Zelcastalumni map

People who leave C3 AI most often go to Meta, Scale AI and Databricks. 6% found something next. 26% go small. Median stay 2y

These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not C3 AI's headcount: 91 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 109 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.

People on the map
910.3% of everyone on the map
There now
1921% of the people here
Moved on
7279% of the people here
Median tenure
2ymiddle half 1y 2m to 3y 2m

Put C3 AI side by side with another company, every number against every number.

Came from, went to

Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Amazon. Most leave for Meta (6% of recorded departures).

C3 AI85 in · 70 out
5Amazon5Meta4Amazon Web ServicesMeta46%Scale AI46%Databricks34%Google34%
14 of 85 recorded arrivals shown, 71 more from 67 other companies14 of 70 recorded departures shown, 56 more to 49 other companies

After C3 AI

  • 6%Founded something4
  • 26%Joined a startup18
  • 22%Joined a big company15
  • 46%Elsewhere

Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.

How long people stay

17%<1y
30%1-2y
42%2-4y
10%4-7y
1%7y+
2y median tenuremiddle half 1y 2m to 3y 2m

81 stays with both a start and an end on the record.

Who comes and goes, by year

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joined left2026 is a partial year

2012 to 2026: 92 joined, 74 left.

Caliber

79mediantop 10%86
0Eng Scorer caliber, 91 scored99

Titles held here

  1. Software Engineer35
  2. Senior Software Engineer14
  3. Forward Deployed Engineer12
  4. Software Engineer Intern7
  5. Data Scientist6
  6. Solution Engineer5
  7. Associate Solution Engineer4
  8. Senior Solution Engineer3

8 most common titles, by people who held them.

First job on the record for 7% of people here.

Behind the median

Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.

  • 9%Strong8 people
  • 36%Solid33 people
  • 43%Emerging39 people
  • 12%Unproven11 people

91 of the 91 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.

Exceptional and strong are the top two of the five tiers. 8 of the 91 people here with a read sit in them, 9%. A tier is the band an Eng Scorer caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up.

Whether a title rose here

The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.

35%Titles that rose27 of 77 classified people

  • 35%Rose27 people
  • 57%Stayed level44 people
  • 8%Fell6 people

77 of the 91 people here had a title that could be placed on the ladder before and after.

A title rose when the last title recorded here sits higher on the ladder than the first; for someone who recorded one title here and then left, it is measured against the first title of their next role. The ladder runs intern, junior, mid, senior, staff or manager, principal, director, VP, then founder or C-level. A title that matches no rung is left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely, being a different ladder. That leaves 77 of the 91 people here classified, and it leans towards people who have left: someone still here on a single recorded title has nothing to be measured against.

Where they studied

  1. UC Berkeley22.0%
  2. UIUC13.2%
  3. Georgia Tech6.6%
  4. USC6.6%
  5. Carnegie Mellon4.4%
  6. MIT4.4%
  7. Purdue4.4%
  8. Columbia3.3%

The 8 most listed schools among the 91 people here with a school on file.

Of the 91 people here with a school on file, 20 list UC Berkeley, 12 list UIUC and 6 list Georgia Tech. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.

Public work

one square is one in a hundred
14%have a public GitHub account on their profile

13 of the 91 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check did not find reads the same as no account, so this is a floor rather than a census.

Across the 325 companies on the map that can show this figure, the median is 38%.

Where they are now

66% of the people who have worked at C3 AI and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.

C3 AI
Everyone on the map
  • 66%SF Bay Area60 · map 47%
  • 15%New York14 · map 33%
  • 13%Washington DC12 · map 7%
  • 3%Los Angeles3 · map 6%

All 91 people who worked at C3 AI list a location, and every share here is over them.

Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while they worked at C3 AI: a metro here does not mean the company has an office in it. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map, for comparison.

Key facts

  • 91 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at C3 AI: 19 are there now and 72 have moved on.
  • The most common next employer after C3 AI is Meta (4 people, 6% of recorded departures), followed by Scale AI and Databricks.
  • The most common previous employer before C3 AI is Amazon (5 people), followed by Meta and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • The median tenure at C3 AI is 2y (middle half 1y 2m to 3y 2m).
  • Of those who moved on from C3 AI, 6% went on to a founder title, 26% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 22% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
  • The median Eng Scorer caliber of people who have worked at C3 AI is 79 on the 0 to 99 scale (91 scored).
  • The most common title held at C3 AI is Software Engineer, then Senior Software Engineer.
  • Of the 91 people here with a school on file, 20 list UC Berkeley (22.0%), then UIUC (12). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
  • 66% of the 91 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
  • 14% of the 91 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub account on it.
  • Of the 77 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder both before and after, 27 rose, 44 stayed level and 6 fell.

About this data: built from 144,786 jobs across 26,572 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated August 20, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving; companies with fewer than 20 people on the map are not shown, and destinations with fewer than 3 people are folded into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.

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