
The only AI framework powering massive consumer applications. Adapt instantly to your users, continuously improve quality with scale, maintain real-time responsiveness, and reduce per user costs as usage grows We've worked with Xbox, Ubisoft, NVIDIA, NetEase Games, Niantic, LG, Logitech's Streamlabs, and indie game developers to create agentic experiences. And are backed by top-tier investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Section 32, Intel Capital, Microsoft’s M12 fund, BITKRAFT Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, and First Spark Ventures.

The only AI framework powering massive consumer applications. Adapt instantly to your users, continuously improve quality with scale, maintain real-time responsiveness, and reduce per user costs as usage grows We've worked with Xbox, Ubisoft, NVIDIA, NetEase Games, Niantic, LG, Logitech's Streamlabs, and indie game developers to create agentic experiences. And are backed by top-tier investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Section 32, Intel Capital, Microsoft’s M12 fund, BITKRAFT Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, and First Spark Ventures.
Founded: 2021
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Core product focus: Realtime AI models and infrastructure for voice/agent experiences
Notable customers/partners: Xbox, Ubisoft, NVIDIA, NetEase Games, Niantic, LG
Total funding (approx.): $100M–$125M+
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Realtime conversational agents and voice AI infrastructure for consumer applications (gaming, media, companions, education).
2021
Software Development
$50,000,000
Brought total funding to roughly $70M at the time.
$50,000,000+
Tranche that brought total raised to more than $100M and reported valuation of about $500M.
“Backed by multiple top-tier VCs and strategic investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Section 32, Intel Capital, Microsoft M12, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Bitkraft, Stanford-affiliated investors and others.”
About Inworld
At Inworld, we believe that the benefits of AI should extend beyond business workflows, into the applications and experiences that we enjoy every day. We began by pushing the frontier of lifelike, interactive characters for games and entertainment, and this remains a core focus area. Today, Inworld provides the multimodal models and pipelines needed to build realtime conversational AI experiences at multi-million concurrent user scale, and metrics-driven optimization tools to ensure these models and pipelines work best for end users.
We’ve raised more than $125M from Lightspeed, Section 32, Kleiner Perkins, Microsoft’s M12 venture fund, Founders Fund, Meta and Stanford, among others. Our technology has powered experiences from companies such as NVIDIA, Microsoft Xbox, Niantic, Logitech Streamlabs, Wishroll, Little Umbrella and Bible Chat. We’ve also been recognized by CB Insights as one of the 100 most promising AI companies globally and have been named one of LinkedIn's Top 10 Startups in the USA.
Your Impact
We're looking for a highly skilled Design Engineer Lead to join our team. You will work closely with our Product and Engineering teams to shape the end-to-end user experience, crafting intuitive, polished interactions that delight our developer customer base. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable translating ideas into prototypes and production-ready designs as they are implementing them in code to bring that vision to life. Your work will directly influence how users experience our technology, defining new design patterns for cutting-edge AI solutions and helping make advanced capabilities feel accessible and intuitive.
What You'll Do
Requirements
Work location: British Columbia, Canada.
The base salary range for this full-time position is CAD $170,000 - $230,000. In addition to base pay, total compensation includes equity and benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location, level, and additional factors, including competencies, experience, and business needs. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.