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First on the list in November 2026: Crusoe, Applied Intuition and Antora Energy.

Latest to raise: Cylake, which raised a Convertible Note round in September 2026. Updated , using Saywise's data on startup funding and open roles. See how we rank them.

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The top 25, November 2026

  1. Crusoe logo1

    Crusoe

    The AI factory company.

    Raised $3.9B Series F in September 2026

    124 new roles in 30 days

    357open roles$70k – $385k a year

  2. Applied Intuition logo2

    Applied Intuition

    Applied Intuition is the physical AI company bringing intelligence to every moving machine on the planet.

    Raised a Other round in June 2026

    59 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Kleiner Perkins

    Investors: Kleiner Perkins, BlackRock, BlackRock-managed funds

    236open roles$80k – $423k a year

  3. Antora Energy logo3

    Raised $550M Series C in July 2026

    8 new roles in 30 days

    Investors: Eclipse, G2 Venture Partners

    39open roles$97k – $315k a year

  1. 4
    Illumio logo

    Illumio

    Illumio, the Breach Containment company, stops breaches from spreading across the hybrid attack surface.

    19 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Andreessen Horowitz

    Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Accel, 8VC

    52 open roles$83k – $340k a year

  2. 5

    Raised $6M Seed in May 2026

    3 new roles in 30 days

    YC F25

    Investors: Y Combinator

    8 open roles$70k – $200k a year

  3. 6

    Raised a Series B round in May 2026

    2 new roles in 30 days

    YC W13

    Investors: Y Combinator, Gideon Strategic Partners, Nimble Partners

    7 open roles$95k – $250k a year

  4. 7
    Apptronik logo

    Apptronik

    Robots for humans.

    Raised a Angel round in May 2026

    8 new roles in 30 days

    20 open roles$165k – $350k a year

  5. 8
    Cylake logo

    Cylake

    A complete, AI-native, data-driven cybersecurity platform that doesn’t depend on the public cloud.

    Raised a Convertible Note round in September 2026

    2 new roles in 30 days

    13 open roles$130k – $250k a year

  6. 9
    Neurophos logo

    Neurophos

    Photonic ExaFLOPS AI chips

    Raised a Series A round in January 2026

    11 new roles in 30 days

    Investors: Gates Frontier

    24 open roles$160k – $310k a year

  7. 10
    Scout AI logo

    Scout AI

    Building the robotic foundation model for defense

    Raised a Series A round in April 2026

    9 new roles in 30 days

    28 open roles$90k – $400k a year

  8. 11
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    Wayve

    At Wayve, we’re building a global driving intelligence that learns from data and scales across different vehicles and geographies.

    27 new roles in 30 days

    69 open roles$72k – $600k a year

  9. 12
    DigiCert logo

    DigiCert

    Intelligent Trust for the Real World | Trust issues?

    18 new roles in 30 days

    29 open roles$60k – $250k a year

  10. 13
    42dot logo

    42dot

    We envision a world where everything is connected and moves autonomously through a self-managing urban transportation operating system.

    14 new roles in 30 days

    24 open roles$133k – $325k a year

  11. 14
    Noble Machines logo

    Noble Machines

    Building general-purpose robots that take on hazardous and physically demanding industrial tasks.

    Raised a Seed round in March 2026

    5 new roles in 30 days

    12 open roles$110k – $400k a year

  12. 15
    WeBox logo

    WeBox

    WeBox is an intelligent marketplace dedicated to group orders with individual meals, group catering and office pantry!

    8 new roles in 30 days

    Investors: Foothill Ventures

    20 open roles$70k – $250k a year

  13. 16
    Applied Compute logo

    Applied Compute

    Applied Compute builds Specific Intelligence for enterprises, unlocking the knowledge inside a company to train custom models and deploy an in-house agent work…

    Raised a round in April 2026

    5 new roles in 30 days

    13 open roles$93k – $335k a year

  14. 17

    Raised a round in June 2026

    Investors: Temasek, Walden Catalyst Ventures

    33 open roles$90k – $310k a year

  15. 18
    Radar logo

    Radar

    Location infrastructure and intelligence

    6 new roles in 30 days

    Investors: Gideon Strategic Partners, Nimble Partners

    31 open roles$75k – $325k a year

  16. 19
    itD Tech logo

    itD Tech

    Specialist in Rugged, Industrial, and Commercial Touchscreen Displays & Computing Solutions

    7 new roles in 30 days

    10 open roles$85k – $90k a year

  17. 20

    3 new roles in 30 days

    7 open roles$55k – $225k a year

  18. 21
    Swif.ai logo

    Swif.ai

    American cybersecurity and device management software company

    YC S20

    Investors: Y Combinator

    4 open roles$30k – $70k a year

  19. 22
    iSono Health logo

    iSono Health

    company in San Francisco, United States

    YC W16

    Investors: Y Combinator

    6 open roles$70k – $205k a year

  20. 23
    Eridan logo

    Eridan

    Wireless built for the AI era.

    3 new roles in 30 days

    4 open roles$120k – $190k a year

  21. 24
    Crazy Maple Studio logo

    Crazy Maple Studio

    Small screen, BIG story!

    3 new roles in 30 days

    3 open roles$120k – $150k a year

  22. 25
    Sonatus logo

    Sonatus

    AI for Smart Vehicles

    2 new roles in 30 days

    8 open roles$137k – $313k a year

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