Full-Time
Research Engineer New Grad
Genmo
11-50 employees
AI-powered image and video animation platform
No salary listed
San Francisco, CA, USA
In Person
Four to five days on-site per week required.
Bachelor's, Master's
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- A Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field is required.
- At least 2 years of experience in machine learning is required.
- A strong foundation in machine learning, particularly generative models, is required.
- Solid programming skills in Python and PyTorch or TensorFlow are required.
- Experience with deep learning frameworks and model training is required.
- An understanding of fundamental concepts in computer vision and generative artificial intelligence is required.
- Project experience, academic or personal, with generative models is required.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to work in a research team are required.
- Contribute to the development of novel machine learning techniques for visual generative modeling.
- Implement and experiment with generative architectures, including diffusion models, generative adversarial networks, and transformers.
- Help optimize model performance and scaling capabilities.
- Assist in ensuring safe and robust model deployment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate research innovations.
- Participate in research discussions and contribute to technical documentation.
- Research projects or thesis work in generative artificial intelligence.
- Experience with diffusion models, generative adversarial networks, transformer architectures, and large language models.
- Familiarity with distributed computing and GPU optimization.
- Contributions to open-source machine learning projects.
- Academic publications or workshop papers.
- Experience with machine learning infrastructure and deployment.
Genmo provides AI-powered tools for creating and editing multimedia content, including animated images, generated and edited movies, scripts, trailers, and presentations. Its platform lets users upload an image and animate parts or generate full movies with scene planning, transitions, and overlays. It uses a subscription model with tiered access and may offer one-time purchases, serving individuals and businesses. Genmo differentiates itself by offering end-to-end AI-assisted creation across image animation, video production, scripting, and presentation design in one platform, with precise edit controls and understanding user intent to help users produce high-quality visuals faster.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Early VC
Total Funding
$30M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2022
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Genmo's July 2026 site still promotes Mochi 1, showing ongoing product distribution.
- The 2024 Series A raised $28.4 million from NEA and strong consumer-facing investors.
- Open-source licensing expands adoption beyond Genmo's hosted service and lowers switching friction.
What critics are saying
- Genmo had only 13 employees in May 2026, limiting enterprise support and release velocity.
- Mochi 1's launch crashed Genmo's servers within hours, exposing fragile infrastructure.
- Runway, Kling, Hailuo, and open models like Wan 2.1 commoditize Genmo's core product.
What makes Genmo unique
- Mochi 1 shipped as Apache 2.0 open-source video generation on October 22, 2024.
- Genmo built custom Asymmetric Diffusion Transformer training, not a wrapper around third-party models.
- Genmo still markets hosted playground and self-hosted ComfyUI workflows in July 2026.
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6 month growth
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↑ 27%Video AI startup Genmo has just launched Mochi-1, an open-source model (Apache 2.0) designed to compete with industry leaders like Runway and Kling.
On October 22, Genmo, the AI based video generating platform, released Mochi 1, a new state-of-the-art open-source text-to-video generation model.
Genmo launches mochi 1 text-to-video generation model, but server crashes within hours.
In tandem with the Mochi 1 preview, Genmo also announced it has raised a $28.4 million Series A funding round, led by NEA, with additional participation from The House Fund, Gold House Ventures, WndrCo, Eastlink Capital Partners, and Essence VC.
Generative AI has revolutionized the way we create and interact with digital content. Since the launch of Dall-E in July 2022 and ChatGPT in November 2022, the field has seen unprecedented growth. This technology, initially popularized by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has now been embraced by major tech players like Microsoft and Google, as well as a plethora of innovative startups. These advancements offer solutions for generating a diverse range of outputs including text, images, video, audio, and other media from simple prompts.The consumer now has a vast array of options based on their specific output needs and use cases. From generic, large-scale, multi-modal models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard to specialized solutions tailored for specific use cases and sectors like finance and legal advice, the choices are vast and varied. For instance, in the financial sector, tools like BloombergGPT (https://www.bloomberg.com/), FinGPT (https://fin-gpt.org/), StockGPT (https://www.askstockgpt.com/) or BeeBee.AI (https://www.beebee.ai/) or in the domain of legal advise, tools like Law Chat GPT (https://lawchatgpt.com/) or LegalFly (https://www.legalfly.ai/), offer niche solutions with heightened accuracy.To give an idea of what is available on the market, here is a short overview of some notable solutions available:General Chatting and Writing Assistance: : Bard (Google): https://bardai.io/ ChatFlash (Neuroflash AI): https://neuroflash.com/chatflash/ ChatGPT (OpenAI): https://chat.openai.com/chat Claude (Anthropic): https://claude.ai/ Copy AI: https://www.copy.ai Easy Peasy AI Chat: https://easy-peasy.ai Fireflies (https://www.unite.ai/goto/fireflies) GrowthBar: https://growthbarseo.com Jasper AI: https://www.jasper.ai Llama 2 (Meta): https://ai.meta.com/llama/ Notion AI: https://www.notion.so/ Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai Quillbot: https://quillbot.com Rytr Chat: https://rytr.me Rytr: https://rytr.me/ Wordtune: https://www.wordtune.com/ Writesonic: https://writesonic.comArt and Picture generation : this can be generating new pictures from a prompt, but also adapting existing pictures (like enhancing, removing parts of a picture, inserting object into a picture…): Adobe Firefly: https://www.adobe.com/sensei/generative-ai/firefly.htm Artbreeder: https://www.artbreeder.com/ Auto Draw: https://autodraw.com BRIA: https://bria.ai/ Canva: https://www.canva.com/ai-image-generator/ Craiyon: https://www.craiyon.com/ Dall-E 2 (OpenAI): https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2 Deep Dream Generator: https://deepdreamgenerator.com/ DeepAI: https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img Deepswap: https://www.deepswap.ai Flair AI: https://flairai.io Fotor: https://www.fotor.com/features/ai-image-generator/ Images.ai (unite.ai): https://images.ai/ Jasper Art: https://www.jasper.ai/art Leap AI: https://www.tryleap.ai/ Lensa AI: https://prisma-ai.com/lensa MidJourney: https://www.midjourney.com/home/ Neural Doodle: https://neuraldoodle.com/ NightCafe: https://creator.nightcafe.studio PhotoSonic (Writesonic): https://writesonic.com/photosonic-ai-art-generator Pictory: https://pictory.io Pikazo: https://www.pikazoapp.com/ Pixray: https://replicate.com/pixray/text2image Prodia: https://app.prodia.com/ Remini: https://remini.ai/ RocketAI: https://www.rocketai.io/ Simplified: https://simplified.com/ Stable Diffusion (DreamStudio): https://stablediffusionweb.com/ Stablecog: https://stablecog.com/Video generation : this can be based on "prompts" resulting in video, taking a picture and identifying which part should be moving or providing a set of pictures asking the solution to interpolate the movement between 2 consecutive pictures (thus transforming a set of pictures into a movie)