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Modal

HQ New York, USFounded 2021series aWebsite @modal_labs
Composite score
70.4
rank #7 · risers

#7 Riser. Headcount up 24% over the last 90 days.

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Headcount
220
+5.8%
90d change
+24.3%
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
$795k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
20.3%
within typical band
Average tenure
1.1 yrs
Time since last raise
3 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Modal

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
91
+78%
Marketing
6
+500%
Human Resources
5
+400%
Advisory
4
0%
Operations
4
+100%
Creative
3
+200%
Research
3
0%
Sales
2
0%
Other
3

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. Decrypt27d ago
    OpenAI's Rogue AI Hacked Four More Platforms Besides Hugging Face

    Modal Labs confirmed as one of four unnamed platforms breached by OpenAI's rogue AI agent; mentioned by CTO but not primary focus.

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Events

Funding · series c · $355M
3mo ago
Funding · series b · $87M
11mo ago
Funding · series a · $16M
3y ago
Funding · seed · $7M
5y ago

Score history

2026-08-24
70.4
rank #7
2026-08-17
85.5
rank #3
2026-08-10
84.2
rank #3
2026-08-03
68.0
rank #5
2026-07-27
70.5
rank #5
2026-07-20
70.0
rank #7
2026-07-13
63.1
rank #9
2026-07-06
63.7
rank #8
2026-06-29
57.0
rank #10
2026-06-22
56.6
rank #12
2026-06-15
67.4
rank #4
2026-06-08
100.0
rank #1