Inworld AI

Backed byIntel Capital

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Total raised$67.0M
StageSeries A
Hiring pace3 roles / 90d
Founded2021
Team size11-50
HQMountain View, California
Industries
MLAIDeveloperConsumerVoice AITTSLLMsOptimizationand Runtime

About Inworld AI

Inworld provides realtime AI models and infrastructure designed for consumer-scale applications, enabling developers to build multimodal AI experiences that reach hundreds of millions of end users. Founded by experts in advanced AI and machine learning, the company has secured over $125 million in funding from prominent investors including Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins, Microsoft's M12 venture fund, Founders Fund, Meta, and Stanford. Inworld's technology powers applications across major platforms and companies such as NVIDIA, Microsoft Xbox, Logitech Streamlabs, Niantic, and Disney, establishing the company as a key infrastructure provider in the AI application ecosystem. With approximately 90-105 employees, Inworld continues to expand its platform's capabilities and reach in the rapidly growing market for real-time AI solutions.

Open positions · 10

Mountain View · On-site or remote · $150-200k

Company at a glance

Locations
Mountain View, United States ·San Francisco, United States ·United States
Websiteinworld.ai
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Founders & Leadership

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Florin Radu

COO at Inworld AI

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Grace Shen

Chief Strategy Officer and Assistant

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Igor Poletaev

CSO @ Inworld

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Ilya Gelfenbeyn

Co-founder at Inworld AI, API.AI/Google Dialogflow

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Kylan Gibbs

CEO & Co-founder, Inworld

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Engineering50%
  • Operations & Management19%
  • Specialized Functions16%
  • Sales & Business Development9%
  • Product & Design4%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.Stanford University
  2. 2.Novosibirsk State University
  3. 3.Lomonosov Moscow State University
  4. 4.University of Southern California
  5. 5.Carnegie Mellon University

Team Worked At

  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Meta
  • Amazon
  • Cruise

Team Composition

94 people
  • Engineering4 senior45
  • Human Resources4
  • Leadership4 senior4
  • Business Development1 senior3
  • Information Technology1 senior3
  • Quality Assurance3
  • Administrative2
  • Arts and Design1 senior2

Culture & values

Fast-paced and ownership-driven culture where people operate with high degree of autonomy

Direct access to senior leadership and CEO without layers of management

Company pays close attention to employee growth trajectory, promotions, and expanded impact

Stagnation is viewed as a red flag internally

Comfortable with ambiguity and energized by change

Culture of transparency and integrity in how company operates

Genuine flexibility around personal circumstances and timelines

Team actively uses AI tools in day-to-day work, not just in products

Startup-minded approach with real systems and processes in place

High degree of mutual respect among team members

Team rewards people who push themselves and the company forward

Tight-knit group of researchers, engineers, and go-to-market operators

Funding History

Cumulative Funding

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