Verified compensation by company and role
seats
cashtypicalupsidemarket$119k–$1.25M
CompanyRangeBaseTC
MetaMETA +38% 1y · ads + Reality Labs spend$360k TC$190k base
NVIDIA
14 of 24 work-email confirmedNVDA +48% 1y · data-center run-rate still compounding$400k TC$195k base
GoogleGOOGL +24% 1y · search + YouTube$340k TC$185k base
Waymo
10 of 16 work-email confirmedRobotaxi · Alphabet · rides compounding$350k TC$190k base
OpenAI
9 of 16 work-email confirmed$13B ARR · +80% · still the default AI seat$653k TC$270k base
TeslaTSLA +36% 1y · FSD + Optimus$330k TC$185k base
Anthropic
6 of 12 work-email confirmedClaude · $5B ARR · +120% · Series F$591k TC$250k base
Boston Dynamics
5 of 9 work-email confirmed$255k TC$180k base
Skydio
4 of 6 work-email confirmed$270k TC$170k base
Physical Intelligence
4 of 7 work-email confirmedRobot foundation models · lab cash · 2026 raise$520k TC$230k base
Cursor
4 of 8 work-email confirmedCursor · $500M+ ARR · still the default AI IDE$720k TC$250k base
Figure
4 of 8 work-email confirmedHumanoid · BMW line · 2026 raise · hottest metal seat$380k TC$210k base
Nuro
4 of 8 work-email confirmed$320k TC$185k base
Standard Bots
3 of 5 work-email confirmed$260k TC$180k base
Shield AI
3 of 6 work-email confirmedHivemind · defense autonomy · 2025 raise$300k TC$180k base
1X
3 of 6 work-email confirmed$300k TC$190k base
Skild AIGeneral robot brain · 2026 raise$360k TC$200k base
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