AI data infrastructure
Encord
The data layer for physical AI and other AI teams. It collects, curates, annotates and evaluates the video, sensor and other data that trains models.
- Based in London, San Francisco and New York
- Close to 200 in June 2026
- Founded 2021
- 39 open roles
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“Encord is the data layer for teams training physical AI. Revenue from those customers grew 10 times in the year ending February 2026. The two cofounders still run it as co-CEOs. Most open roles are in London, with the rest in San Francisco and New York. People are in the office about four days a week.”
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Revenue from physical AI customers grew 10 times in the year ending February 2026
Data on the platform grew from 1 petabyte to more than 5 petabytes in that same year.
No layoffs reported.
The company has not published total revenue. In August 2024 Eric said revenue had grown four times over the prior year. He also said it could be cash-flow positive by 2025 if it stopped growing headcount. In August 2026 Ulrik said revenue had doubled since the Series C.
Total funding reached $110M with its Series C
The August 2024 figure is the total TechCrunch reported after the Series B. The February 2026 figure is the company’s own total after the Series C.
Wellington
Next47
CRV
Y Combinator
CraneUlrik told Tech Funding News the Series C valued the company at $550M.
The Series C was $60M, led by Wellington. The Series B was $30M, led by Next47.
Ulrik said the team was close to 200 in June 2026
February’s 150+ and June’s close to 200 are Ulrik’s figures for the whole team. In August 2026 he said 70 people had joined since the Series C. Cord Technologies Limited, the UK company, reported an average of 51 employees in 2024, up from 39 in 2023. In September, Ulrik said the San Francisco office they moved into over the summer was already filling up.
Its two cofounders are the co-CEOs
They launched the product in Y Combinator’s winter 2021 batch. Daniel Cook joined as vice president of engineering in September 2026. He had been chief technology officer at Flowdesk. The open Special Forces role works directly with both cofounders. Ulrik says that is Encord’s name for it, and that some other companies call this kind of role a founder’s office.
An in-person place that moves without a playbook
The pace. Listings say the company wants people who fix a problem before anyone asks, and who are comfortable when there is no playbook.
Where. Most of the London engineering team is in the office four or more days a week. Other listings describe an in-person culture of about four days a week, in London, San Francisco and New York.
Time off. UK staff get 25 paid vacation days plus UK public holidays. US staff get 18 paid vacation days plus US public holidays. There are monthly socials and offsites twice a year.
Pay. The listings don’t publish a pay range. They offer salary, commission and equity.
Every current role is on-site. The listings look for people who have worked where the pace was high and the work had real stakes.
More than 300 AI teams use it to train and run models
ForterraForterra gets labeled data back at 10 times the volume. It iterates on its autonomous-vehicle models 50% faster.
UiPathIts table-extraction training set grew more than 10 times. Accuracy moved from about 96% to close to 99%.
SynthesiaIt uses Encord Index to sort and search the data behind its avatar models.Named customers also include Woven by Toyota, Skydio and Philips.
Open roles
Encord has 39 open roles on its careers page. 34 list the UK and 21 list the US. 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 and research
14 open roles
- Engineering listings name Python, TypeScript, React, Kubernetes and Google Cloud.
- The open research and machine learning jobs are in London, along with a quant developer job.
What these roles pay and who gets hired, from our hiring guides
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Jack’s read for product
4 open roles
- 3 The product covers these parts of the data layer: curation, management, and annotation and alignment.
- A product lead, a senior product manager and a research communications lead are open in London. A senior product marketing manager is open there too, and in San Francisco and New York.
Jack’s read for field engineering
7 open roles
- Forward deployed engineers take the platform into customer environments and build on it there.
- Technical program managers run human-data projects for frontier labs and physical AI companies, including medical imaging and robotics.
What these roles pay and who gets hired, from our hiring guides
Jack’s read for sales and marketing
10 open roles
- The commercial roles are posted in London and also list San Francisco or New York.
- A director of sales is open, along with account executives for the platform and for data as a service.
What these roles pay and who gets hired, from our hiring guides
Jack’s read for finance, people and operations
4 open roles
- A founder-track role is open for people who have started companies, or want to, and can work across engineering, sales, product and operations.
- Finance and the workplace role are open in London. Recruiting is open in New York.
New roles peaked in late September
New roles each week worldwide, from the week of June 29 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 roles44 since late June
The most recent, as of November 8, 2026.
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Jack & Jill isn’t Encord’s recruiter. The open roles come straight from Encord’s public careers page and refresh through the day. Company facts come from Encord’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.