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Fireworks AI

HQ Redwood City, USFounded 2022series bWebsite @FireworksAI_HQ
Composite score
100.0
rank #1 · risers

The #1 Riser. Headcount up 40% over the last 90 days.

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Headcount
326
+13.6%
90d change
+39.9%
Funding events (90d)
0
4 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$100M-$250M
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$537k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
17.4%
within typical band
Average tenure
1.0 yrs
Time since last raise
10 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Fireworks AI

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
123
+78%
Sales
10
+100%
Product
10
+100%
Operations
9
+80%
Human Resources
7
+133%
Marketing
6
+200%
Advisory
5
0%
Analyst
3
+200%
Other
7

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
No recent mentions across our tracked sources.
Machine-readablesignals RSSJSON APIAPI & MCP docs

Events

Funding · series c · $230M
10mo ago
Funding · secondary market · $20M
10mo ago
Funding · series b · $52M
2y ago
Funding · series a · $25M
2y ago

Score history

2026-08-24
100.0
rank #1
2026-08-17
100.0
rank #1
2026-08-10
95.3
rank #2
2026-08-03
76.4
rank #2
2026-07-27
71.8
rank #3
2026-07-20
88.4
rank #4
2026-07-13
77.0
rank #5
2026-07-06
77.7
rank #5
2026-06-29
68.7
rank #7
2026-06-22
68.7
rank #7
2026-06-15
36.7
rank #16
2026-06-08
67.0
rank #12