The problem
Outside engineering, companies get little value from AI; agents do single tasks and need constant babysitting
What they do
AI 'Engines' assigned a business metric that run workflows for weeks or months
Traction No revenue disclosed; early customers include Cognition and Modal
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 12
- Ops roles
- 2
- Headcount
- ~10-25
Founded mid-2026; ~10-25 staff; 7 open roles (plus open application), all SF on-site
Hiring in
- San Francisco
Latest news
Oct 2026
Raised $60M seed led by Benchmark and Index at $285M valuation; launched Engines ↗Funding
- Last round
- $60M
- Stage
- Seed
- Date
- Oct 2026
Led by Benchmark, Index Ventures
- Hiring+1.512 open roles on the live job board (10–29 roles = +1.5)
- Funding recency+1.5Seed · $60M, Oct 2026 (this month): 6 months or less = +1.5
- Traction+0.75Some growth: No revenue disclosed; early customers include Cognition and Modal
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total3.751.5 + 1.5 + 0.75 − 0 = 3.75 → Warm-up
Seed rule: seed-stage without strong traction starts in Warm-up whatever the score (Tempo by score alone).
Distance (Unproven) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Unproven
Months old with no disclosed revenue; long-horizon agents for business work is a crowded race.
Sources: Bloomberg: $60M seed at $285M, crowded field (Oct 2026) ↗ · RuntimeWire: no revenue or outcome data disclosed; Cognition and Modal early customers ↗ · Index Ventures: why we invested in Hone ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026