Composite score
52.6
rank #23 · risers
#23 Riser. Headcount up 12% over the last 90 days.
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Headcount
645
+1.9%
90d change
+11.6%
Funding events (90d)
0
2 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 v25Inferred revenue
$500M-$1B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$1.2M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
17.6%
within typical band
Average tenure
2.3 yrs
—
Time since last raise
1y 9mo
last round
Hiring flow · Writer
source: PDL v25Headcount by role
12-month growth · PDL v25Engineering
203
+33%
Sales
80
-2%
Marketing
58
0%
Operations
40
-11%
Human Resources
23
0%
Support
21
-5%
Advisory
18
+50%
Creative
18
+13%
Other
93
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In the news
relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days- TechCrunchHeadline11d agoWriter introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs
Article announces Writer's new flagship AI model Palmyra X6 and harness upgrades designed to cut customer deployment costs by up to 50%.
Events
Funding · series c · $200M
2y ago
Funding · series b · $100M
3y ago
Score history
2026-08-24
52.6
rank #23
2026-08-17
54.2
rank #22
2026-08-10
51.9
rank #19
2026-08-03
36.2
rank #22
2026-07-27
40.6
rank #16
2026-07-20
44.7
rank #19
2026-07-13
38.5
rank #22
2026-07-06
35.1
rank #22
2026-06-29
38.8
rank #29
2026-06-22
38.8
rank #29
2026-06-15
42.4
rank #13
2026-06-08
31.5
rank #43