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Fireworks AI

HQ Redwood City, USFounded 2022series bWebsite @FireworksAI_HQ
Composite score
46.3
rank #26 · risers

#26 Riser. 167 people and hiring.

Headcount
167
0.0%
90d change
+0.6%
Funding events (90d)
0
4 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$100M-$250M
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$1.0M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
15.1%
within typical band
Average tenure
1.1 yrs
—
Time since last raise
7 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Fireworks AI

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
100
+89%
Sales
8
+33%
Product
8
+100%
Operations
8
+60%
Advisory
5
0%
Marketing
5
+400%
Human Resources
4
+33%
Partnerships
3
+50%
Other
3
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In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
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    Partner in Harvey's cost-reduction test; inference platform enabling smaller model deployment strategy.

Events

Funding · secondary market · $20M
8mo ago
Funding · series c · $230M
8mo ago
Funding · series b · $52M
2y ago
Funding · series a · $25M
2y ago

Score history

2026-06-08
46.3
rank #26
2026-06-01
46.3
rank #26
2026-05-25
46.3
rank #26
2026-05-18
47.1
rank #14
2026-05-11
44.6
rank #15
2026-05-04
44.9
rank #15
2026-04-27
52.8
rank #22
2026-04-20
56.1
rank #20
2026-04-13
56.1
rank #20
2026-04-06
56.1
rank #21
2026-03-30
72.3
rank #12
2026-03-23
70.6
rank #12