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Striveworks

MLOps platform for national security deployments

Senior Product Manager - Edge AI Management

Full-Time
$155k - $200k/yr+ Equity grants + Cash bonuses
Senior
Bachelor's
Austin, TX, USA
HybridHybrid/on-site work at the Austin office; travel up to 20%.
ProductTechnical Product Management
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship, US Top Secret Clearance Required

About the job

Requirements
  • A degree in a technical field such as computer science or engineering.
  • At least 6 years of product management or closely related experience building complex, technical software products, preferably for enterprise or government customers.
  • Strong technical fluency in artificial intelligence and machine learning systems, enabling effective work with software engineers, data scientists, machine learning engineers, and infrastructure teams.
  • Hands-on experience and deep understanding in one or more of distributed systems, edge computing, software fleet management platforms, device-to-cloud or device-to-device communication, networking, unreliable or intermittent connectivity, data synchronization, replication, reconciliation, maintaining consistent state across distributed systems, real-time status, telemetry, health monitoring, observability, alerting, remote deployment, configuration management, software and model updates, life cycle management across distributed devices, latency, bandwidth, resource constraints, offline operation, challenges inherent to edge environments, or orchestration of models, data, applications, and configuration across heterogeneous devices and environments.
  • Ability to turn ambiguous customer and business problems into clear product requirements, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
  • Experience partnering closely with engineering teams throughout discovery, design, development, testing, launch, and iteration.
  • Strong product judgment, including the ability to balance near-term customer needs with longer-term platform strategy and architectural considerations.
  • Experience defining and using product metrics, platform key performance indicators, customer feedback, and usage data to guide decisions.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts and product tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • U.S. citizenship and eligibility and willingness to obtain and maintain a Secret or higher U.S. security clearance.
Responsibilities
  • Define, prioritize, and schedule requirements by working directly with customers, engineers, and other stakeholders to write well-structured requirements and maintain a product roadmap; proactively identify and communicate risks to satisfying requirements.
  • Participate in standups, planning, and design sessions to ensure engineering teams understand priorities and deadlines; resolve issues that hinder developer progress and own execution-team delivery timing.
  • Perform product acceptance testing to confirm features meet requirements and customer expectations.
  • Draft and maintain technical documentation, release notes, and internal and external communications about new features.
  • Partner with marketing to position new capabilities, craft product collateral, and support launch efforts.
  • Track customer feedback, market trends, competitive capabilities, and emerging technologies to inform the product roadmap and strategic decisions.
Desired Qualifications
  • Previous experience as a software engineer, machine learning engineer, data scientist, or solutions architect.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, application programming interfaces, distributed systems, or modern data and machine learning platforms.
  • Proficiency with Figma to create product design artifacts such as wireframes and prototypes.
  • Active Secret or higher U.S. security clearance.

About the company

Striveworks provides the Chariot platform, an MLOps solution for deploying, monitoring, and governing AI models in national-security, defense, and other regulated sectors. It uses a low-code interface, tracks data and model lineage for auditability, and enforces robust role-based access controls, enabling end-to-end AI workflows in demanding environments, including austere or disconnected settings. The platform is optimized for unstructured data such as computer vision and natural language processing, supporting applications like geospatial intelligence and predictive maintenance. Striveworks differentiates itself with a government-focused, compliant posture and strong DoD alignment, offering edge deployments and secure operations as a trusted partner to Fortune 500 companies and public sector organizations with a goal of scalable, reliable, and traceable AI in mission-critical work.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$50.3M

Headquarters

Austin, Texas

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • January 14, 2026 Army awarded Striveworks a $70 million IDIQ contract.
  • April 15, 2026 Pentagon deal expands Chariot access to 950,000 defense personnel.
  • August 19, 2026 Army named Striveworks the AI layer for NGC2 corps scaling.

What critics are saying

  • Washington Technology said Striveworks' Series B terms stayed undisclosed on March 24, 2026.
  • Blind reviewers cited layoffs last year, understaffing, burnout, and uncertain government contracts.
  • A single Army procurement freeze would starve revenue and stall Chariot's defense expansion.

What makes Striveworks unique

  • Chariot Core deploys, monitors, and retrains models in hours, not months.
  • Striveworks supports both Army NGC2 prototyping efforts, from 4th to 25th Division.
  • Valor gives open-source model evaluation, strengthening test-and-eval credibility.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Parental Leave
  • Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-7%
PR Newswire
Apr 28th, 2026
Striveworks shows AI can adapt in real-time for US Navy operations at sea

Striveworks, an Austin-based AI company, has demonstrated that artificial intelligence systems can maintain accuracy across multiple US Navy vessels simultaneously, even as conditions change at sea. The demonstration addresses a critical challenge: many AI systems degrade in performance after deployment when updated infrequently. The company's Chariot platform incorporates new operational data continuously and delivers retrained models within hours. During the Navy test, it provided rapid target identification, tracking and ranging across different vessels, sensors and sea states whilst integrating with existing infrastructure. The demonstration comes as the Pentagon accelerates autonomous system deployment, with Congress recently committing over $2 billion to unmanned service vehicles. Striveworks recently closed a Series B round led by Washington Harbour Partners, building on deployments across the Army and Combatant Commands.

Business News Today
Apr 15th, 2026
Striveworks lands $70M U.S. govt deal as Pentagon pushes operational AI at scale

Striveworks has secured a $70 million multi-year enterprise agreement with the US government to expand its operational AI platform across the defence ecosystem, potentially giving up to 950,000 eligible defence personnel access over two years. The contract signals a shift in Pentagon procurement from AI prototypes to operational deployment. Striveworks' Chariot Core platform functions as an operational command layer helping agencies build, deploy and maintain AI systems under demanding conditions, rather than simply producing research outputs. The award aligns with the Department of Defence's software modernisation strategy, which emphasises speed, resilience and enterprise buying mechanisms. It also follows Pentagon efforts to diversify AI suppliers beyond relying on single providers. The contract comes after Striveworks' recent Series B growth investment led by Washington Harbour Partners, providing resources to scale delivery as demand increases across US and allied government markets.

Third News
Mar 24th, 2026
Striveworks secures growth investment to expand AI capabilities for US defence and allied national security operations

Striveworks has secured a Series B growth investment led by Washington Harbour Partners to expand its AI operations for national security. The funding will enhance engineering capacity, research and development, and delivery capabilities to meet rising demand for AI solutions in US and allied defense sectors. The company has already contributed to the Army's $100 million AI initiative alongside Anduril, Palantir and Microsoft. Striveworks develops the Chariot platform, which supports critical programmes including the Army's multi-billion-dollar Next Generation Command and Control project. CEO James Rebesco emphasised that national security requires rapid detection, decision-making and action capabilities that AI enables. The investment comes as the White House's 2025 AI Action Plan and FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act highlight AI integration as essential for maintaining America's national security advantage.

PR Newswire
Mar 24th, 2026
Striveworks Secures Growth Capital to Expand AI Operations Work in U.S. and Allied Defense Communities

/PRNewswire/ -- Striveworks, a leader in AI operations for defense and national security missions, today announced a strategic growth investment led by...

PR Newswire
Feb 25th, 2026
Accelint partners with NODA AI, Safran Federal, Striveworks on USV tech for US Navy ops

Accelint has partnered with NODA AI, Safran Federal Systems and Striveworks to deliver integrated unmanned surface vehicle capabilities for US Navy and Marine Corps operations. The collaboration combines autonomy, AI, electronic warfare and orchestration technologies to address gaps in distributed maritime operations. Accelint's MV-20 USV platform forms the foundation, integrating Striveworks' automated target recognition technology, Safran's electronic warfare and positioning capabilities, and NODA AI's multi-asset coordination platform. The system operates in high sea states and accommodates modular payloads through open architecture design. The partnership addresses Department of Defense requirements for operations in disconnected, denied, intermittent and limited environments. The platform enables autonomous operations in contested littoral and amphibious theatres where traditional communications and navigation are compromised.