- AngelsRound
- Posts
- New Unicorns ($1B+ Valuation) — Now Hiring
New Unicorns ($1B+ Valuation) — Now Hiring
22 companies. All newly minted unicorns. All actively hiring right now.
Unicorn status matters because it signals one thing: the company has raised enough to hire aggressively and has investors pushing for growth. These aren't companies deciding whether to hire. They've already decided.
— Ashher, AngelsRound
1. Deepgram — $1.3B
What they do: Voice AI infrastructure platform. 200,000+ developers build speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and full speech-to-speech applications on Deepgram's APIs. Backed by Y Combinator, Nvidia, Tiger Global, and Madrona.
Why it matters: Every AI product needs voice. Deepgram is the API layer powering it.
Location: SF / Remote
Open roles: 47 across engineering, GTM, product, and sales 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/deepgram
2. Render — $1.5B
What they do: Developer-first cloud platform for AI and modern applications. $100M raised in February 2026. Competes with AWS, Heroku, and Fly.io — but built for the agentic app era.
Why it matters: As AI agents need infrastructure, Render is positioning as the cloud layer built for them. Backed by Bessemer, General Catalyst, and 01A.
Location: US / Canada / Remote
Open roles: Active hiring across engineering and product 🔗 render.com/careers
3. Tines — $1.1B
What they do: AI-native workflow automation platform for security and IT teams. Trusted by Coinbase, Databricks, GitLab, Canva, and McKesson. Backed by Goldman Sachs, SoftBank, Accel, and Lux Capital.
Why it matters: AI agents need orchestration. Tines is the connective tissue. Just announced 100 new jobs in Boston in March 2026.
Location: Dublin / Boston / Remote
Open roles: 51 across engineering, sales, customer success, and marketing 🔗 tines.com/careers
4. Gamma — $2.1B
What they do: AI-powered presentation and website creation platform. 1M+ Gammas created every day. Trusted by teams at major enterprises who've abandoned PowerPoint.
Why it matters: Every company still makes presentations. Gamma replaced a tool that hadn't evolved in 30 years. Massive B2B opportunity hiding behind a viral B2C product.
Location: SF / Remote
Open roles: Active hiring across engineering and product 🔗 careers.gamma.app
5. GlossGenius — $1.1B
What they do: AI-powered operating system for beauty and wellness businesses — salons, spas, med spas, barbershops. 100,000+ businesses process billions in annual payment volume on GlossGenius. Backed by Bessemer, Left Lane Capital, and L Catterton.
Why it matters: 1M+ beauty pros in the US. Most still run their business on spreadsheets and phone calls. GlossGenius is the vertical SaaS play.
Location: NYC / Remote
Open roles: 32 across engineering, product, sales, and operations 🔗 job-boards.greenhouse.io/glossgenius
6. Fireworks AI — $4B
What they do: AI inference platform. Builds custom GPU infrastructure to serve open-source and fine-tuned models at speeds 5–10x faster than competitors. $315M ARR. Built by the PyTorch team from Meta.
Why it matters: Every enterprise deploying AI needs inference infrastructure. Fireworks is the performance layer. Backed by a16z, Benchmark, and GV.
Location: San Mateo, CA / Remote
Open roles: Engineering and GTM roles across multiple teams 🔗 job-boards.greenhouse.io/fireworksai
7. LangChain — $1.3B
What they do: The agent engineering platform. LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, and Agent Builder power AI agents for 35% of the Fortune 500. 90M+ downloads per month. Backed by Sequoia, Benchmark, IVP, CapitalG, and Sapphire Ventures.
Why it matters: If you're building AI agents, you're probably using LangChain. $125M Series B in 2025.
Location: SF / NYC / Major US cities / Remote
Open roles: 39 across engineering, product, marketing, and sales 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/langchain
8. Modal — $1.1B
What they do: Serverless cloud platform for AI/ML workloads. Run Python code in the cloud with zero infrastructure management. Used by AI teams at leading startups and enterprises. Backed by Redpoint and Founders Fund.
Why it matters: The fastest way to run GPU workloads without managing clusters. Becoming the default for AI engineers who want to move fast.
Location: NYC / Remote
Open roles: 45 across engineering and go-to-market 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/modal
9. Baseten — $5B
What they do: AI model inference and deployment platform. Run, scale, and optimize any AI model in production. Powers inference for some of the largest AI applications globally. Backed by a16z, IVP, and Spark Capital.
Why it matters: $300M raised at $5B valuation in January 2026. Fastest-growing inference platform for enterprise AI.
Location: SF / Remote
Open roles: 37–49 across engineering, solutions, and sales 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/baseten
10. Filevine — $3B
What they do: AI-powered legal case management and document platform. Handles intake, document management, deadline tracking, and client communication for law firms across the US.
Why it matters: Legal software hasn't meaningfully changed in 20 years. Filevine is the modern system of record for the $400B legal services industry.
Location: Salt Lake City / Remote
Open roles: 97 — one of the largest hiring slates on this list 🔗 jobs.lever.co/filevine
11. Solace — $1B
What they do: Patient advocacy and healthcare marketplace. Matches patients with expert health advocates who navigate insurance, billing, and care coordination on their behalf.
Why it matters: 1 in 3 Americans deals with a significant healthcare navigation problem every year. Solace is the professional layer between patients and a broken system.
Location: Bay Area / Remote
Open roles: Active hiring across operations, sales, and technology 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/solace
12. Midi Health — $1B
What they do: Virtual care platform for midlife women — menopause, perimenopause, and related conditions. Partners with employers and health plans. 25+ open roles.
Why it matters: 50M+ women in the US are in perimenopause or menopause. Most receive inadequate care. Midi is the first at-scale clinical solution.
Location: Bay Area / LA / Remote
Open roles: 25 — mostly clinical and operations but growing tech team 🔗 job-boards.greenhouse.io/midihealth
13. Talkiatry — $1.4B
What they do: Psychiatric care platform that connects patients with in-network psychiatrists for medication management and therapy. In-network with major insurers.
Why it matters: 60% of Americans with a mental illness receive no treatment. Talkiatry removes the two biggest barriers — cost and access.
Location: NYC / Remote
Open roles: 1,500+ — mostly clinical (psychiatrists, therapists) but also tech and ops 🔗 talkiatry.com/careers
14. Substack — $1.1B
What they do: Newsletter and creator economy platform. Writers, podcasters, and video creators publish directly to paying subscribers. Growing rapidly as social media trust declines.
Why it matters: The creator economy is shifting from platform-dependent to owned audiences. Substack is the infrastructure layer for that shift. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Alexis Ohanian.
Location: SF / Remote
Open roles: 31 across engineering, product, design, and GTM 🔗 substack.com/jobs
15. TRM Labs — $1B
What they do: Blockchain intelligence platform for crypto fraud investigation. Used by 300+ government agencies, financial institutions, and crypto businesses in 70+ countries to investigate financial crime.
Why it matters: Crypto fraud cost consumers $10B+ in 2024. TRM is the forensic infrastructure layer used by DOJ, FBI, IRS, and Interpol. Backed by a16z and Goldman Sachs.
Location: SF / Remote
Open roles: Active hiring across engineering, data science, and sales 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/trm-labs
16. Garner Health — $1.4B
What they do: Data-driven doctor matching platform for employer health benefits. Uses outcomes data to guide employees to the highest-quality doctors in their area — resulting in better care and lower costs.
Why it matters: Most employees pick doctors from outdated directories. Garner uses actual outcomes data. Employers save 10–20% on healthcare costs.
Location: NYC / Remote
Open roles: 45 across sales, operations, clinical, and engineering 🔗 job-boards.greenhouse.io/garnerhealth
17. Basis — $1.1B
What they do: AI agents for accounting and finance teams. Automates reconciliation, close processes, and financial reporting workflows for mid-market and enterprise companies.
Why it matters: Finance teams spend 40%+ of their time on manual data entry and reconciliation. Basis eliminates it. Backed by prominent investors with a $1.1B valuation.
Location: NYC
Open roles: Active hiring — engineering and GTM 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/basis-ai
18. Eight Sleep — $1.5B
What they do: AI-powered smart bed system. The Pod regulates sleep temperature throughout the night, tracks sleep metrics, and learns individual preferences. Used by elite athletes and executives globally.
Why it matters: Sleep is the new wellness frontier. Eight Sleep has built a defensible hardware + software + data moat. Backed by Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and CEAS Investments.
Location: NYC / Bay Area / Milan / Remote
Open roles: 8 — lean but growing 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/eightsleep
19. Oxide Computer — $1.6B
What they do: Builds the world's first commercial cloud computer — a rack-scale system that brings hyperscaler-grade infrastructure to on-premises enterprise deployments. Hardware + software + firmware stack, vertically integrated.
Why it matters: Enterprises that can't send data to public cloud (defense, finance, healthcare) need cloud-grade infrastructure on-prem. Oxide is the only company building it properly.
Location: SF / Remote
Open roles: 11 across engineering and operations 🔗 oxide.computer/careers
20. Pomelo Care — $1.7B
What they do: Virtual maternity and newborn care platform. Partners with Medicaid managed care organizations and employers to provide prenatal, postpartum, and newborn care.
Why it matters: US maternal mortality is at a 50-year high. Pomelo focuses on high-risk pregnancies — the patients most likely to fall through the cracks.
Location: NYC / Remote
Open roles: 9–12 across clinical, operations, and engineering 🔗 pomelocare.com/careers
21. WorkOS — ~$1B
What they do: Enterprise-ready features as APIs — Single Sign-On, Directory Sync, Audit Logs, and User Management. Helps B2B SaaS companies become enterprise-ready in days instead of months.
Why it matters: Every SaaS company selling to enterprises needs SSO, SCIM, and audit logs. WorkOS makes it a one-week integration instead of a 6-month build.
Location: NYC / Bay Area / Remote
Open roles: 26–31 across engineering and GTM 🔗 jobs.ashbyhq.com/workos
22. Iterative Health — $1.4B
What they do: AI platform for GI clinical research and endoscopy quality improvement. Helps gastroenterologists detect polyps earlier and run decentralized clinical trials.
Why it matters: Colorectal cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer death. Iterative Health's AI improves adenoma detection rates — directly saving lives at scale.
Location: Boston / Remote
Open roles: 35–39 — mostly clinical research but growing tech team 🔗 job-boards.greenhouse.io/iterativehealth
List verified May 2026. Job postings change fast — check each careers page directly for current openings.
Written by Ashher
