About Goodfire
Goodfire is an AI interpretability research lab and public benefit corporation that uses mechanistic interpretability to understand, learn from, and design AI systems. Its flagship product, Ember, is a hosted API/SDK that gives developers and researchers programmable access to a model's internal neural features, enabling them to inspect, steer, and edit model behavior without retraining. The company serves AI researchers, enterprises, and model labs seeking safer, more transparent, and more reliable AI systems.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$209M
Last stage
Series B
Investors
Founders
Daniel Balsam
Formerly founding engineer and Head of AI at RippleMatch. Holds a Master's in Computer Science from NYU.
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Tom McGrath
Previously a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, where he founded their interpretability team.
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Eric Ho
Previously co-founded RippleMatch, an AI-driven recruiting platform. Yale University alumnus.
LinkedInDan Balsam
Previously founding engineer and Head of AI at RippleMatch, where he built the core engineering organization and deployed LLMs in production. Holds a Master's in Computer Science from NYU.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.