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First on the list in November 2026: Harvey, Socure and Quindar.

Latest to raise: Anthropic, which raised a Debt round in October 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. Harvey logo1

    Harvey

    AI services for legal teams

    Raised $550M Series H in September 2026

    69 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners

    Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Diffusion, EQT Growth

    206open roles$88k – $450k a year

  2. Socure logo2

    Socure

    The leading provider of digital identity verification and fraud solutions.

    Raised $156M Series E in August 2026

    33 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Accel

    Investors: Accel, Tiger Global Management, Anthiem Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures

    94open roles$80k – $395k a year

  3. Quindar logo3

    Quindar

    Satellite Mission Management as a Service | streamline & automate design, test, and operations for constellations

    Raised $25M Series A in August 2026

    11 new roles in 30 days

    YC S22

    Investors: Y Combinator

    37open roles$80k – $275k a year

  1. 4
    K2 Space logo

    K2 Space

    Building high powered satellites for a mass abundant future.

    Raised $500M Series D in July 2026

    31 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Kleiner Perkins

    Investors: Kleiner Perkins, ICONIQ

    230 open roles$65k – $295k a year

  2. 5
    Whatnot logo

    Whatnot

    Whatnot—The Live Shopping Marketplace.

    Raised $545M Series G in August 2026

    32 new roles in 30 days

    YC W20

    Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Animal Capital

    217 open roles$50k – $580k a year

  3. 6
    Neros Technologies logo

    Neros Technologies

    Delivering credible deterrence for America and its allies by mass manufacturing robotic defense systems.

    Raised $250M Series C in August 2026

    17 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, American Strategic Technology Fund

    106 open roles$68k – $384k a year

  4. 7
    Norm AI logo

    Norm AI

    Setting the Norms of Agentic Law

    Raised $120M Series C in July 2026

    12 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Khosla Ventures

    Investors: Khosla Ventures

    28 open roles$100k – $410k a year

  5. 8
    Neko Health logo

    Neko Health

    Ahead of your health.

    Raised $700M Series C in July 2026

    11 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners

    Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, O.G. Venture Partners

    25 open roles$86k – $480k a year

  6. 9
    Peregrine logo

    Peregrine

    The leading data integration platform helping public safety agencies make better decisions in the moments that matter.

    Raised $250M Series D in June 2026

    10 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Fifth Down Capital, Godfrey Capital, Goldcrest Capital

    64 open roles$84k – $340k a year

  7. 10
    Endurance Energy logo

    Endurance Energy

    Endurance is a Seattle-based start-up building the world’s first commercial subsea geothermal power systems.

    Raised $54M Series A in June 2026

    9 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Founders Fund

    Investors: Founders Fund

    22 open roles$100k – $325k a year

  8. 11
    Databricks logo

    Databricks

    Databricks is the Data and AI company.

    Raised a Private Equity round in August 2026

    61 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Andreessen Horowitz

    Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Insight Partners, Tiger Global Management, Coatue

    455 open roles$70k – $564k a year

  9. 12
    Anthropic logo

    Anthropic

    Anthropic is an AI safety and research company working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

    Raised a Debt round in October 2026

    118 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners

    Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Center for Emerging Risk Research, Dustin Moskovitz, Eric Schmidt

    440 open roles$95k – $850k a year

  10. 13
    Astranis logo

    Astranis

    We build the world's most advanced satellites for high orbits.

    Raised a Debt round in September 2026

    50 new roles in 30 days

    YC W16

    Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, ACE & Company, ACE Early Stage Partners

    369 open roles$70k – $285k a year

  11. 14
    CesiumAstro logo

    CesiumAstro

    Connect.

    Raised a Debt round in September 2026

    61 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Kleiner Perkins

    Investors: Kleiner Perkins, Airbus Ventures, Franklin Templeton Blackhorse Fund, Franklin Templeton Venture Fund

    191 open roles$12k – $371k a year

  12. 15
    TRM Labs logo

    TRM Labs

    Blockchain intelligence solutions to detect, monitor, and investigate fraud and financial crime in digital assets.

    Raised a Series C round in September 2026

    21 new roles in 30 days

    YC S19

    Investors: Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, Tiger Global Management, Alumni Ventures

    65 open roles$86k – $343k a year

  13. 16
    Deepgram logo

    Deepgram

    Powering the Voice AI economy—trusted by 200,000+ developers to build low-latency, enterprise-grade Voice AI at scale.

    Raised a Series C round in August 2026

    9 new roles in 30 days

    YC W16

    Investors: Y Combinator, Tiger Global Management, Alkeon, AVP

    42 open roles$50k – $361k a year

  14. 17
    Anduril logo

    Anduril

    American defense contractor

    Raised $5B Series H in May 2026

    688 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Andreessen Horowitz

    Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Thrive Capital

    2,352 open roles$11k – $395k a year

  15. 18
    True Anomaly logo

    True Anomaly

    Delivering decisive capabilities for space superiority.

    Raised $650M Series D in April 2026

    45 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Accel

    Investors: Accel, Champion Hill Ventures, Eclipse, Narya

    216 open roles$55k – $380k a year

  16. 19
    Fivetran logo

    Fivetran

    Fivetran, the industry leader in data movement, powers real-time analytics, AI workflows, cloud migrations and more.

    Raised $257.4M Series D in May 2026

    46 new roles in 30 days

    YC W13

    Investors: Y Combinator, Vista Credit Partners

    104 open roles$80k – $315k a year

  17. 20
    Flock Safety logo

    Flock Safety

    American surveillance technology company

    Raised $207.9M Series I in April 2026

    18 new roles in 30 days

    YC S17

    Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Founders Fund, Tiger Global Management

    25 open roles$40k – $243k a year

  18. 21
    Nominal logo

    Nominal

    Technology partner to the world's fastest hardware teams.

    Raised $80M Series B in March 2026

    13 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund

    23 open roles$70k – $325k a year

  19. 22
    Odeko logo

    Odeko

    The all-in-one operations partner for local cafés and eateries

    Raised a round in August 2026

    6 new roles in 30 days

    YC S19

    Investors: Y Combinator, BoxGroup, Addition Ventures, Balius Partners

    16 open roles$60k – $135k a year

  20. 23
    Foundry Robotics logo

    Foundry Robotics

    Rebuilding American manufacturing as an AI-first, assembly-focused, dual-use Everything Factory.

    Raised $19M Seed in April 2026

    10 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Khosla Ventures

    Investors: Khosla Ventures, Garuda Ventures

    29 open roles$90k – $350k a year

  21. 24
    Hermeus logo

    Hermeus

    Building the world's fastest aircraft.

    Raised $200M Series C in April 2026

    9 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Khosla Ventures

    Investors: Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Bling Capital, Canaan Partners

    78 open roles$90k – $253k a year

  22. 25
    Shield AI logo

    Shield AI

    Autonomy for the world.

    Raised $2B in June 2026

    158 new roles in 30 days

    Investors: Advent International, Hanwha Aerospace, JPMorgan's Security and Resiliency Initiative, L3Harris Technologies

    670 open roles$50k – $1000k a year

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