The 25 hottest startups where Americans want to work at, according to LinkedIn
25. Zume — food production
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Number of employees: 510
Startup description: Zume is known for its robot-made pizzas. It also plans to use predictive analytics for restaurants and suppliers to reduce food waste. According to LinkedIn, it has 109 open positions.
24. Ritual — consumer goods
Headquarters: Culver City, California
Number of employees: 70
Startup description: Ritual is a subscription-based vitamin company that just raised $25 million in Series B funding. It currently has 11 job openings.
23. Coda — computer software
Headquarters: Multiple
Number of employees: 60
Startup description: Coda makes a more unified workspace by merging text and data into one document. It currently has 15 job openings, according to LinkedIn.
22. XFL — sports
Headquarters: Stamford, Connecticut
Number of employees: 130
Startup description: XFL is a professional football league looking to change football by making it faster and more fan-focused. February 2020 will see the first kick-off for the XFL's eight teams.
21. Rubrick — computer software
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Number of employees: 1,070
Startup description: Rubrick, a cloud data-management startup, was founded by ex-engineers from Oracle, Facebook, and Google. In the last year, it hired around 700 employees.
20. Databricks — computer software
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Number of employees: 660
Startup description: Databricks helps companies analyze their performance through its analytics platform. It currently has 177 open positions, and most of them are data-related.
19. Bird — internet
Headquarters: Santa Monica, California
Number of employees: 500
Startup description: Bird may seem like another scooter startup, but it became the fastest company to ever reach unicorn status last year. And Bird is growing fast. It's planning to hire over 1,000 new positions around the world.
18. Aurora — automotive
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Number of employees: 305
Startup description: Self-driving startup Aurora was founded by former employees from Uber, Google, and Tesla, and currently has 91 positions open.
17. SimpleBet — computer software
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Number of employees: 65
Startup description: SimpleBet is a sports-betting tech company with an AI-powered pricing platform. It's currently looking for experts in engineering, data, and product.
16. TripActions — computer software
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Number of employees in the US: 600
Startup description: TripActions is a corporate travel-management platform valued at $4 billion. Its worldwide employee count is 725, and there are 80 positions currently up for grabs.
15. Zoox — automotive
Headquarters: Foster City, California
Number of employees: 890
Startup description: Zoox, another self-driving startup, celebrated its five-year anniversary this year and brought on CEO Aicha Evans, who plans to turn Zoox into an all-electric ride-hailing service by 2020.
14. Flexport — logistics and supply chain
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Number of employees: 1,080
Startup description: Flexport uses software to help companies transport goods around the world. In the last year, Flexport has secured $1 billion in new funding.
13. Away — retail
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Number of employees: 360
Startup description: Luggage-maker Away has some unique job openings, including a "Name your job" position for people who don't fit into any existing openings. To work at Away, candidates should be eager to learn new skills, but a four-year degree is not required.
12. Lime — information technology and services
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Number of employees: 423
Startup description: Lime is one of several scooter- and bike-sharing startups around the US. Its dockless bicycles and scooters have popped up in almost 100 cities since it was founded in 2017.
"We emphasize respect, empathy, strong communication skills and data-driven results that prioritize what's best for everyone," Laura Ventura, global head of recruiting, told LinkedIn.
11. Glossier — consumer goods
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Number of employees: 200
Startup description: Glossier is an online beauty brand that generated $100 million in sales last year. It's now valued at $1.2 billion, and it currently has 43 open positions on LinkedIn.
10. Nuro — information technology and services
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Number of employees: 300
Startup description: Nuro is one of the top startups making self-driving cars — specifically, delivery pods designed to transport goods.
"Our team prioritizes strategic thinking across all functions and a curiosity to explore the unknown," Tadhg Bourke, head of people and places, told LinkedIn. "Expect to be tested both in the quality of your work and your creative problem solving."
9. Compass — real estate
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Number of employees: 2,300
Startup description: Compass is a real estate technology company that also builds software. The company is currently looking for people to join its product and engineering teams.
"Look through your LinkedIn network to see if you're connected to anyone who works at Compass," Margaret Smith, head of talent at the company, told LinkedIn. "Reaching out to them to get their insight and perspective is important. They may refer you if you show enough initiative."
8. Peloton Interactive — health, wellness, and fitness
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Number of employees: 1,800
Startup description: Peloton is both a tech and fitness company: It makes high-end stationary bikes as well as group classes that customers can stream while they ride. The company just filed for its IPO, and is valued at $4.2 billion.
7. Robinhood — financial services
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California
Number of employees: 500
Startup description: Robinhood brings stocks to the people by letting them buy and sell funds on an app without paying a commission. Many of its open roles are in Lake Mary, Florida.
6. Good American — fashion
Headquarters: Los Angeles, California
Number of employees: 80
Startup description: Good American, a size-inclusive denim line sold by Nordstrom, was founded by Khloé Kardashian and Emma Grede, who previously ran an entertainment marketing agency.
5. Brex — financial services
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Number of employees: 230
Startup description: Brex makes a corporate credit card for startups, making financing easier. Despite being based in California, Brex is expanding to places like New York, Salt Lake City, and Vancouver. It currently has 85 positions open.
"We look for individuals who are ready to grow their careers at a pace matching the growth of our business, so prepare to highlight how you have challenged yourself in prior roles," Cookie Wiese, Brex's HR director told LinkedIn.
4. DoorDash — internet
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Number of employees: 1,780
Startup description: DoorDash is a food-delivery app. It just acquired one of its competitors, Caviar, and plans to keep growing. Since it was founded in 2013, it has doubled its employee count each year.
3. Samsara — information technology and services
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Number of employees: 1,115
Startup description: Samsara says it makes food production and other industries more efficient through its analytical software and cameras.
"In the next year, our plan is to hire approximately 1,000 new employees to build new products, enter new markets, and support our expanding customer base," Melissa Yeh, Samsara's head of people and places, told LinkedIn.
2. Dosist — health, wellness, and fitness
Headquarters: Los Angeles, California
Number of employees: 200
Startup description: Dosist makes cannabis dose pens, which have several purported health benefits, including reduced pain, inflammation, and insomnia. In the past year, Dosist has hired over 100 employees and has 20 current job openings.
1. Snowflake — computer software
Headquarters: San Mateo, California
Number of employees: 1,065
Startup description: Snowflake is a computing company that helps companies move their data to the cloud. According to LinkedIn, Snowflake has tripled its employee count this year, and has 85 jobs open.
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