Zelcastalumni map

People who leave Cartesia most often go to a long tail of companies. The median tenure is 1y 2m

Not Cartesia's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 28 people on a map of 67,181, No. 902 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.

People on the map
28Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
There now
2589% of the people here
Moved on
311% of the people here
Median tenure
1y 2mmiddle half 6m to 1y 10m

Put Cartesia side by side with another employer.

Came from, went to

Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Scale AI.

Cartesia27 in · 3 out

3 recorded departures to 3 companies, none more than 2 to any one of them

26%7Scale AI
7 of 27 recorded arrivals shown, 20 more from 17 other companies0 of 3 recorded departures shown, 3 more to 3 other companies

After Cartesia

  • 100%Elsewhere

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

How long people stay

46%<1y
39%1-2y
14%2-4y
0%4-7y
0%7y+
1y 2m median tenuremiddle half 6m to 1y 10m

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

Who comes and goes, by year

21
22
23
24
25
26
joined left2026 is a partial year

2021 to 2026: 29 joined, 4 left.

Caliber

Not enough scored profiles here yet (11).

Titles held here

  1. Member of Technical Staff23

1 most common titles, by people who held them.

First job on the record for 4% of people here.

Where they studied

  1. UC Berkeley28.6%
  2. Carnegie Mellon14.3%
  3. Stanford14.3%

The 3 most listed schools among the 28 people here with a school on file.

8 of the 28 people here with a school on file list UC Berkeley, 4 list Carnegie Mellon and 4 list Stanford. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.

Public work

Not enough of the record here has been checked.This share needs 30 people whose profile was checked for public accounts, and there are fewer here.

Where they are now

100% of the people who have worked at Cartesia and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.

Cartesia
Everyone on the map
  • 100%SF Bay Area28 · map 41%

All 28 people who worked at Cartesia 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 working at Cartesia: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.

Key facts

  • 28 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Cartesia: 25 are there now, 3 have moved on.
  • Most arrive from Scale AI: 7 people.
  • Median tenure at Cartesia: 1y 2m, middle half 6m to 1y 10m.
  • Of the people with a recorded next move after Cartesia, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, fewer than 3 joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
  • Most common title held here: Member of Technical Staff.
  • Top school: UC Berkeley, listed by 8 of the 28 people here with one on file (28.6%). Then Carnegie Mellon (4).
  • 100% of the 28 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 41% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.

About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.

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