Data-driven insights from analyzing AI startups, hiring patterns, roles, and market signals. Research you can use before you apply.
We pulled every AI-agent company from our database of 1,692 startups: 301 building agents, 51 with $100M+ raised, and 167 actively hiring. Here's the map by category, with real funding and deduped job counts.
Read articleWe pulled every 2026 funding round from our database of 1,692 AI startups: 334 rounds, 13 of them $1B or larger, and two seed rounds above $1B. Here's the full map by size and stage, with deduped hiring counts so you can see who's actually staffing up.
Read articleMost public datasets disclose comp for fewer than 1% of postings. We extracted base-pay ranges from 22,000 JD bodies and crossed them with funding stage, headcount, and industry. Three of our prior findings broke under the new evidence.
Read articleWe analyzed 35,450 AI startup job listings, only 1.3% are entry-level. Here's where those 458 jobs are by department and funding stage, and what early-career candidates should actually do about it.
Read articleNearly half of all AI startup job listings are outside engineering departments. We analyzed 35,450 jobs across 1,542 AI startups to show exactly which non-engineering roles are hiring, how the numbers break down by company stage, and what that means for your career.
Read articleWe scanned job titles and company profiles from 1,500+ AI startups on fastaijobs.com, then cross-referenced with industry data. Here's the real tech stack behind the AI boom.
Read articleOpenAI made 18 acquisitions since 2023. Databricks, Anthropic, Perplexity followed. The AI middle layer (dev tools, infra, vertical SaaS) is being absorbed.
Read articleBetween 2024-2026, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta spent $20B+ hiring away AI startup teams through licensing deals that bypass antitrust review. We mapped every deal and its aftermath.
Read articleWe verified funding data for 1,190 startups and found that stage labels have become meaningless. $2B seeds, $900M Series A rounds, and 40% of early-stage funding going to $100M+ deals.
Read articleWe analyzed funding data from 1,044 AI startups and found a concentration so extreme it makes global wealth inequality look tame. Here's what it means for your career.
Read articleWe analyzed 29,215 open roles across 1,044 AI startups. Nearly half aren't engineering positions. Here's the data on the most underrated career tracks in AI.
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