Stelia

We are a research-led applied AI team advancing the future operating systems of AI. Traditional, fragmented AI stacks are struggling to scale under the demands of production, governance, and security, creating barriers to reliable, enterprise-grade AI deployment. With deep expertise spanning carrier and data centre architecture to applied AI and agent orchestration, we close that gap to deliver production-scale, compliant systems for enterprises operating with high-value, high-risk data across space, retail, media, and entertainment – embedding ethics, governance, and responsible AI practices at every stage.

stelia.ai

Stelia

stelia.ai

HQGB

Team Size39

Open Jobs2

Total Funding-

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

What: Enterprise AI infrastructure (SteliaOS control plane; Lyra distributed AI runtime)

Founder / CEO: Tobias Hooton

Recent funding: Convertible Note dated 2025-03-01 led by 3VC

Investors: Includes 3VC, Episode 1 Ventures, firedrop, and Alex Macdonald

Employees: 39

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Production-scale enterprise AI deployment, governance and compliance of AI actions, data mobility and distributed AI operations across data centers and regions.

Industry

AI infrastructure

Funding Track Record

Convertible Note- 2025-03-01

Listed as a Convertible Note round with 3VC as lead investor.

Seed- 2024-04-01

Seed round listed with Episode 1 as lead investor.

- 2024-07

Dealroom lists a funding entry in July 2024 showing Episode 1 Ventures and firedrop as investors.

- 2024-01

€0.0

Dealroom shows a January 2024 entry with an amount displayed as €0.0 in the public view.

Investor Signal

“Backed by venture investors including 3VC (lead on a 2025 convertible note) and Episode 1 Ventures; Crunchbase also lists Alex Macdonald among recent investors and Dealroom shows firedrop as an investor.”

Founders

What we do

TL;DR

Company Overview

Funding Track Record

Founders

What we do

Stelia

stelia.ai

Stelia

stelia.ai

HQGB

Team Size39

Open Jobs2

Total Funding-

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

What: Enterprise AI infrastructure (SteliaOS control plane; Lyra distributed AI runtime)

Founder / CEO: Tobias Hooton

Recent funding: Convertible Note dated 2025-03-01 led by 3VC

Investors: Includes 3VC, Episode 1 Ventures, firedrop, and Alex Macdonald

Employees: 39

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Company Overview

Problem Domain

Production-scale enterprise AI deployment, governance and compliance of AI actions, data mobility and distributed AI operations across data centers and regions.

Industry

AI infrastructure

Funding Track Record

Convertible Note- 2025-03-01

Listed as a Convertible Note round with 3VC as lead investor.

Seed- 2024-04-01

Seed round listed with Episode 1 as lead investor.

- 2024-07

Dealroom lists a funding entry in July 2024 showing Episode 1 Ventures and firedrop as investors.

- 2024-01

€0.0

Dealroom shows a January 2024 entry with an amount displayed as €0.0 in the public view.

Investor Signal

Founders

What we do

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Parloa	🇩🇪DE	Sales and Marketing	$571M
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Join the Team

Forward Deployed Engineer

On-SiteLondon, England, GB

On-Site • London, England, GB

Your mission As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you are the architect of our customers' technical success. You will lead the deployment and integration of our AI OS into the heart of enterprise infrastructures to deliver tangible business value at scale. Your primary metric of success is Speed to Value: the velocity at which you can move from initial engagement to robust, functional enterprise AI deployment at scale.

Your role Key Responsibilities

Teeming tracks opportunities at over 24,000 AI startups, then works with you to find (and land) the one you'll love.

Software Engineer

Part-timeNew York, US

Part-time • New York, US

Technical Writer

InternshipHamburg, DE

Internship • Hamburg, DE

AI Researcher

InternshipLondon, GB

Internship • London, GB

DevOps Engineer

InternshipNew York, US

Internship • New York, US

Frontend Developer

InternshipCambridge, GB

Internship • Cambridge, GB

Frontend Developer

InternshipTel Aviv

Internship • Tel Aviv

Accelerate Deployment Velocity:Lead the end-to-end technical delivery of our AI Operating Systemfor customers, prioritising the fastest path frominitialdata ingestion to production-grade deployment.

Bridge the Integration Gap:Design and build robust connections between our distributed AI architecture and the customer’s existing data stack, legacy systems, and cloud infrastructure.

Solution Architecture:Act as a hands-on engineer and consultant, rapidly developing functional prototypes and workflows thatdemonstratethe power of our AI OS against specific business use cases.

System Hardening:Work with the engineering teams to transition successful prototypes into resilient, scalable solutions by applying high engineering standards to high-velocity deployments.

Feedback Loop:Partner with our ProductEngineering andR&D teams to turn field-level challenges into core platform features, reducing friction for all future deployments.

Your profile The Speed to Value Mindset

Technical Communication: You can translate complex distributed systems concepts into clear, actionable roadmaps for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Pragmatic Delivery: Through a business outcome focus, you identify the 20% of engineering work that delivers 80% of the customer value. You prefer functional, reliable solutions that deliver value over theoretical perfection.
Ownership & Agency: You take full responsibility for the customer's technical success.You identify and build solutions to keep the deployment moving.

Technical Requirements

Core Engineering: Proficiency in Python. You are comfortable writing, debugging, and optimising code.
AI Assisted coding: You have hands of experience using AI to accelerate software development and can confidently manage the risks while realising benefits in cost and speed.
AI & Logic Implementation: Practical experience with AI orchestration (e.g., RAG architectures, knowledge graphs, agentic frameworks, or LLM-based reasoning systems).
Data Infrastructure: Solid grasp of SQL and experience navigating enterprise data pipelines (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks). You understand how to handle "messy" real-world data at scale.
DevOps & Cloud: Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Distributed Systems: An interest in or experience with high-performance networking, disaggregated computing, or decentralised workloads.

About Us At Stelia, we are building the AI Operating System for a distributed, intelligent world. Our mission is to dismantle the boundaries between humanity and technology by creating an Enterprise AI designed for trust, resilience, and scale.