▲	653	79
9	▲4	BO Bosch Robotics	+32 ▲	+96 ▲	229	83
10	=	LE Legora AI app	+31 ▲	+107 ▲	305	81
11	▲3	AL AlphaSense AI × fintech	+30 ▲	+90 ▲	208	82
12	▲9	LA LangChain AI infra	+29 ▲	+51 ▲	102	84
13	▼2	CR Crusoe AI infra	+27 –	+126 ▲	347	80
14	▼7	HA Harvey AI app	+26 ▼	+139 ▲	339	80
15	▲4	SA Saronic Robotics	+26 ▲	+72 ▲	232	78
16	▼1	IN Intel AI hardware	+25 ▲	+63 ▲	73	91
17	▼15	WA Wayve Robotics	+22 ▼	+172 ▲	172	94
18	▲15	BD Boston Dynamics Robotics	+20 ▲	+46 ▲	82	83
19	▼1	WA Waymo Robotics	+19 ▼	+118 ▲	363	77
20	▲4	CO CoreWeave AI infra	+17 ▲	+87 ▲	309	75
21	▼1	XA xAI AI lab	+15 ▼	+88 ▲	305	75
22	▲30	ET Etched AI hardware	+14 ▲	+28 ▲	115	73
23	▼7	ZO Zoox Robotics	+13 ▼	+60 ▲	240	73
24	▲19	AL Astera Labs AI hardware	+13 ▲	+43 ▲	175	72
25	▼3	SK Skydio Robotics	+13 ▼	+49 ▲	159	74
26	▲95	BR Bedrock Robotics Robotics	+12 ▲	+18 ▲	56	74
27	▲70	PI Prime Intellect AI lab	+12 ▲	+16 ▲	35	77
28	▲28	CO Cohere AI lab	+11 ▲	+25 ▼	118	70
29	▲48	FI Fieldguide AI app	+11 ▲	+23 ▲	51	76
30	▲92	SA Sardine AI × fintech	+11 ▲	+20 ▲	45	76
31	▲35	NU Nuro Robotics	+10 ▲	+22 ▼	108	69
32	▲35	UP Upstart AI × fintech	+10 ▲	+24 ▼	91	70
33	▼10	CO Commure AI app	+9 ▼	+33 ▲	82	73
34	▼5	1T 1X Technologies Robotics	+8 ▼	+32 ▲	98	70
35	▲18	FA Fireworks AI AI infra	+8 ▲	+31 ▲	88	70
36	▲21	AR Agility Robotics Robotics	+8 ▲	+29 ▲	78	71
37	▲7	VO voize AI app	+8 ▲	+18 ▲	43	72
38	▼1	HC H Company AI lab	+8 –	+18 ▲	35	74
39	▲29	SA Scale AI AI infra	+7 ▲	+23 ▼	183	64
40	▲5	DE Deepgram AI lab	+7 –	+24 ▲	88	68
41	▲17	AN Anduril Robotics	+6 ▲	+40 ▲	165	64
42	▲4	TE Tenstorrent AI hardware	+6 ▼	+34 ▲	128	65
43	▼16	LA Lambda AI infra	+6 ▼	+32 ▲	92	67
44	▲34	RU Runway AI app	+6 ▲	+19 ▲	49	68
45	▼7	N8 n8n AI infra	+6 ▼	+25 ▲	42	73
46	▲109	FR Fractile AI hardware	+6 ▲	+6 ▲	41	62
47	▲32	AH Assort Health AI app	+6 ▲	+15 ▲	34	69
48	▲75	JU Juicebox AI app	+6 ▲	+10 ▲	31	66
49	▼15	SI Sierra AI app	+5 ▼	+39 ▲	186	59
50	▼33	GR Graphcore AI hardware	+5 ▼	+43 ▲	171	60
51	▲47	DE Decagon AI app	+5 ▲	+24 ▲	141	58
52	▼22	PE Perplexity AI lab	+5 ▼	+28 ▼	132	59
53	▼22	SO Socure AI × fintech	+5 ▼	+33 ▲	87	63
54	▼15	MO Motional Robotics	+5 ▼	+23 ▲	79	61
55	▲25	TA Together AI AI infra	+5 ▲	+18 ▲	76	60
56	▼2	FA Factory AI infra	+5 ▼	+15 ▲	59	60
57	▲67	CL Clay AI app	+5 ▲	+12 ▲	58	59
58	▼11	CO CodeRabbit AI infra	+5 ▼	+16 ▲	47	62
59	▲10	DM d-Matrix AI hardware	+5 ▲	+16 ▲	41	63
60	▼1	MA Marvell AI hardware	+5 –	+16 ▲	18	76
61	▼13	CA Cursor (Anysphere) AI app	+4 ▼	+29 ▲	133	55
62	▼22	LO Lovable AI infra	+4 ▼	+23 ▲	82	57
63	▼3	SU Suno AI app	+4 ▼	+19 –	71	57
64	▲17	LI Lightmatter AI hardware	+4 ▲	+11 ▼	65	54
65	▲34	SY Synthesia AI app	+4 ▲	+11 ▼	47	56
66	▲16	AB Abridge AI app	+4 ▲	+19 ▲	43	61
67	▲16	PI Physical Intelligence Robotics	+4 ▲	+9 ▲	40	56
68	▲88	NC Normal Computing AI hardware	+4 ▲	+6 ▲	22	57
69	▲88	LA LanceDB AI infra	+4 ▲	+5 –	13	60
70	▲88	AS AssemblyAI AI lab	+4 ▲	+7 ▲	12	65
71	▼39	GL Glean AI app	+3 ▼	+24 ▲	134	48
72	▼37	ME Mercor AI infra	+3 ▼	+21 ▼	112	48
73	▼32	FA Figure AI Robotics	+3 ▼	+18 ▲	99	48
74	▼13	RO Rogo AI × fintech	+3 ▼	+20 ▲	90	49
75	▲25	NE Neuralink AI hardware	+3 ▲	+10 ▲	80	46
76	▲25	LA Lightning AI AI infra	+3 ▲	+13 ▲	53	49
77	▲25	SN Snowflake AI infra	+3 ▲	+20 ▲	49	53
78	▼53	WR Writer AI lab	+3 ▼	+47 ▲	47	68
79	▼9	AI Airwallex AI × fintech	+3 ▼	+10 ▲	43	49
80	▼31	MO Modal AI infra	+3 ▼	+15 ▲	43	52
81	▲22	SP Speak AI app	+3 ▲	+9 ▲	34	50
82	▲43	TU Turing AI infra	+3 ▲	+17 ▲	29	58
83	▼12	RU RunPod AI infra	+3 ▼	+13 ▲	28	55
84	=	RA Retell AI AI app	+3 –	+11 ▲	27	53
85	▲41	TE Tennr AI app	+3 ▲	+11 ▲	27	53
86	▲41	DA Distyl AI AI app	+3 ▲	+6 ▲	26	49
87	▼15	GR Granola AI app	+3 ▼	+9 ▲	22	53
88	▲71	GA Gamma AI app	+3 ▲	+3 ▲	21	47
89	▲71	DU Duolingo AI app	+3 ▲	+3 –	7	54
90	▼48	CE Cerebras AI hardware	+2 ▼	+31 ▲	124	41
91	▲13	CO Cognition AI infra	+2 –	+13 ▼	103	38
92	▼30	FA Field AI Robotics	+2 ▼	+18 ▲	103	39
93	▼43	AP Apptronik Robotics	+2 ▼	+18 ▲	80	40
94	▼43	PR Profound AI app	+2 ▼	+16 ▲	79	40
95	▲33	KR Kodiak Robotics Robotics	+2 ▲	+17 ▲	68	41
96	▼23	RE Replit AI infra	+2 ▼	+16 ▼	65	41
97	▲64	FA Furiosa AI AI hardware	+2 ▲	+7 ▼	50	38
98	▼13	RA Reflection AI AI lab	+2 ▼	+13 ▲	46	42
99	▲6	PR Path Robotics Robotics	+2 –	+17 ▲	45	44
100	▲29	AF AfterQuery AI infra	+2 ▲	+5 ▼	40	38
101	▲29	PR Prolific AI infra	+2 ▲	+8 ▲	33	41
102	▲4	SR Serve Robotics Robotics	+2 –	+10 ▲	32	43
103	▼17	BR Braintrust AI infra	+2 ▼	+6 –	28	40
104	▼30	HA Handshake AI infra	+2 ▼	+12 ▲	26	46
105	▲26	LA Liquid AI AI lab	+2 ▲	+6 ▲	22	42
106	▲56	CD Chai Discovery AI app	+2 ▲	+6 ▲	21	42
107	▼20	CL Cloudflare AI infra	+2 ▼	+6 ▲	21	42
108	▼1	CO Coinbase AI × fintech	+2 –	+7 ▲	19	44
109	▲54	ZY Zyphra AI lab	+2 ▲	+2 ▲	16	38
110	▲54	MI Mintlify AI infra	+2 ▲	+5 ▲	15	43
111	▲54	BF Black Forest Labs AI lab	+2 ▲	+2 ▼	14	38
112	▲54	IN Insitro AI app	+2 ▲	+4 ▼	14	42
119	▼44	SA Snorkel AI AI infra	+1 ▼	+12 ▼	44	27
120	▼56	ST Stripe AI × fintech	+1 ▼	+18 ▲	43	31
121	▼11	EN Encord AI infra	+1 ▼	+11 ▲	39	28
122	▲11	RO Roboflow AI infra	+1 –	+11 ▲	36	28
123	▼95	LA Luma AI AI lab	+1 ▼	+13 ▲	35	30
124	▲10	BA Broccoli AI AI app	+1 –	+3 ▼	34	23
125	▼37	FL FloQast AI × fintech	+1 ▼	+9 ▲	34	27
126	▼15	FI Firecrawl AI infra	+1 ▼	+10 –	33	28
127	▲8	HU HUD AI infra	+1 –	+14 ▲	30	32
128	▼39	IL Isomorphic Labs AI app	+1 ▼	+7 –	29	27
129	▼17	XT Xaira Therapeutics AI app	+1 ▼	+8 ▲	28	28
130	▼104	EL Elastic AI infra	+1 ▼	+19 ▲	27	38
131	▲5	LI LiveKit AI infra	+1 –	+3 ▼	27	23
150	▼37	BR Broadcom AI hardware	+1 ▼	+4 ▲	7	35
151	▲25	OU Outreach AI app	+1 ▲	+2 ▲	6	29
156	▼64	DA Datadog AI infra	0 ▼	+7 ▲	33	7
159	▼14	IN Intercom AI app	0 ▼	+1 ▼	24	2
162	▼97	CL Clickhouse AI infra	0 ▼	+7 ▲	22	9
169	▲13	PL Plaid AI × fintech	0 –	+2 ▼	18	4
173	▼27	MO MongoDB AI infra	0 ▼	+1 ▼	17	3
179	▲8	TL TRM Labs AI × fintech	0 –	+1 ▼	14	3
180	▲8	BR Brex AI × fintech	0 –	+2 ▼	13	5
190	▼40	RA Ramp AI × fintech	0 ▼	+2 ▼	10	6
199	▲2	NO Notion AI app	0 –	+1 ▼	7	5
205	▲1	ZI Zipline Robotics	-1 ▼	0 ▼	10	1

Startups: under 50 open roles. Scaleups: 50–299. Giants: 300+, or big generalist companies where we only track AI roles (NVIDIA, Intel, Bosch, Stripe…). Heat = 0–100 from this week's new roles and 30-day growth. Companies with fewer than 6 open roles are left out. Click a column to sort.

By category

Category	New roles 7d	New roles 30d	Open
AI hardware AI hardware & chips	+351	+1069	2,661
AI infra AI infra & devtools	+263	+1075	4,023
Robotics Robotics & embodied AI	+247	+1136	3,545
AI app AI apps	+232	+826	2,652
AI lab AI labs & models	+158	+750	2,539
AI × fintech AI × fintech & crypto	+64	+254	831

Roles opened per week, all companies

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Closures are tracked from 2026-10-16, when daily snapshots began, so early net numbers equal gross openings. They become true net figures as history builds up.