After Surge AI
- 100%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Surge AI most often go to a long tail of companies. The median tenure is 1y 10m
Not Surge AI's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 23 people on a map of 67,181, No. 1,131 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 23Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1878% of the people here
- Moved on
- 522% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 10mmiddle half 6m to 3y 1m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Surge AI yet.
How long people stay
39%<1y
22%1-2y
22%2-4y
17%4-7y
0%7y+
23 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
<3<321
5<322
4<323
4<324
3<325
5026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2021 to 2026: 23 joined, 5 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (16).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer11
1 most common titles, by people who held them.
Where they studied
- Stanford17.4%
- UC Berkeley17.4%
The 2 most listed schools among the 23 people here with a school on file.
4 of the 23 people here with a school on file list Stanford and 4 list UC Berkeley. 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
57% of the people who have worked at Surge AI and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Surge AI
Everyone on the map
- 57%SF Bay Area13 · map 41%
- 17%New York4 · map 18%
- 13%Washington DC3 · map 13%
- 13%Somewhere else3
All 23 people who worked at Surge 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 working at Surge AI: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Surge AI, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 23 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Surge AI: 18 are there now, 5 have moved on.
- Median tenure at Surge AI: 1y 10m, middle half 6m to 3y 1m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Surge AI, 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: Software Engineer.
- Top school: Stanford, listed by 4 of the 23 people here with one on file (17.4%). Then UC Berkeley (4).
- 57% of the 23 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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