Expo
Expo is a React Native framework and cloud platform for mobile app development, used by developers to streamline the app lifecycle. The Palo Alto-based company has raised $45M and employs 192 people.
The growth story
Expo grew from 47 to 192 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $45M along the way, most recently a Series B in April 2026.
About
Expo provides tools and cloud services for building, deploying, and updating React Native mobile apps. Its framework helps developers manage the entire app lifecycle, from initial development to ongoing maintenance.
The company has raised $45M in funding, most recently in a Series B round in 2026. With 192 employees, Expo maintains a strong engineering focus, with engineering making up its largest function.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Expo's largest function, accounting for 34 employees. The company has a median tenure of 3 years, suggesting stable leadership and organizational structure.
The Expo org chart
Charlie Cheever (Co-Founder) leads 18 mapped leaders with 4 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 52 (+27% YoY), Operations 24 (+100% YoY), Sales 22 (+38% YoY), Business Development 16 (+33% YoY), Arts and Design 7 (+133% YoY), Administrative 7 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Expo hires heavily from other developer tools companies, with LaunchDarkly and Software Mansion being top sources. Alumni frequently move to developer-focused startups, with Castle and Meta being common destinations.
Most common previous employers of Expo staff: LaunchDarkly (8), Software Mansion (5), University of California, Berkeley (3), Facebook (3), Vercel (2), Amazon (2). Former Expo employees most often moved to Castle (3), Meta (2), Socket (1), Pipekit (1), Lemma (YC F25) (1), TBA (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Expo mafia
Expo alumni have founded 7 companies, including Pipekit (10 staff), Rift (6 staff), and Lemma (YC F25, 5 staff). These startups focus on developer tools and infrastructure.
7Caelan Urquhart, was Growth & Product Marketing until 2020Samee Siddiqui, was Software Engineering Intern until 2017Cole Gawin, was Developer Relations Intern until 2022Tienson Qin, was Clojurescript Contract until 2017Jason Riggs, was Head Of Partnerships until 2019Alberto Moedano, was Developer Success Engineer until 2026
Vinay Kumar, was Investor until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 62% direct, 23% search, 5% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Expo: JavaScript (42), React.js (34), React Native (31), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (28), SQL (25), Java (23), Node.js (23), HTML (23).
Where the team actually sits
Expo people are concentrated in California, United States (14), United States (6), Małopolskie, Poland (3), British Columbia, Canada (3).
Search footprint
Expo attracts about 51,949 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $151K a month if bought through ads. It gained 6,610 ranking keywords and lost 3,686 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Expo has 192 employees as of September 2026.
Expo has raised $45M in total, most recently a Series B round in April 2026.
Expo was founded in 2013 by Charlie Cheever, James Ide.
Charlie Cheever (Co-Founder) sits at the top of Expo's reporting structure, with 4 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Expo staff are LaunchDarkly (8 people), Software Mansion (5 people), University of California, Berkeley (3 people).
Former Expo employees most often move to Castle (3), Meta (2), Socket (1).
At least 7 companies have a founder who previously worked at Expo, including Pipekit, Rift, Lemma (YC F25).
Expo attracts about 51,949 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $151K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Expo staff are JavaScript, React.js, React Native, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), SQL.
Expo staff are concentrated in California, United States (14), United States (6), Małopolskie, Poland (3).
Expo has about 52 people in Engineering, up 27% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Expo has about 24 people in Operations, up 100% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 67 current and 59 former Expo profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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