TechCrunch · Jul 2026
TechCrunch reports on Encord's physical-AI data experiments, including brain-wave headsets, forearm sensors, and internal pilot facilities in San Leandro.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Encord is an AI-native data infrastructure platform for multimodal and physical AI, used to curate, annotate, evaluate, and collect training data from development through production.
Primary product
AI-native multimodal data infrastructure platform (annotation, curation, evaluation, and data collection)
Founded
2021
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
100-150
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AI infrastructure / multimodal data infrastructure
Offices
0 jobs at Encord
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Business model
Stage
Series C
Total raised
$110.1M
Latest round
Series C · Feb 2026
Latest amount
$60M
Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
VP of Product Engineering
Head of Machine Learning
Head of Human Data
Vice President Finance
Carl Bager
GTM Engineering Lead
Shivant Maharaj
Post-Sales Lead, Physical AI
Matt Tang
Head of Robotics Operations
Nick R.
Director, US / Head of Physical AI
Ali Raza
Lead DevOps Engineer
High-agency, fast-moving, and ambitious; the company emphasizes self-awareness, hunger to learn, problem-solving, and a strong in-person culture.
Work style
Hybrid
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public recruiting signals emphasize competitive salary, equity, and commission for some GTM roles; no public salary bands were found.
Benefits
Pricing
Tiered plans for individuals, teams, and enterprise customers, with custom enterprise deployment options.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
USD 1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
252K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
TechCrunch · Jul 2026
TechCrunch reports on Encord's physical-AI data experiments, including brain-wave headsets, forearm sensors, and internal pilot facilities in San Leandro.
Encord blog · Jul 2026
Recaps Encord's joint webinar with NVIDIA on Cosmos 3 running natively inside Encord to auto pre-label egocentric robot video, with a live demo of a physical-AI annotation pipeline.
Encord blog · Jun 2026
Launches Merlin beta, an agentic intelligence layer embedded into tools like Claude and Codex to streamline data workflows inside Encord.
Encord blog · Jun 2026
Announces native hosting of NVIDIA Cosmos Reason 2 and Embed inside Encord for automated prelabels and behavior-based search over physical-AI video.
Encord blog · Feb 2026
Encord raised a $60M Series C led by Wellington Management, taking total funding to $110M and highlighting rapid growth in physical-AI usage.