The problem
Teams and their coding agents waste time stitching databases, servers and sync together, and AI-written backends quietly break
What they do
Reactive backend platform (database, functions, sync, auth) for apps built by developers and AI agents
Traction Nearly 10,000 paying teams (Apr 2026); revenue and customers grew 10x in nine months to Nov 2025
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 12
- Headcount
- ~41-44
Headcount ~20-30 (Nov 2025, LinkedIn, +70% YoY) to ~41-44 (Sep-Oct 2026, est.); open roles up from ~2 to 12, 10 posted since May 2026
Hiring in
- San Francisco
- Remote
Latest news
Sep 2026
Launched Convex AI Gateway for calling AI models without provider keys; hired General Counsel ↗Glassdoor
5.0 ★ 1 reviews ↗Funding
- Last round
- $57M
- Stage
- Series B
- Date
- Aug 2026
Led by Insight Partners (a16z, Spark Capital, Etna Labs participating)
- Hiring+1.512 open roles on the live job board (10–29 roles = +1.5)
- Funding recency+1.5Series B · $57M, Aug 2026 (2 months ago): 6 months or less = +1.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: Nearly 10,000 paying teams (Apr 2026); revenue and customers grew 10x in nine months to Nov 2025
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total4.51.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 − 0 = 4.5 → Race (4.25–4.74)
Distance (Half) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Half · edge: hard to leave
Strong #3 behind Supabase and Firebase in backends for app builders, with a hard-to-leave proprietary database, nearly 10,000 paying teams and customers like OpenAI and Zapier; the bigger rivals sell to the same AI-app builders, so it must keep its agent-era edge.
Sources: Convex: Convex for Enterprise, nearly 10,000 paying teams (Apr 2026) ↗ · PR Newswire: Convex $57M Series B, customers OpenAI, Tripadvisor, Zapier (Aug 2026) ↗ · Value Add VC: crowded category (Supabase, Firebase), real distribution edge (Aug 2026) ↗
Open ops roles
No ops roles open right now
Last checked Oct 25, 2026