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Drift

HQ Boston, USFounded 2015private otherWebsite @Drift
Composite score
51.5
rank #12 · cuts

#12 Cut. 274 employees.

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Headcount
274
-0.7%
90d change
0.0%
Funding events (90d)
0
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
$250M-$500M
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$1.4M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
11.2%
within typical band
Average tenure
2.4 yrs
—
Time since last raise
—
no rounds on record

Hiring flow · Drift

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Operations
24
+9%
Engineering
23
-23%
Sales
11
-21%
Support
10
-23%
Creative
6
-14%
Professional Service
6
-25%
Product
4
0%
Marketing
4
+33%
Other
18
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In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. Decrypt5d ago
    Wallet Linked to Drift Exploit Sends $61 Million in Ethereum to Tornado Cash

    Article is entirely about Drift Protocol's April exploit and ongoing fund movement by attackers into Tornado Cash.

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Events

Layoff · 19.94% (62 roles)
Departures in 2024-03: 81 vs 6-mo baseline of 18.5 (4.38× spike). Derived from PDL.
3y ago
Layoff · 10.16% (37 roles)
Departures in 2024-02: 54 vs 6-mo baseline of 17 (3.18× spike). Derived from PDL.
3y ago
Layoff · 8.92% (42 roles)
Departures in 2023-09: 58 vs 6-mo baseline of 16 (3.62× spike). Derived from PDL.
3y ago

Score history

2026-10-19
51.5
rank #12
2026-10-12
49.1
rank #12
2026-10-05
51.5
rank #14
2026-09-28
34.7
rank #20
2026-09-21
35.3
rank #16
2026-09-14
30.9
rank #27
2026-09-07
30.1
rank #24
2026-08-31
31.8
rank #28
2026-08-24
32.7
rank #29
2026-08-17
34.4
rank #25
2026-08-10
21.0
rank #18
2026-08-03
23.7
rank #20