
webAI helps enterprises build, deploy, and operate custom AI on infrastructure they own, not in someone else’s cloud. Built for mission-critical environments, webAI brings AI to your data so organizations can run private, specialized models with full data sovereignty, real-time performance, and predictable economics. From public sector and defense to aviation and manufacturing, organizations that require the most private AI platform choose webAI to move from experimentation to production faster, owning their intelligence instead of renting it.

webAI helps enterprises build, deploy, and operate custom AI on infrastructure they own, not in someone else’s cloud. Built for mission-critical environments, webAI brings AI to your data so organizations can run private, specialized models with full data sovereignty, real-time performance, and predictable economics. From public sector and defense to aviation and manufacturing, organizations that require the most private AI platform choose webAI to move from experimentation to production faster, owning their intelligence instead of renting it.
Positioning: Sovereign AI platform for running custom AI on customer-owned local/on-device infrastructure
Founded: 2019
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Reported capital raised: 60,000,000 USD (reported Sep 2024)
Recent valuation: Reached a $2.5 billion pre-money valuation (Jan 2026 announcement)
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Data sovereignty and operationalizing AI for mission-critical, high-privacy, low-latency environments (public sector, defense, aviation, manufacturing, and other enterprises requiring private AI).
2019
IT Services and IT Consulting
Series A completed at a reported $700 million valuation; the announcement stated total capital raised of $60M since inception.
Recently closed, oversubscribed funding round valuing the company at $2.5 billion pre-money; round amount not disclosed. Named participating investors include TIME Ventures, Atreides Management, Forerunner, and OXCART Ventures.
“Investors named include Forerunner Ventures, Atreides Management, TIME Ventures, OXCART Ventures, and EPIQ Capital Group.”
About Us: webAI is pioneering the future of artificial intelligence by establishing the first distributed AI infrastructure dedicated to personalized AI. We recognize the evolving demands of a data-driven society for scalability and flexibility, and we firmly believe that the future of AI lies in distributed processing at the edge, bringing computation closer to the source of data generation. Our mission is to build a future where a company's valuable data and intellectual property remain entirely private, enabling the deployment of large-scale AI models directly on standard consumer hardware without compromising the information embedded within those models. We are developing an end-to-end platform that is secure, scalable, and fully under the control of our users, empowering enterprises with AI that understands their unique business. We are a team driven by truth, ownership, tenacity, and humility , and we seek individuals who resonate with these core values and are passionate about shaping the next generation of AI.
About the Role: The AI Research Scientist will contribute to webAI’s development of next-generation AI models and systems. In this role, you will design, train, evaluate, and optimize cutting-edge machine learning models including large language models, multimodal architectures, and on-device inference systems. You will work closely with research leadership, applied AI teams, and platform engineering to advance scientific discovery while ensuring that innovations translate into real-world impact.
This is a hands-on research role for someone who loves experimentation, solving complex problems, and building AI that is powerful, efficient, and privacy-preserving.
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Preferred Skills
We at webAI are committed to living out the core values we have put in place as the foundation on which we operate as a team. We seek individuals who exemplify the following:
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webAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. In addition, it is the policy of webAI to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works.