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🐺 Faro AI's $37M pharma play. Netradyne's unicorn scale. Avantus has new SD HQ.
Fresh biotech AI raise, AI fleet safety unicorn, and renewable energy scaling downtown.
Faro AI just closed a $37M Series B for clinical-trial AI. Netradyne crossed unicorn status with a new AI-agent platform. And Avantus moved into a new downtown San Diego HQ two weeks ago.
Howl yeah, let's dive in.
The AI engine accelerating clinical trials for the world's biggest pharma companies.
Why they matter:
Clinical trials are the bottleneck of drug development. Faro AI just closed its Series B to shrink that bottleneck.
The company's agentic AI platform accelerates clinical trial protocol development for pharma teams. Per Fortune, 6 of the top 10 pharma companies are already Faro customers.
Founded by CEO Scott Chetham (ex-Verily), with co-founder & Chairman Ross A. Jaffe (Versant Ventures). SD-HQ'd at 9645 Scranton Rd.
$37.3M Series B closed in August (Merck Global Health Innovation + S32 co-led, Ankona Capital joining as new investor)
Rebrand from Faro Health to faro.ai in August
Won the CDISC 2025 AI Innovation Challenge
Open roles across:
Engineering (Architect, Sr DevOps, Sr Software Engineer, Software Engineer Full Stack)
Product (Sr PM, Technical PM Platform & Integrations)
Clinical (Data Entry & Labeling Associate, PT)
Go-to-Market (Solutions Consultant)
See all 8 California roles at faro.ai/careers
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AI and cameras keeping commercial fleets safe, from Sorrento Mesa.
Why they matter:
Every commercial fleet needs an edge on safety, and Netradyne grew that into a unicorn.
Their Driveri platform combines edge AI with camera hardware to catch unsafe driving in real time and reinforce safer behavior.
Founded by CEO Avneesh Agrawal (ex-Qualcomm). HQ at 9191 Towne Centre Dr in San Diego.
Past $1B valuation on $90M Series D (Jan 2025, Point72 led with Qualcomm Ventures participating)
Won 2025 AI Safety Solution of the Year at the AI Breakthrough Awards
Netradyne Intelligence AI-agent platform launched in June (per BusinessWire)
Open roles across:
Engineering (Founding Product Engineer)
Product (PM Devices, PM Integrations, Technical PM Integrations, Sr Product Ops Manager)
Customer Success (Manager)
See all 6 open SD roles at netradyne.com/careers
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Renewables platform scaling nationwide, backed by KKR and EIG.
Why they matter:
The new downtown HQ spans two floors and signals Avantus is doubling down on SD as AI accelerates the power buildout.
The company builds utility-scale solar and battery storage projects across the country, led by CEO Cliff Graham.
Banks expanded their credit line to $1.05B this year, signaling big institutional confidence
Signed a long-term contract to sell Kitt Solar's power to Arizona's biggest utility (APS)
First solar-plus-battery project they own and operate came online in July
Open roles across:
Commercial (Director or Sr Director, Origination)
Development (Sr Director or VP, Digital Infrastructure)
Engineering & Construction (Development Engineer, Field Ops Manager, Construction PM, Sr/Principal HV Engineer)
Finance (Sr Associate + Sr Director, Project Finance; Sr Director, Project Valuation & Analytics)
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Also worth knowing
Founded by CEO Matt Spiegel, Lawmatics runs an intake, CRM, and marketing automation platform for law firms. Approximately $12.6M ARR, roughly 2,000 law firm customers. $10M Series A led by Ankona Capital in 2021.
Hiring (both SD hybrid):
Customer Success Specialist
Cross-Sell Account Executive
See both open SD roles at lawmatics.com/careers
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Still on the Radar
Two companies from last week still hiring and worth your time:
Reax - 8 open SD roles. Skyler Shuford's defense aviation second act. All Staff-level engineering and ops.
Cadre AI - 5 open SD roles. OpenAI Service Partner hiring 2-3 per week out of a new Torrey Pines HQ.
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