Customer experience AI
Decagon
Customer agents for chat, phone calls and email. Chime, Duolingo and Avis use them to answer requests and make changes in their own systems.
- Based in San Francisco, New York and London
- More than 300 people
- Founded 2023
- 131 open roles
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“Decagon builds customer agents that Chime, Duolingo and Avis use for chat and phone calls. It told Newcomer in August 2026 that annualized revenue had crossed $100 million. A January 2026 round valued it at $4.5B. The San Francisco team is in the office five days a week. Of the 131 open roles, 71 list San Francisco.”
Jack’s take on Decagon
The questions people ask Jack about Decagon
Decagon told Newcomer that annualized revenue crossed $100 million
That was in August 2026. The company had said annual recurring revenue reached eight figures in 2024. TechCrunch reported in March 2026 that no later figure had been disclosed.
More than 100 new enterprise customers joined in the year before the January 2026 round.
No layoffs reported.
The last announced valuation is $4.5B
Employees could sell shares at that same $4.5B valuation in March 2026.
Business Insider reported in October 2026 that Decagon had hired a bank to review acquisition interest. ServiceNow said it has no interest in buying the company.
The team grew from 80 people to more than 300 in 10 months
Jesse Zhang told Forbes the company had 80 people in May 2025. TechCrunch reported more than 300 employees at the March 2026 share sale. Forbes described a team of 200 in the San Francisco office in late October 2025.
Its two cofounders run it, with a revenue chief hired from Snorkel
Jesse founded Lowkey, which Niantic acquired in 2021. Ashwin cofounded Helia, which Scale AI acquired in 2020. Chief revenue officer Jerry Brooner left in December 2025.
The San Francisco team is in the office five days a week
The pace. Jesse told Forbes in May 2025 that up to a third of the company typically worked Sundays, and that it was not required.
Values. The company names four values, including a winner's mindset and just getting it done.
Where. The San Francisco office is the main one, and it serves lunch and dinner. Open roles also list New York, London, Sydney, Toronto and other cities, and some are remote.
Time off. Full-time roles offer take-what-you-need vacation and a company-wide winter break. UK roles state 25 days of statutory leave.
Chime's agents resolve about 70% of chat and phone requests
In October 2026 Decagon introduced Chord, a speech model its own lab trained for customer calls, in 70+ languages.
What people tell Jack
“Decagon is at the forefront of the agentic wave, which is exactly where I want to be. I really value the talent density there.”
Open roles
Decagon has 131 open roles on its careers page. 99 list the US, 14 list the UK, 7 list Australia and 8 other places. A role can list more than one place. Pick a place and a team to see the roles and Jack’s read.
Jack’s read for engineering
30 open roles
- Research openings include audio, speech and safety, and they list San Francisco and New York.
- 1 software engineer role is in London. 19 engineering roles list New York, and 5 of those list only New York.
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Jack’s read for customer team
24 open roles
Sunny Rekhi is CTO of forward deployed engineering. He writes that he sold the startup he cofounded before he joined.- Agent deployment engineers are open in San Francisco, New York, London, Toronto and Australia.
What these roles pay and who gets hired, from our hiring guides
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Jack’s read for product and deployment
12 open roles
- 70+ languages in Voice 3, which speaks through Chord, a speech model Decagon Labs trained for customer calls.
- Agent product manager roles are open in San Francisco, New York, London, Australia and Brazil.
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Jack’s read for sales
38 open roles
Chief revenue officer Karim T. joined in December 2025 and runs sales, partnerships and revenue operations.- 38 of the open roles are in sales. Enterprise account executives are open in San Francisco, New York, London and Austin.
What these roles pay and who gets hired, from our hiring guides
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Jack’s read for marketing
6 open roles
- All 6 open marketing roles are in San Francisco.
- The openings cover brand, field marketing, growth and product marketing.
Jack’s read for finance, people and the founders' office
21 open roles
- Open roles include payroll, strategic finance, commercial counsel and the founders' office.
- A head of real estate and workplace is open in San Francisco.
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103 new roles since the week of July 20
New roles each week worldwide, from the week of July 20 to the week of November 2, 2026, from our daily checks of its careers page. The first week of checks is left out, because it counted roles already open.
Closed roles86 since July 17, when our checks began
The most recent, as of November 8, 2026.
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Jack & Jill isn’t Decagon’s recruiter. The open roles come straight from Decagon’s public careers page and refresh through the day. Company facts come from Decagon’s own announcements and named press, linked on each card, and were last checked on November 8, 2026. Jack’s take is Jack & Jill’s own.