Hex and Tractian crash the Sprint pack
Two $100M+ rounds and a few hiring pushes reshuffled the top 100. Four companies entered, six slipped out, and most of the drops below are just new entries pushing everyone down.
The climbers
Hex#365 → #89
Score 3.25 → 4.75Steady → Sprint
A fresh $100M round in October gives Hex full funding credit, on top of 39 open roles. That lifts it two zones.
Thatch#69 → #36
Score 5.0 → 5.5Sprint → Sprint
Open roles grew from 28 to 31, enough to earn a bigger hiring score and a long jump inside Sprint.
Dust#113 → #62
Score 4.5 → 5.0Race → Sprint
Hiring jumped from 24 to 32 open roles, crossing the 30-role mark.
Tessera Labs#176 → #83
Score 4.5 → 5.0Race → Sprint
Open roles went from 26 to 30, which tips it into Sprint.
Simile#138 → #72
Score 4.5 → 5.0Race → Sprint
A small hiring gain (9 to 10 open roles) crossed a scoring bucket and moved it into Sprint.
The new entries
The drops
Quartermaster#81 → #188
Score 5.0 → 4.5Sprint → Race
A real drop: open roles fell from 11 to 8, costing hiring points.
Scribe#104 → #213
Score 4.5 → 4.0Race → Tempo
A real drop: open roles slid from 31 to 28, below the 30-role mark.
Only pushed down
Suno#96 → #101
Score 4.5 → 4.5Race → Race
Score unchanged. Four new entries above it pushed it out of the 100.
Slash#97 → #102
Score 4.5 → 4.5Race → Race
Unchanged, pushed out by new entries.
Column#98 → #103
Score 4.5 → 4.5Race → Race
Unchanged, pushed out by new entries.
Abridge#99 → #104
Score 4.5 → 4.5Race → Race
Unchanged, pushed out by new entries.
Corgi#100 → #105
Score 4.5 → 4.5Race → Race
Unchanged, pushed out by new entries.