Human Archive

Physical AI data lab

EarlySan Francisco, CA, USA100 peopleFounded 2026YC W26

5 of 8 roles

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Engineering · San Francisco, CA, US / IN

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Roles are read from Human Archive’s Y Combinator every hour and disappear here as soon as they close there.

Data insights

Human Archive hiring insights

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

Key findings

  • Human Archive has the 816th most open roles of 2,145 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 8 open roles is 1.3× the average Early startup here (6.2).
  • 63% of openings are in Engineering, then Design (13%).
  • Most roles are mid level (50%). 2 roles suit graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 100, these openings would grow headcount by up to 8%.
  • Median posted pay of $135k is 14% below the Early startup median ($158k).
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  • Engineering pay here (median $175k) is 7% below the market median for Engineering ($188k).
  • 25% of its roles post pay, against 39% across all listed startups.
  • 0% of its roles are fully remote (market: 21%).
  • 25% of postings mention equity.
  • 6 postings say they don’t sponsor visas.
  • 8 roles added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 8 months old, against 58 days across the site.
  • Founded this year, in Y Combinator’s Winter 2026 batch.

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

  • Human Archive 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
#816
of 2,145 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
0.08

Volume and freshness

Open roles
8
Listed in the last 7 days
0
0% of open roles
Listed in the last 30 days
0
0% of open roles
Typical listing age
8 months
Oldest: 10 months

Pay

Median posted pay
$135k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$115k–$155k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
25%
2 of 8
Mention equity
25%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
0%
Say they sponsor visas
0
6 say they don’t
Graduate and intern roles
2
Median experience asked
3 yrs

Breakdowns

Roles added per month8 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Engineering563%
  2. 2Design113%
  3. 3Marketing113%
  4. 4Operations113%
Roles by level
  1. 1Mid level450%
  2. 2Graduate / entry225%
  3. 3Executive113%
  4. 4Manager113%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Not stated8100%
Top cities named
  1. 1IN675%
  2. 2San Francisco225%
Contract type
  1. 1Full-time8100%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Engineering563%
  2. 2Design113%
  3. 3Marketing113%
  4. 4Operations113%
Posted pay spread (annual USD)
$80kLow$115k25th$135kMedian$155k75th$210kHigh
Human Archive vs Early startups (annual USD)Human Archive median: $135k
$110kLow$110k25th$158kMedian$200k75th$200kHigh

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