AirOps
AirOps sells AI-powered marketing tools that help brands optimize their presence across AI search engines like ChatGPT and Google AI. The company has raised $63M and employs 175 people.
The growth story
AirOps grew from 16 to 175 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $63M along the way, most recently a Series B in November 2025.
About
AirOps provides enterprise marketing teams with a platform to monitor and optimize how their brand appears in AI-generated search results. Its AI agent, Quill, automates content creation and updates based on brand guidelines, allowing teams to focus on strategy while the system handles execution.
The company has raised $63M in funding, including a Series B round in late 2025. With 175 employees, AirOps is scaling rapidly to meet demand for AI-driven marketing solutions.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at AirOps, accounting for 52 employees. The company has a median tenure of just 1 year, suggesting rapid growth and turnover as it scales.
The AirOps org chart
Alex Halliday (Founder and CEO) leads 57 mapped leaders with 3 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 62 (+138% YoY), Sales 41 (+356% YoY), Marketing 11 (+175% YoY), Business Development 8 (+167% YoY), Arts and Design 7 (+250% YoY), Product Management 5 (+25% YoY).
Talent flow
AirOps hires heavily from companies like Sendoso, Bungalow, and 6sense. Alumni often move to roles at Clay, Webflow, and Genesys. The company recruits from universities including Universidad de la República and Boston University.
Most common previous employers of AirOps staff: Sendoso (8), Bungalow (6), 6sense (5), IBM (5), Goldman Sachs (4), Attentive (4). Former AirOps employees most often moved to Clay (2), Webflow (2), World Class Podcast (1), Genesys (1), TST Creative (1), Apero Advisors (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The AirOps mafia
AirOps alumni have founded 4 companies, including Silkline, which employs 16 people, and SATHI - Your Affiliate Companion, with 8 staff.
4Isaac Chambers, was Growth & Operations until 2022Yash Chavan, was Product Marketing Consultant until 2021Cody Crumrine, was Director of Data Engineering until 2023Andrea McCormick, was Head of AI Training & Enablement until 2026Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 69% direct, 20% search, 4% social, 2% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at AirOps: Microsoft Office (62), Leadership (61), Microsoft Excel (54), Project Management (52), Social Media (51), Communication (50), Public Speaking (49), Marketing (47).
Where the team actually sits
AirOps people are concentrated in New York, United States (41), California, United States (17), New York City Metropolitan Area (14), San Francisco Bay Area (10).
Search footprint
AirOps attracts about 559 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $6K a month if bought through ads. It gained 334 ranking keywords and lost 387 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.80 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.10 / 5
Frequently asked
AirOps has 175 employees as of September 2026.
AirOps has raised $63M in total, most recently a Series B round in November 2025.
AirOps was founded in 2021 by Matt Hammel, Alex Halliday, Berna Gonzalez.
Alex Halliday (Founder and CEO) sits at the top of AirOps's reporting structure, with 3 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current AirOps staff are Sendoso (8 people), Bungalow (6 people), 6sense (5 people).
Former AirOps employees most often move to Clay (2), Webflow (2), World Class Podcast (1).
At least 4 companies have a founder who previously worked at AirOps, including Silkline, SATHI - Your Affiliate Companion, Knobi.io.
AirOps attracts about 559 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $6K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among AirOps staff are Microsoft Office, Leadership, Microsoft Excel, Project Management, Social Media.
AirOps staff are concentrated in New York, United States (41), California, United States (17), New York City Metropolitan Area (14).
AirOps has about 62 people in Engineering, up 138% over the past year, as of September 2026.
AirOps has about 41 people in Sales, up 356% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 159 current and 54 former AirOps profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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