San FranciscoOn-site · 0–15 yrsVisa sponsorship
$150k - $300k+ equity
AI · San Francisco, CA
Moonlake
Moonlake develops real-time multimodal reasoning models that generate simulations, games, and worlds for robotics and frontier applications. The San Francisco-based startup of ~25 PhD researchers specializes in advanced simulations and synthetic data for leading robotics laboratories.
Backed by Threshold Ventures, AIX Ventures, NVentures
Work at Moonlake?
- Location
- San Francisco
- 4 roles
- Team size
- 11-50
- Founded 2025
- Total raised
- $28M
- Seed · last round Oct '25
- Salary range
- $150–300k
- + equity · 1 of 4 roles
- Visa
- Visa sponsorship
- 1 of 4 roles
Open positions · 4
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About Moonlake
Moonlake builds real-time multimodal reasoning models and products that generate simulations, games, and worlds for frontier applications. The company, headquartered in San Francisco's Financial District, is a small but rapidly growing team of approximately 25 people, predominantly PhD researchers specializing in multimodal world models and robotics simulation. Moonlake's current work focuses on creating advanced simulations and synthetic data for leading robotics laboratories, and the company has recently accelerated its growth trajectory following the acquisition of major new contracts.
Culture & values
Most of the team are PhD researchers
Members of Technical Staff with very different levels of experience, from recent PhD and master's graduates to well-known senior researchers
Includes a famous Stanford professor who works here as an individual contributor researcher
Teams across robotics, world models, AI systems and simulation infrastructure, working closely together
Fully in-person: The team works on-site in downtown San Francisco, in the Financial District next to Salesforce Tower
Simulation engineers work in the office five days a week
Intense and driven: Everyone works very hard and cares deeply about their work
The team works on the newest problems in world models and embodied AI
Small team of about 25 people
Funding
$28Mtotal raised
- Oct 2025 · SeedThreshold Ventures, NVentures, AIX Ventures$28M
- Threshold Ventures
- AIX Ventures
- NVentures
Company at a glance
The team at Moonlake
11-50 peopleSee everyone on LinkedIn
Team breakdown
Team Distribution
- Research & Engineering56%
- Operations31%
- Leadership6%
- Product & Design6%
Where the Team Studied
- 1.Stanford University
- 2.University of California, Berkeley
- 3.Carnegie Mellon University
- 4.The University of Texas at Austin
- 5.Dartmouth College
Team Worked At
- Google DeepMind
- Lockheed Martin
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- MosaicML
- In-Q-Tel
Location
Team Composition
19 people- Engineering and Technical9
- Research1 senior3
- General Management1 senior2
- Consulting1 senior1
- Design1
- Finance & Accounting1 senior1
- Marketing1 senior1
Life at Moonlake
Frequently asked questions
Of 4 open roles, Moonlake has 4 on-site positions.
Moonlake is based in San Francisco.
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