COMPANY PROFILE · UPDATED 21 SEP 2026

Positron AI

Positron is a software company currently based in Lovelock, Nevada, United States. It has been founded in 2023 by Thomas Sohmers and Barrett Woodside.

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Founded

2023

Headcount

14

Open roles

21

Last raised

Series C

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LOCATIONS

Where they work

Positron AI offices

• Austin, TX
• Lovelock, NV

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FUNDING

Capital raised

Total raised

$950,100,000

Investors

1517 FundAndra CapitalAtreides ManagementBanyan VenturesDFJ GrowthFlume VenturesJim ClarkNEAResilience ReserveSemiAnalysis CapitalUnlessValor Equity Partners

Funding rounds

• Series C ↗

  Announcement · prnewswire.com

  NEA (lead), Atreides Management (lead), Valor Equity Partners (lead), Andra Capital (lead), SemiAnalysis Capital (lead), Jim Clark (lead)

  $875MSep 10, 2026

• Series A

  Atreides Management, DFJ Growth, Valor Equity Partners, Flume Ventures, Unless, 1517 Fund, Resilience Reserve

  $51.6MJul 27, 2025

• Seed

  Resilience Reserve, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Flume Ventures, Banyan Ventures

  $23.5MFeb 10, 2025

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TECH STACK

How Positron AI builds

Extracted from Positron AI’s job postings we’ve tracked

×N is how many of Positron AI’s open roles mention that technology.

Programming Languages

Python×13SYSystemVerilog×10TCTcl×10VEVerilog×4C++×3C/C/C++×2BABashRust

Frameworks & Libraries

UNUniversal Verification Methodology×7MEMetal×3

DevOps & Infrastructure

Linux×4EMEmbedded LinuxLLVMQEQEMU/KVM

AI & Machine Learning

OPOpenAI×2Hugging FaceTETensorRT

Testing & QA

VAValgrind

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OPEN ROLES

Hiring at Positron AI

• Engineering Manager, Serving/APIRemote (United States)RemoteManagerEngineering
• Physical Design Engineer - Synth, SeniorCanada / Remote (United States)RemoteSeniorEngineering
• ASIC Design Engineer, SeniorCanada / Remote (United States)RemoteSeniorEngineering
• ASIC Physical Design Engineer - DFT, SeniorCanada / Remote (United States)RemoteSeniorEngineering
• ASIC Physical Design Engineer, SeniorCanada / Remote (United States)RemoteSeniorEngineering

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LEADERSHIP

Founders & key people

Thomas Sohmers

Barrett Woodside

Edward Kmett

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