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  • HAHarvey logo
    HarveyScale-up10 roles
  • ANAnthropic logo
    AnthropicScale-up · 201-500 staff7 roles
  • PEPerplexity logo
    PerplexityStartup · 51-200 staff7 roles
  • ASAstranis logo
    AstranisScale-up · 201-500 staff7 roles
  • NONooks logo
    NooksScale-up · Under 50 staff7 roles
  • UNUniversalagi logo
    UniversalagiStartup · Office-first5 roles

and 129 more companies on the list

135 companies hiring now

Ranked by live roles (recruiters, talent acquisition and HR roles). Every company is a startup or scale-up; recruitment agencies are left out. Press Auto apply on any role and Haystack's AI agent fills in that employer's form for you.

The top 40 of 135 companies, most live roles first.

  1. HAHarvey logo

    Harvey

    Scale-up

    10roles6 opened this month

    Harvey builds AI-powered solutions for legal professionals to boost efficiency and accuracy and help shape the future of professional services.

    All 10 roles at Harvey

  2. ANAnthropic logo

    Anthropic

    Scale-up201-500 staffTechnology & Software

    7roles3 opened this month

    Anthropic is an AI research company dedicated to developing safe, reliable, and steerable AI systems for humanity's long-term well-being.

    Replied to 50% of the applications Haystack's agent sentAll 7 roles at Anthropic

  3. PEPerplexity logo

    Perplexity

    Startup51-200 staffTechnology & Software

    7roles3 opened this month

    Perplexity aims to revolutionise how people access and understand information online using an AI-powered conversational search engine.

    All 7 roles at Perplexity

  4. ASAstranis logo

    Astranis

    Scale-up201-500 staffAerospaceOffice-first

    7roles2 opened this month

    Astranis builds and operates small, low-cost geostationary satellites to provide affordable and accessible internet access and critical services to remote areas and various customers.

    All 7 roles at Astranis

  5. NONooks logo

    Nooks

    Scale-upUnder 50 staffTechnology & Software

    7roles1 opened this month

    Nooks is an applied AI lab on a mission to democratise growth by redefining the equation between human intuition and machine intelligence.

    All 7 roles at Nooks

  6. UNUniversalagi logo

    Universalagi

    StartupOffice-first

    5roles5 opened this month

    UniversalAGI automates physical systems engineering across the entire product lifecycle using large physics models to transform the physical world.

    All 5 roles at Universalagi

  7. RD

    Rox Data Corp

    StartupOffice-first

    5roles4 opened this month

    Rox Data empowers organisations with AI-native data analytics and business intelligence solutions, driving informed decision-making and operational efficiency.

    All 5 roles at Rox Data Corp

  8. DEDecagon logo

    Decagon

    Scale-upOffice-first

    5roles2 opened this month

    Decagon builds and scales AI agents to power personalised customer experiences for enterprises.

    All 5 roles at Decagon

  9. PHPhysicalintelligence logo

    Physicalintelligence

    Startup

    5roles2 opened this month

    Physical Intelligence aims to bring general-purpose AI into the physical world by developing learning algorithms to control any robot to do any task.

    All 5 roles at Physicalintelligence

  10. FAFactory logo

    Factory

    StartupOffice-first

    5roles1 opened this month

    Its mission is to bring autonomy to software engineering through agent-native software development, allowing software to improve itself.

    All 5 roles at Factory

  11. EXExa logo

    Exa

    Scale-upOffice-first

    5roles

    Exa is building a modern AI search engine to power AI agents and provide web data for complex computational problems.

    All 5 roles at Exa

  12. BRBrex logo

    Brex

    Scale-up1,001-5,000 staffFinancial ServicesHybrid

    4roles2 opened this month

    Brex provides a modern financial stack to empower growing businesses, simplifying operations and accelerating growth with integrated financial tools.

    All 4 roles at Brex

  13. HAHappyrobot.ai logo

    Happyrobot.ai

    Scale-upRemote-first

    4roles2 opened this month

    HappyRobot.ai builds AI agents for enterprises to automate workflows, enhance customer engagement, and streamline operations in complex environments.

    All 4 roles at Happyrobot.ai

  14. LALangchain logo

    Langchain

    Startup51-200 staffTechnology & SoftwareHybrid

    4roles2 opened this month

    LangChain aims to simplify the development of applications powered by large language models by providing an open-source framework and tools.

    All 4 roles at Langchain

  15. AFAfterquery logo

    Afterquery

    Scale-upHybrid

    4roles1 opened this month

    Afterquery provides expert-curated data solutions and training for frontier AI models to enable machines to learn how experts think and make decisions.

    All 4 roles at Afterquery

  16. BABaseten logo

    Baseten

    StartupUnder 50 staffTechnology & Software

    4roles1 opened this month

    Baseten provides an inference cloud platform for developers to build and deploy high-performance machine learning applications and AI models.

    All 4 roles at Baseten

  17. MEMercor logo

    Mercor

    Scale-up201-500 staffRemote-first

    4roles1 opened this month

    Mercor organises human intelligence to power the AI economy.

    All 4 roles at Mercor

  18. PT

    Peregrine Technologies

    Scale-up

    4roles1 opened this month

    Peregrine Technologies provides AI-enabled asset tracking and management solutions to help public safety organisations and governments improve decision-making.

    All 4 roles at Peregrine Technologies

  19. BEBeaconsoftware logo

    Beaconsoftware

    Scale-upRemote-first

    4roles

    Beacon Software acquires and grows essential businesses by providing technology and expertise to founders, holding the companies permanently and streamlining operations with an integrated operating pl

    All 4 roles at Beaconsoftware

  20. SEServal logo

    Serval

    StartupOffice-first

    4roles

    Serval is an AI-native automation platform that builds intelligent agents to eliminate repetitive, manual work across the enterprise.

    All 4 roles at Serval

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Which startups are hiring recruiters and HR people in San Francisco?

As of October 2026, 135 startups and scale-ups in San Francisco are hiring recruiters and HR people, with 269 live roles between them. The most are at Harvey, Anthropic, Perplexity, Astranis, Nooks. The full list on this page is rebuilt every day from the employers' own careers sites.

Which small companies (under 50 staff) are hiring recruiters and HR people in San Francisco?

Of the companies on this list, Nooks, Baseten, Cognition have fewer than 50 staff on record. Use the "Under 50 staff" filter above the list to see only them. Team sizes come from company records and are not known for every company, so other small teams may be on the list too.

How is this list made?

Haystack reads the careers sites of more than 30,000 employers every day. This list takes the live roles in San Francisco for recruiters, talent acquisition and HR roles at companies recorded as startups or scale-ups, leaves out recruitment agencies, and ranks the companies by how many of those roles they have open.

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