Oumi

Oumi is a community of researchers, developers, and institutions united in their mission to make frontier AI more open, collaborative, and accessible. Oumi offers an unconditionally open-source AI platform that empowers the broader community to push the boundaries of AI while enabling enterprises to enhance and truly own their AI destiny. The Oumi platform allows users to build, evaluate, and deploy cutting-edge AI models at any scale through an all-in-one, fully open-source solution.

oumi.ai

Oumi

oumi.ai

HQRemote

Team Size37

Open Jobs11

Total Funding-

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

What they do: Open-source AI platform for training, fine-tuning, evaluating, and deploying foundation models

Business model: Open-source platform plus hosted enterprise offering

Founders / leadership: Led by Emmanouil (Manos) Koukoumidis (CEO) with a multi-person founding team from Google, Apple, Cohere and academia

Funding: $10M Seed announced Jan 29, 2025; led by Venrock and Obvious Ventures

Mission: Advocate for fully open foundation models (open code, data, and weights)

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Tools and infrastructure for building and deploying foundation AI models with an emphasis on openness and community collaboration.

Industry

Software Development

Funding Track Record

Seed- 2025-01-29

$10.0M

Investor Signal

“Led by institutional early-stage investors (Venrock, Obvious Ventures) with participation from corporate partners and named angels”

Founders

What we do

TL;DR

Company Overview

Funding Track Record

Founders

What we do

Oumi

oumi.ai

Oumi

oumi.ai

HQRemote

Team Size37

Open Jobs11

Total Funding-

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

What they do: Open-source AI platform for training, fine-tuning, evaluating, and deploying foundation models

Business model: Open-source platform plus hosted enterprise offering

Founders / leadership: Led by Emmanouil (Manos) Koukoumidis (CEO) with a multi-person founding team from Google, Apple, Cohere and academia

Funding: $10M Seed announced Jan 29, 2025; led by Venrock and Obvious Ventures

Mission: Advocate for fully open foundation models (open code, data, and weights)

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Company Overview

Problem Domain

Tools and infrastructure for building and deploying foundation AI models with an emphasis on openness and community collaboration.

Industry

Software Development

Funding Track Record

Seed- 2025-01-29

$10.0M

Investor Signal

“Led by institutional early-stage investors (Venrock, Obvious Ventures) with participation from corporate partners and named angels”

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What we do

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Join the Team

Platform Engineer

On-SiteNew York, US

On-Site • New York, US

About Oumi Why we exist: Oumi is on a mission to make frontier AI truly open for all. We are founded on the belief that AI will have a transformative impact on humanity, and that developing it collectively, in the open, is the best path forward to ensure that it is done efficiently and safely.

What we do: Oumi provides an all-in-one platform to build state-of-the-art AI models, end to end, from data preparation to production deployment, empowering innovators to build cutting-edge models at any scale. Oumi also develops open foundation models in collaboration with academic collaborators and the open community.

Oumi is fundamentally an open-source first company, with open-collaboration across the community as a core principle. Our work is:

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Machine Learning Engineer

ContractHamburg, DE

Contract • Hamburg, DE

Frontend Developer

ContractAmsterdam, NL

Contract • Amsterdam, NL

Data Scientist

Full-timeUtrecht, NL

Full-time • Utrecht, NL

Technical Writer

Full-timeMunich, DE

Full-time • Munich, DE

Technical Writer

InternshipManchester, GB

Internship • Manchester, GB

Backend Developer

Part-timeNovi Sad, RS

Part-time • Novi Sad, RS

Platform Architecture: Design and implement scalable, maintainable platform architecture from the ground up, making strategic technical decisions that will shape our technology foundation
Backend Development: Build robust, high-performance backend services and APIs using Python, with optional Rust for performance-critical components
Frontend Integration: Collaborate on JavaScript/TypeScript frontend components that integrate with your backend services
Infrastructure as Code: Implement infrastructure automation using modern DevOps practices and tools
Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance on best practices, architecture decisions, and coding standards
0-to-1 Development: Convert product requirements into fully functioning systems, taking ownership of features from concept to production

Experience: Proven experience in software development, with a strong understanding of programming languages such as Python, Rust or Javascript.
0-to-1 Track Record: Demonstrated success building systems from scratch in fast-paced environments
Technical Expertise:
Strong proficiency in Python for backend development
Knowledge of Rust or willingness to learn for performance-critical components
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
System Design: Ability to design clean APIs, scalable architectures, and efficient data models
DevOps Mindset: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and observability tools
Communication: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
Open Source: Familiarity with open-source projects and a passion for contributing to the open-source community.
Values: Share Oumi's values: Beneficial for all, Customer-obsessed, Radical Ownership, Exceptional Teammates, Science-grounded.

Benefits:
Competitive salary: $125,000-$200,000
Equity in a high-growth startup
Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
21 days PTO
Regular team offsites and events
Location:
Hybrid work environment, with offices in:
Seattle, WA
Palo Alto, CA
New York, NY