Jellyfish
Jellyfish sells AI-powered engineering intelligence software to over 1,000 companies including DraftKings and Box. The Boston-based firm has raised $115M, most recently a Series C in February 2022, and employs 274 people.
The growth story
Jellyfish grew from 82 to 274 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $115M along the way, most recently a Series C in February 2022.
About
Jellyfish provides software that helps engineering teams analyze and improve their development processes using AI. Its platform integrates with existing tools to give R&D organizations insights into AI adoption, planning, delivery, and performance.
The company has scaled rapidly since its 2017 founding, reaching over 1,000 customers across industries. Its $115M in funding includes investments from Accel, Tiger Global, and Insight Partners, signaling strong investor confidence in its AI-driven approach to engineering management.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Jellyfish's largest function, accounting for 54 employees. The company's leadership team spans engineering, product, and operations, with a median tenure of 2 years suggesting steady leadership continuity.
The Jellyfish org chart
Andrew Lau (Co-Founder & CEO) leads 60 mapped leaders with 8 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 59 (-6% YoY), Sales 57 (+19% YoY), Customer Success and Support 28 (+4% YoY), Information Technology 23 (+28% YoY), Marketing 16 (+23% YoY), Product Management 15 (+7% YoY).
Talent flow
Jellyfish recruits heavily from local tech firms, with Wayfair, Endeca, and Oracle being top talent sources. Its workforce includes graduates from Northeastern University, MIT, and UMass Boston, reflecting a strong Boston-area hiring focus.
Most common previous employers of Jellyfish staff: Wayfair (9), Endeca (6), Oracle (5), HubSpot (5), Datadog (5), DataRobot (4). Former Jellyfish employees most often moved to Linear (5), Qodo (4), Atlassian (3), UKG (2), Datadog (2), Flock (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Jellyfish mafia
Three Jellyfish alumni have founded startups: Paystoric, Vale, and Ficus. These ventures employ a combined 12 people, showing early signs of entrepreneurial impact from Jellyfish's talent network.
3Liesel Pollvogt, was Head of Customer Success until 2022Joseph Porter, was Manager, Solutions Consulting until 2025Christian Anyanwu, was Software Engineering Team Lead until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 58% direct, 19% search, 6% social, 2% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Jellyfish: Leadership (97), Microsoft Office (94), Microsoft Excel (70), Management (68), Python (Programming Language) (67), Customer Service (66), Public Speaking (58), Social Media (57).
Where the team actually sits
Jellyfish people are concentrated in Massachusetts, United States (78), Greater Boston (37), California, United States (10), New York, United States (8).
Search footprint
Jellyfish attracts about 2,778 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $38K a month if bought through ads. It gained 699 ranking keywords and lost 969 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.70 / 5
Frequently asked
Jellyfish has 274 employees as of September 2026.
Jellyfish has raised $115M in total, most recently a Series C round in February 2022.
Jellyfish was founded in 2017 by Andrew Lau, Philip Braden, David Gourley.
Andrew Lau (Co-Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Jellyfish's reporting structure, with 8 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Jellyfish staff are Wayfair (9 people), Endeca (6 people), Oracle (5 people).
Former Jellyfish employees most often move to Linear (5), Qodo (4), Atlassian (3).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at Jellyfish, including Paystoric, Vale, Ficus.
Jellyfish attracts about 2,778 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $38K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Jellyfish staff are Leadership, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Management, Python (Programming Language).
Jellyfish staff are concentrated in Massachusetts, United States (78), Greater Boston (37), California, United States (10).
Jellyfish has about 59 people in Engineering, down 6% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Jellyfish has about 57 people in Sales, up 19% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 219 current and 204 former Jellyfish profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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