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June 22, 2026

SignalFire's State of Talent Report - 2026

Flatter, leaner, more technical - The new shape of tech companies in 2026. Read SignalFire's 2026 State of Tech Talent Report to discover how AI is reshaping tech hiring, why engineers are more in demand, and how the modern org chart is flattening.

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Talent & Hiring
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November 18, 2024

How to solve the 3 biggest mistakes you're making in talent reviews

SignalFire's Talent team highlight the top 3 mistakes companies make in talent reviews—from bias in evaluations to oversimplified frameworks—and share actionable solutions to improve fairness, decision-making, and retention.

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Investment Thesis
Health & PharmaTech

November 14, 2024

The biggest ways AI is changing healthcare

A look at 20+ startup opportunities to fix healthcare’s top problems for developers, providers, payors, pharma, and patients.

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Developers
Data Reports
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November 13, 2024

The engineering career mobility report: Who gets promoted?

How to get promoted in engineering, according to an analysis of more than 1 billion job changes from the last two decades.

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Talent & Hiring
Developers
Practitioner’s Perspective
Dev Tools

November 8, 2024

Startup scaling strategies: How to boost engineering productivity at each growth stage

Our guest author, CEO and co-founder of Faros AI Vitaly Gordon, discusses how to tailor what you track to your goals, operating model, and company culture.

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Investment Thesis
AI/ML
AI/ML Tools
Vertical SaaS

November 5, 2024

Want to start the next billion-dollar AI company? Seven frameworks for AI-enabled vertical SaaS

Discover seven powerful strategies to build the next AI titan. Learn how to sidestep barriers, create data moats, and dominate industries with AI-driven solutions.

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Practitioner’s Perspective
Sales & Go-to-Market
Vertical SaaS

October 29, 2024

Customer collaboration is the key to vertical AI

SignalFire brought together co-founders of three vertical AI startups to teach fellow builders how to collaborate with customers to build better products.

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Portfolio
Health & PharmaTech

October 8, 2024

Centaur Labs: Transforming medical data annotation

SignalFire is leading a $16M+ Series B round in Centaur Labs to solve healthcare's AI training data shortage.

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Practitioner’s Perspective
Developers
Dev Tools

October 7, 2024

Unlocking the ‘aha’ moment: Developer relations for startups

As you guide developers to their “aha” moments, you're not just winning users; you're fostering a community of champions who will propel your product forward.

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Portfolio
Health & PharmaTech

September 25, 2024

Funding Praia Health’s Series A to bring an ecommerce experience to patient engagement

With the pace of innovation in healthcare technology only increasing every week, month, and year, there is one choice for health systems: adapt or slowly lose market share.

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Investment
Investment Thesis
AI/ML
Vertical SaaS
AI/ML Tools

September 16, 2024

Why LegalTech needs less AI magic (and a little more change management)

For LegalTech founders, the message is clear: those who can combine cutting-edge technology with a deep understanding of their customers’ needs and challenges will lead this revolution.

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Investment
Portfolio
Investment Thesis
Health & PharmaTech
Vertical SaaS

August 29, 2024

The business-in-a-box model: Grow Therapy’s playbook

A look at how Grow Therapy used the business-in-a-box model to build trust, expand, and scale quickly

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Developers
AI/ML
AI/ML Tools

August 26, 2024

From zero to hero: Reinforcement learning insights from the Ai4 conference

As reinforcement learning continues to evolve, its potential to transform industries by enabling machines to learn and adapt is immense.

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Data Reports
Talent & Hiring
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August 25, 2024

SF is back, and the data shows tech never really left

San Francisco leads the country in startup formation, founders, funding, tech employees, and AI.

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Developers
AI/ML
Dev Tools

August 22, 2024

The evolution of coding: AI turns English into a programming language

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the landscape, ushering in tools that can automatically generate, complete, and optimize code with increasing sophistication.

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Investment Thesis
Developers
AI/ML
Cybersecurity
Dev Tools

August 20, 2024

We need to prepare for deepfakes and spear phishing at scale

AI is opening up possibilities for scammers interested in scaling the deeper, more targeted work of spear phishing. It’s time to build the right defenses.

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Investment Thesis
Health & PharmaTech

August 1, 2024

The future of Health and PharmaTech: SignalFire’s perspective

A look at the biggest health startup opportunities for applying AI, solving the labor shortage, hybrid home care, getting medicines to market, and more

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Practitioner’s Perspective
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July 25, 2024

Scaling yourself: Habits of successful founders

How to balance work and personal life, build a healthy routine, and hire leaders who can reduce your stress

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Practitioner’s Perspective
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July 22, 2024

Startup back-office accounting guide: Paying bills and bookkeeping

Recommendations for the best software tools for expense management, accounts payable/receivable, and bookkeeping, plus how to choose which is right for your startup.

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Portfolio
Health & PharmaTech

July 17, 2024

Funding Freshpaint's $30M Series B for HIPAA-compliant healthcare marketing

It’s illegal to use Facebook ads, Google Analytics, or YouTube to market many healthcare services if you don’t follow strict privacy laws.

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Practitioner’s Perspective
Sales & Go-to-Market
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July 11, 2024

How to train and measure your startup’s early sales hires

Scale revenue growth by transitioning from founder-led to structured sales with insights from SignalFire mentor Jeanne DeWitt Grosser.

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Portfolio
Health & PharmaTech

June 11, 2024

Auxilius replaces Excel to automate biopharma clinical trial finances

SignalFire is leading a $10 million round for Auxilius. It manages clinical trial finances to get medicines to market more efficiently.

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Practitioner’s Perspective
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June 3, 2024

Startup back-office HR guide: Payroll, compliance, and benefits

In this guide, SignalFire offers expert tips and best practices for keeping your team paid, legally employed, and happy at your company.

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Practitioner’s Perspective
Sales & Go-to-Market
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May 30, 2024

Generative AI tools for startup marketing: A practical guide

Discover all the latest tools and tips to create high-quality marketing assets courtesy of AI thought leader Ross Simmonds.

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AI/ML
Developers
Cybersecurity

May 20, 2024

Securing shadow AI and misuse of commercial LLMs

Your employees are secretly using banned LLMs, and it’s a huge security risk. We need startups building real-time detection and secure enterprise LLMs to stop corporate data leaks.

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Practitioner’s Perspective
Talent & Hiring
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May 7, 2024

The startup employee journey guide: From onboarding to offboarding

Improve your team with strategies for employer branding, recruiting, onboarding, engagement, feedback, career growth, and offboarding.

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Investment Thesis
Consumer

May 3, 2024

SignalFire’s Creator Economy Market Map

The creator economy is the class of businesses centered around 50 million+ independent content creators, curators, and community builders including social media influencers, bloggers, and videographers, plus the software and finance tools designed to help them with growth and monetization.

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Practitioner’s Perspective
Talent & Hiring
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May 2, 2024

Complete guide to startup organizational design and leveling

This guide covers what organizational design means, fundamental principles, and how to implement org design for startups.

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Portfolio
Cybersecurity

May 1, 2024

Horizon3: Building the leading autonomous defense platform

Horizon3 is modernizing cybersecurity through AI-powered penetration testing, helping defend organizations like healthcare and educational institutions.

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Practitioner’s Perspective
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April 30, 2024

Startup back-office launch guide: Incorporation, banking, and equity

This guide offers expert tips and best practices for building a lasting company and what software can help efficiently in the early stages.

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Talent & Hiring
Data Reports
SignalFire News
AI/ML Tools

April 15, 2024

The SignalFire State of Talent Report: 2023 tech employee trends

Our data reveals which cities are gaining and losing tech talent, how Gen Z's career paths are changing, and how is AI reshaping employment.

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