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3,246 articlesCareers at Anduril Industries: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
Anduril's hiring process, compensation structure with equity grants, and facility locations. Focus on mission alignment, technical skills, and defense industry roles.
Zero Hyde job postings found on Zero G Talent board
Explores the confusion around the name 'Hyde,' revealing three unrelated entities—a musician, apartment complex, and boat builder—with no evidence of a frontier-tech firm hiring surge.
Zero Sixtyfour AI Roles Posted This Week, Board Data Shows
Sixtyfour, a Y Combinator-backed startup, released its first research agent ahead of OpenAI's Deep Research, powers use cases like finding hiring managers and Thai property owners, stresses positive NDR and NPS, while market analysis outlines AI hiring trends, rigorous screening practices, and prepa
Xona’s Signal Hits 100× GPS Strength, Enabling 2‑cm Accuracy
Xona Space Systems opened its Burlingame manufacturing facility on April 9, 2026, posting 44 salaried engineering roles with a median compensation of $178,000 to support a five‑year, 300‑satellite Pulsar LEO navigation constellation delivering two‑centimeter accuracy. The hiring surge enables parall
$1.1 Billion in Active Grants Now Managed by Instrumentl’s Platform
Summit Partners invests $55M in Instrumentl, an AI grant management platform, to address nonprofit funding challenges and enhance efficiency through automation.
AirGarage Pays $230k for Lawyers While City Ops Starts at $65k
AirGarage announced five new openings—Senior Legal Counsel, In-House Journalist, City Operations Manager (Philadelphia), VP of Finance, and an Open Application—following roughly $50M in funding from a16z, Founders Fund, Headline, and Floodgate, as it scales its parking-tech platform across 40+ state
Helium Exemplifies 68% Global AI Job‑Ad Surge With Work‑Sample Hiring
Helium, an eight-person AI startup, is aggressively hiring six founding roles with work-sample assignments, prioritizing judgment, taste, and craft over credentials. The article explores how AI startups are shifting hiring practices to focus on demonstrable skills and shipped work.
Demand for Genomics‑AI Talent Outpaces University Graduate Output
MyOme posted two senior clinical roles in 48 hours, signaling a scaling push. The article details its hiring focus, screening steps, inferred roles across bioinformatics, data harmonization, polygenic modeling, operations, product, and regulatory affairs, and the tightening genomics‑AI talent market
Generate Capital Cuts Staff After CEO Shift, Raises $1B+
Generate Capital laid off staff after a new CEO appointment, closed an $85M community solar fund and raised over $1B in credit, then pivoted to data-center power-cooling and organics-to-energy projects, leveraging IRA incentives and ESG demand.
Eight Convex roles spark application surge, tighten technical screen
Convex’s hiring wave stems from its evolution into an AI‑agent infrastructure platform, prompting eight engineering roles and a stringent interview process that prioritizes systems design, consistency guarantees, and real‑world LLM integration over algorithm trivia.
Capitolis processes $710B in FX trades in one month
Capitolis secures $56M bank-backed funding to expand fintech platform into futures and rates, improving capital efficiency for global banks.
What Applicants Must Prove to Pass Kaizen's Hiring Screen
Kaizen Labs posted ten roles (engineering, business development, ops, etc.) with salaries $62k-$350k, hybrid/remote. Its hiring screen favors government project experience, AI-native fluency, security, and mission alignment, pushing candidates to reframe resumes for gov-tech. Peer firms follow OPM's
Adaptive Security runs live‑video ID checks on every finalist — a step most firms omit
Adaptive Security is an AI-powered attack simulation company hiring for roles in product, sales, and customer success. They focus on deepfake threats, voice cloning, and real-time social engineering. With $43M funding, they train employees against evolving cyber threats.
18 Open Roles at Basic Capital Pay Up to $275k After $25M Raise
Basic Capital, a fintech firm, raised $25M Series A and is hiring 18 roles to expand into the $1T retirement market with its Retirement Mortgage product.
70% of ML engineers fail Meta‑style system design test
TrueFoundry added six roles in seven days—Finance Controller, Marketing Designer, Forward Deployed Engineer‑GTM, and three Technical Account Managers across Bangalore, Bengaluru, New York, and San Mateo—signaling a push to scale go‑to‑market and platform teams. The piece examines the technical scree
Nash Claims 21 AI Jobs, Yet Board Shows Only Two Open Roles
An investigation into the unverified claim that Nash opened 21 AI positions, revealing only two live roles, no public evidence, and discussing market dynamics, candidate experiences, and why the rumor persists despite silence from the company.
Exowatt Pays $215k Median Despite Being a 2023 Startup
Exowatt is hiring lead mechanical, controls, and HR roles across Austin and Miami to support deployment of its modular solar thermal storage system.
High Salaries, Yet Every Formation Bio Role Demands Lab and Code Skills
Formation Bio, an AI-native pharma company, is hiring for 22 roles with salaries up to $425k. The company uses AI to accelerate drug development, partnering with OpenAI and Sanofi. Focus on clinical development, data science, and product roles in Boston and New York.
Outpost’s 22 New Roles All Share One Unspoken Requirement
Outpost Space's surge in hiring for Earth-return vehicle roles highlights demand for space-logistics talent, emphasizing technical expertise and relocation requirements.
Former NASA Engineer’s AI Lung Clinic Boosts Insurer Returns 3.1x
Kivo Health, founded by former NASA engineer Vaughn Koch, launched an AI-powered virtual pulmonary rehabilitation platform, raised a $5.1M Series A, and is hiring full-stack engineers in Seattle. The platform ships sensor kits, pairs patients with breathing specialists, runs a nine-week program, and
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