Nuance Labs

Nuance Labs is building a "human foundation model" that understands and expresses human emotion in real-time across speech, facial expression, and body language. They recently raised a $10M seed round and are a small, fast-moving team that values in-person collaboration at their Seattle HQ. Roles hiring include: Machine Learning Infra Engineer (own GPU-backed serving stack, Kubernetes clusters, media serving layer) and Systems Engineer (Real-Time Engine) (build core server-side runtime, high-concurrency, low-latency systems; Python/Asyncio today, transitioning to Rust). Company offers massive ownership, work on multimodal generative AI and real-time graphics, and competitive equity. Apply at https://www.nuancelabs.ai/careers and mention "hackernews".