The problem
Product teams struggle to get fast, credible customer feedback before shipping, juggling many research tools
What they do
User and market research platform: prototype/usability testing, surveys, interviews, participant panel and an AI moderator
Traction 60,000+ teams use Maze; shifted from self-serve toward enterprise sales; no new funding since 2022
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 6
- Ops roles
- 1
- Headcount
- ~100
Light hiring: 6 open roles (mostly remote EU engineering/product plus 1 GTM and 1 demand-gen); third-party data shows headcount down ~10% YoY
Hiring in
- Portugal
- Spain
- Remote (UK)
- Remote (Canada)
Latest news
Jun 2026
Launched Maze MCP, piping research data into Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor; opened to all Enterprise teams in Aug 2026 ↗Funding
- Last round
- $40M
- Stage
- Series B
- Date
- Jun 2022
Led by Felicis
- Hiring+16 open roles on the live job board (3–9 roles = +1)
- Funding recency0Series B · $40M, Jun 2022 (52 months ago): over 24 months = 0
- Traction+0.75Some growth: 60,000+ teams use Maze; shifted from self-serve toward enterprise sales; no new funding since 2022
- Red flags−11 significant flag in the last 24 months, −1 eachEngineer publicly reported a reduction in force (engineering layoffs) in Jul 2025, scale undisclosed; headcount shrinkingLinkedIn post (engineering RIF), Jul 2025 ↗ · LinkedIn post (company-wide RIF), Jul 2025 ↗
- Total0.751 + 0 + 0.75 − 1 = 0.75 → Cool-down
Cool-down rule: score under 1.5 and the last round is over 24 months old, with shrinking headcount or layoffs.
Distance (10K) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
10K
60,000 teams, but no funding since 2022, headcount down ~10% and 2025 layoffs.
Sources: Maze: About us ↗
Watch-outs
Engineer publicly reported a reduction in force (engineering layoffs) in Jul 2025, scale undisclosed; headcount shrinking
Sources: LinkedIn post (engineering RIF), Jul 2025 ↗ · LinkedIn post (company-wide RIF), Jul 2025 ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026