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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 56% over the last 90 days.

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Headcount
448
+12.3%
90d change
+56.1%
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
$391k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
17.4%
within typical band
Average tenure
1.0 yrs
—
Time since last raise
1y
last round

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.
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Events

Funding · series c · $230M
1y ago
Funding · secondary market · $20M
1y ago
Funding · series b · $52M
2y ago
Funding · series a · $25M
3y ago

Score history

2026-10-19
100.0
rank #1
2026-10-12
100.0
rank #1
2026-10-05
88.5
rank #2
2026-09-28
88.2
rank #2
2026-09-21
88.2
rank #2
2026-09-14
100.0
rank #1
2026-09-07
100.0
rank #1
2026-08-31
100.0
rank #1
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