Emerald

Emerald AI develops software and platforms that manage and coordinate energy use for Artificial Intelligence data centers, connecting compute workloads with power grid conditions in real time. The company’s Conductor platform enables data center operators and grid managers to adjust AI compute loads dynamically, helping balance energy demand while maintaining performance standards. Its technology

Series AColumbia Heights, Washington, DC, USA50 people

1 of 8 roles

Program Management · Bay Area · Hybrid
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Roles are read from Emerald’s Ashby every hour and disappear here as soon as they close there.

Data insights

Emerald hiring insights

Counted from every role read from its board, compared with every startup listed on firsthires.live.

Key findings

  • Emerald has the 926th most open roles of 2,946 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 8 open roles is 0.8× the average Series A startup here (10.3).
  • 38% of openings are in Engineering, then Other (25%).
  • Most roles are manager (50%). None are tagged for graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 50, these openings would grow headcount by up to 16%.
  • 0% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
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  • 0% of its roles are fully remote (market: 23%).
  • 100% of postings mention equity.
  • 8 roles added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 3 months old, against 2 months across the site.

Hiring momentum

Momentum score50out of 100Too little data

50 is flat. Blends the 4-week change, the 12-week trend and net roles added.

Added, last 4 weeks
00%
vs 0 in the 4 weeks before
Added last week
00%
Week before: 0
Weekly trend
+0.00
Roles/week, per week · R² 0.00
Net roles, 4 weeks
+0
0 added − 0 closed
Forecast this week
0
Holt exponential smoothing
Average week
0.0
σ 0.0 · CV —
4-week refresh rate
0%
New roles ÷ open roles
4-week churn
0%
Closed roles ÷ open roles
Median time listed
>90 days
0% close within 30 days
Roles added and closed per weekAddedClosed4-week avg
Week of 3 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 10 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 17 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 24 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 31 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 7 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 14 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 21 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 28 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 5 Oct: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 12 Oct: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 19 Oct: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 26 Oct (so far): 8 added, 0 closed, net +8
Week of 3 AugThis week (so far)

Momentum, explained

  • Emerald hasn’t added enough roles in the last few months to read a trend yet.

Hiring history

Roles ever listed here
8
Roles added in 30 days
8
Roles added in 90 days
8
Roles closed in 90 days
0
Tracked since
Oct 2026
Rank by open roles
#926
of 2,946 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
0.16

Volume and freshness

Open roles
8
Listed in the last 7 days
1
13% of open roles
Listed in the last 30 days
1
13% of open roles
Typical listing age
3 months
Oldest: 11 months

Pay

Roles that post pay
0%
0 of 8
Mention equity
100%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
0%
Say they sponsor visas
0
Graduate and intern roles
0
Median experience asked
5 yrs

Breakdowns

Roles added per month8 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Engineering338%
  2. 2Other225%
  3. 3Product225%
  4. 4Legal113%
Roles by level
  1. 1Manager450%
  2. 2Staff338%
  3. 3Senior113%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Hybrid8100%
Top cities named
  1. 1Bay Area675%
  2. 2Washington D.C.225%
Contract type
  1. 1Full-time8100%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Engineering338%
  2. 2Product225%
  3. 3Legal113%
  4. 4Policy & Regulatory Affairs113%
  5. 5Program Management113%

Pay is each role’s posted range converted to annual US dollars, midpoint. See every Emerald role.