Inworld
Powering the next wave of AI applications. Realtime at scale.
About Inworld
Inworld is a research lab and inference provider focused on realtime AI for consumer-facing applications. We build first-party speech models, serve LLMs, and run the inference behind modular APIs designed for high-volume, realtime workloads.
Hundreds of millions of users interact with Inworld powered apps every day and we serve over 10 trillion LLM tokens per month. Our models and infrastructure support consumer applications across companions, healthcare, fitness, education, media, and more. Our work spans model research, realtime inference, large-scale serving infrastructure, and the APIs developers use to bring these capabilities into production.
We’ve raised more than $125M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Section 32, Kleiner Perkins, Microsoft’s M12 venture fund, Founders Fund, Meta, Stanford, and others. Our technology has powered experiences from companies including NVIDIA, Microsoft Xbox, Niantic, Logitech Streamlabs, Wishroll, Little Umbrella, and Bible Chat. Inworld has also been recognized by CB Insights as one of the 100 most promising AI companies globally and named one of LinkedIn’s Top 10 Startups in the USA.
Benefits
- • Annual performance bonus (10% on meeting expectations, up to 15% on exceeding expectations)
- • RSU equity (level-dependent, aligned to internal leveling system similar to Google L4–L7)
- • Visa sponsorship / H1B transfer assistance
- • Relocation assistance for candidates moving to the SF Bay Area
- • Hybrid work arrangement (a few days per week in South Bay office)
- • Health insurance: Anthem or Kaiser
- • Dental and Vision insurance: Guardian
- • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options to fund certain health-related expenses
- • 13 weeks fully paid 100% pay for 13 weeks (birthing parents) or 10 weeks (non- birthing parents)
- • PTO Flexible time off
- • 401(k) Plan - Human Interest
- • Education & training $600 - annual learning budget
- • $1,000 annual wellness budget
- • Equity tax advisory via Carta - Personalized planning support for stock-based compensation decisions
Open positions (23)
Senior / Lead Research Scientist, Models - Serbia
Head of Customer Success & Account Management
Senior Content Marketing Manager - USA
Staff / Principal Research Scientist, Models - Switzerland
Senior / Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Inference - Germany
GTM Lead
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Inference
Staff / Principal Research Scientist, Models - USA
GTM Lead - USA
AI Trainer (Contractor), Voice and Speech Evaluation - USA
Staff / Principal Research Scientist, Models - UK
Director, Sales Development - USA
Head of Customer Success & Account Management - USA
Director, Sales Development
Staff / Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Inference - UK
Senior / Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Inference - Serbia
Staff / Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Inference - Switzerland
Senior / Lead Research Scientist, Models - Germany
Sales Development Representative / Manager - USA
Founding Technical Account Manager - USA
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Inference - USA
Staff / Principal Software Engineer, Inference Platform - USA
Staff / Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Inference - USA
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$120M
Last stage
Series A
Investors
Founders
Michael Ermolenko
CTO and Co-Founder of Inworld AI. Previously Engineering Manager and Dialogflow AI/NLU Lead at Google. Alumnus of Novosibirsk State University.
LinkedInKylan Gibbs
CEO and Co-Founder of Inworld AI. Previously a PM at Google DeepMind and consultant at Bain. Educated at the University of Cambridge.
LinkedInIlya Gelfenbeyn
Co-Founder and CSO at Inworld AI. Previously Co-Founder and CEO of API.AI (acquired by Google, now Dialogflow) and founder of Google Assistant Investments. Alumnus of Stanford GSB.
LinkedInWhat 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.
