
Vannevar Labs builds hardware and software that help national security customers sense, decide, and act on critical information faster. The company delivers digital intelligence and agentic AI…

Vannevar Labs builds hardware and software that help national security customers sense, decide, and act on critical information faster. The company delivers digital intelligence and agentic AI…
Focus: AI-driven hardware and software for U.S. national security and defense
Founded: 2019
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Employees (approx.): 199
Known funding: $87M total (includes seed, Series A, Series B reported)
National security and defense intelligence, tactical edge sensing and decisioning
2019
DeepTech
$4,500,000
Seed reported in 2019
$12,000,000
Series A reported in 2021 with participation from General Catalyst
$75,000,000
Series B listed in Dealroom/Crunchbase reporting (Jan 2023)
“Raised rounds with participation from Costanoa Ventures, Point72, General Catalyst, Felicis and others”
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Vannevar is a defense technology company building AI to deter our adversaries. In the 21st century, conflict moves at algorithmic speed and foresight equals firepower. Our agentic AI is purpose-built to compete with China—from cross-Strait conflict to gray zone coercion. Trained on the most mission-relevant datasets in defense, our technology models adversary behavior, simulates campaigns, and recommends the best course of action to decision makers. Our AI systems are some of the most trusted in the industry and actively used on the front lines of the Indo-Pacific to keep the peace and save lives.
Exceptional technology starts with exceptional people. Vannevar is a small agile team combining world-class engineers with veteran strategists who bring deep expertise in defense and tradecraft. We’re building a company defined by mission impact, user empathy, and disciplined growth. In just three years, we grew from $3M to $80M in ARR, achieved early profitability, and reached unicorn status—proving that disruption doesn’t require an ego, and staying power doesn’t mean standing still.
About The Role Machine learning is core to Vannevar's enrichment capabilities, powering intelligent data extraction, classification, and augmentation at scale. Our ML team builds the services and infrastructure that enable products across Vannevar to leverage state-of-the-art models for mission-critical enrichment workflows. We own the end-to-end ML platform, from training and fine-tuning models to deploying high-performance inference services, and we operate these capabilities in demanding production environments.
You will be a technical leader driving the development of scalable ML services for enrichment. You'll work across the full ML lifecycle, from experimenting with and training models using frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Hugging Face, to deploying optimized inference services using ONNX, vLLM, and other deployment libraries. You'll partner with product teams to understand enrichment requirements, architect robust ML pipelines that handle large-scale data processing, and ensure our services meet strict performance and reliability standards in production.
What you'll do
What We Look For
What we offer
Competitive Salary
The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $215,000 + equity Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, relevant education, and/or training.
Comprehensive Benefits
We’re proud to offer competitive benefits that support our employees. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:
Vannevar is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don't feel like you're a perfect fit. If you're passionate about contributing to our mission, we'd love to hear from you!
**IMPORTANT NOTICE
We are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants. Official emails from the company will come from an @vannevarlabs.com domain. Under no circumstances will a legitimate representative from our company contact you to request passwords, financial information, or other sensitive personal data. Please be vigilant of potential scams.**
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