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First on the list in November 2026: Mach Industries, Temporal Technologies and Kalshi.

Latest to raise: Mecka AI, which raised $60M Series B 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. Mach Industries logo1

    Mach Industries

    Building next-generation defense systems.

    Raised $600M Series C in September 2026

    49 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Bedrock, Bedrock Capital

    180open roles$75k – $280k a year

  2. Temporal Technologies logo2

    Temporal Technologies

    Build invincible apps.

    Raised $550M Series E in September 2026

    33 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Tiger Global Management

    64open roles$70k – $372k a year

  3. Kalshi logo3

    Kalshi

    Trade on the outcome of events

    Raised $750M Series G in August 2026

    9 new roles in 30 days

    YC W19

    Investors: Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital

    48open roles$70k – $300k a year

  1. 4
    Profound logo

    Profound

    Upstate New York’s Most Profound Mastermind Group.

    Raised $180M Series D in September 2026

    20 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins

    79 open roles$75k – $375k a year

  2. 5

    Raised $60M Series B in October 2026

    12 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital

    39 open roles$70k – $300k 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
    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

  5. 8
    Serval logo

    Serval

    AI Agents for IT

    Raised $75M Series B in December 2025

    13 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Redpoint

    59 open roles$75k – $450k a year

  6. 9
    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

  7. 10
    Parallel Web Systems logo

    Parallel Web Systems

    Infrastructure for intelligence on the web.

    Raised $100M Series B in April 2026

    11 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures

    19 open roles$135k – $400k a year

  8. 11

    Raised a Other round in July 2026

    52 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Linse Capital

    197 open roles$48k – $420k a year

  9. 12
    Fal logo

    Fal

    Generative media platform for developers.

    Raised $140M Series D in December 2025

    11 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins

    33 open roles$105k – $375k a year

  10. 13

    Raised $34M Series A in June 2026

    2 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Andreessen Horowitz

    Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital

    6 open roles$75k – $300k a year

  11. 14
    Linear logo

    Linear

    The product development system for teams and agents.

    Raised a Other round in August 2026

    3 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Accel, Index Ventures

    12 open roles$95k – $320k a year

  12. 15
    Stripe logo

    Stripe

    Help increase the GDP of the internet.

    Raised a Other round in March 2026

    118 new roles in 30 days

    YC S09

    Investors: Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst

    475 open roles$69k – $584k a year

  13. 16
    Grafana Labs logo

    Grafana Labs

    Open observability cloud

    Raised a Series E round in March 2026

    14 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, GIC

    23 open roles$88k – $250k a year

  14. 17
    Faire logo

    Faire

    The future is local

    Raised a Other round in November 2025

    11 new roles in 30 days

    YC W17

    Investors: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners

    65 open roles$92k – $393k a year

  15. 18
    Neuralink logo

    Neuralink

    Neuralink is developing ultra-high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers.

    Raised a round in May 2026

    7 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Founders Fund, Thrive Capital

    64 open roles$59k – $281k a year

  16. 19
    Notion logo

    Notion

    The AI workspace that works while you sleep.

    23 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Coatue, A.Capital Ventures

    89 open roles$85k – $340k a year

  17. 20
    Cribl logo

    Cribl

    Cribl, the AI Platform for Telemetry, empowers enterprises to manage and analyze telemetry for humans and agents.

    27 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Charles River Ventures, Citi Ventures

    74 open roles$57k – $320k a year

  18. 21
    Docker logo

    Docker

    Docker securely contains autonomous agents so you can confidently build, ship, and run on trust.

    25 new roles in 30 days

    YC S10

    Investors: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners

    61 open roles$73k – $352k a year

  19. 22
    Vanta logo

    Vanta

    Automate compliance, security, and trust with the leading Agentic Trust Platform.

    19 new roles in 30 days

    YC W18

    Investors: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Craft Ventures, CrowdStrike

    48 open roles$110k – $513k a year

  20. 23
    Chainguard logo

    Chainguard

    Safe source for open source.

    24 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, Amplify

    43 open roles$89k – $258k a year

  21. 24
    Chainalysis logo

    Chainalysis

    American blockchain analysis company

    17 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Techstars, Accel, Coatue

    26 open roles$70k – $380k a year

  22. 25
    Skai logo

    Skai

    The omnichannel platform for commerce media.

    15 new roles in 30 days

    Backed by Sequoia Capital

    Investors: Sequoia Capital, Arts Alliance, Arts Alliance Ventures, Bain Capital

    16 open roles$85k – $190k a year

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