After Thinking Machines Lab
- 100%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Thinking Machines Lab most often go to a long tail of companies. Median stay 9m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Thinking Machines Lab's headcount: 23 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 435 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 230.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 2191% of the people here
- Moved on
- 29% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 9mmiddle half 7m to 1y
Put Thinking Machines Lab 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 OpenAI.
How long people stay
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30%1-2y
0%2-4y
0%4-7y
0%7y+
23 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: 23 joined, 2 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (23).
Titles held here
- Member of Technical Staff22
1 most common titles, by people who held them.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley31.8%
- Stanford22.7%
- Harvard18.2%
- MIT18.2%
The 4 most listed schools among the 22 people here with a school on file.
Of the 22 people here with a school on file, 7 list UC Berkeley, 5 list Stanford and 4 list Harvard. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
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 than that here.
Where they are now
91% of the people who have worked at Thinking Machines Lab and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.
Thinking Machines Lab
Everyone on the map
- 91%SF Bay Area20 · map 47%
22 of the 23 people who worked at Thinking Machines Lab list a location, and every share here is over those 22.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while they worked at Thinking Machines Lab: 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.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Thinking Machines Lab, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 23 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Thinking Machines Lab: 21 are there now and 2 have moved on.
- The most common previous employer before Thinking Machines Lab is OpenAI (5 people), followed by Meta.
- The median tenure at Thinking Machines Lab is 9m (middle half 7m to 1y).
- Of those who moved on from Thinking Machines Lab, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, fewer than 3 joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and fewer than 3 joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The most common title held at Thinking Machines Lab is Member of Technical Staff.
- Of the 22 people here with a school on file, 7 list UC Berkeley (31.8%), then Stanford (5). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 91% of the 22 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.
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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