CAREERS

Help us give models a mind.

We’re an agile team building the independent cognition layer for AI.

  • Adapter team hiking at an offiste
  • Adapter team working on their laptops
  • Adapter team member on a hike
  • Chris from Adapter working on his laptop at a team offsite
  • Dillon from the Adapter team hiking at a team offiste
  • Lola, Jen from Adapter's dog

VALUES

What we stand for

01

Truth over comfort

We state the truth, even when it’s uncomfortable and believe that candor is respect.

01

Truth over comfort

We state the truth, even when it’s uncomfortable and believe that candor is respect.

02

Seek excellence

We believe that how you do anything is how you do everything.


02

Seek excellence

We believe that how you do anything is how you do everything.


03

Speed is a force

We’d rather ship fast and learn from reality than debate our way to perfection.


03

Speed is a force

We’d rather ship fast and learn from reality than debate our way to perfection.


TEAM

Be part of a team of ambitious builders

Ines from Adapter on a hike

OPERATIONS

Inés Bustamante

Morgan Stanley-trained strategist. Focused on bringing humanity to the intelligence. Fine jewelry artist.

Dillon from Adapter flying a plane over Manhattan

FOUNDING TECHNICAL STAFF

Dillon Ponzo

Previously AWS machine learning engineer focused on GenAI and enterprise data search products. Aviator. Aidan's best friend.

Bilyana from Adapter with her dog

Technical Staff

Bilyana Tzolova, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Computation and Applied Mathematics at Rice. Contributed to nuclear fusion research.

Candid photo of Chris from Adapter

Design

Chris Ioffreda

Previously a designer at Google X, Verily Life Sciences, and Newlab. Latest hobbies are fixing water leaks and being a dad.

Portrait of Remo from Adapter

Founding Technical Staff

Remo Storni, Ph.D.

ETH Zürich, Ph.D. from University of Tokyo. Shipped an on-device ML model to over a billion iPhone users at Apple.

Technical Staff

Dave Bienapfl

Over 25 years of experience in engineering and data infrastructure. When AFK, on a mountain bike or skis.

Portrait of Irene from Adapter

Design

Irene Tena

Previously head of UX design at Shield AI, designed command-and-control interfaces for AI pilots.

Adam Ghetti, founder of Adapter, on Bloomberg TV

Co-Founder, CEO

Adam Ghetti

Previously founder of Ionic Security (acq. TWLO). Holds over 20 issued patents. Avid natural landscape photographer. Dad.

Technical Staff

Bill LeBlanc

Previously co-founded Pharsalia Tech, scaled to a $200M+ acquisition in 18 mo. Holds 20+ patents. Surfer.

Co-Founder, Chief Knowledge Officer

David Bader

Pioneered scalable graph algorithms. Built the first Linux supercomputer. Director of the Institute for Data Science at NJIT.

Advisor, General Counsel

Robert Ball

Previously Chief Legal Officer and EVP Of Business & Corp Dev at Akamai through IPO. Chair of the Policy Council of the NTSC.

Founding Technical Staff

Aidan Crank

Build knowledge graphs and sensor fusion systems for the intelligence community. AWS GenAI engineer. Dillon’s best friend.

Operations

Jennifer Uhlmann

Formerly led project management team for GLG. Background in psychology, bioethics, and mental health. Dog mom.

CFO

Jon VerSteeg

Finance leader with 25+ years of experience, from day zero through IPO including Internet Security Systems (NASDAQ: ISSX).

Benefits

We put people first and want to empower everybody at Adapter to do their best work.

Meaningful equity

We’re building for the long term and want our team to share in the upside.

Meaningful equity

We’re building for the long term and want our team to share in the upside.

Flexible PTO

We work hard and and take rest seriously. Take the time that you need.

Flexible PTO

We work hard and and take rest seriously. Take the time that you need.

Full spectrum insurance

Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.

Full spectrum insurance

Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.

Learning & development

Budget for the tools, courses, and conferences to help you level up.

Learning & development

Budget for the tools, courses, and conferences to help you level up.

Team offsites

We're remote by default; we get together a twice year to build and connect.

Team offsites

We're remote by default; we get together a twice year to build and connect.

Cutting-edge tooling

We're using the best tools to build the best tools.

Cutting-edge tooling

We're using the best tools to build the best tools.

Open Roles

If you want to share our mission of building the cognition layer for AI, we want to hear from you.

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Don’t see a role that speaks to you? We’re always looking for exceptional talent.

Don’t see a role that speaks to you? We’re always looking for exceptional talent.