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Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
OpenMind
$130–180K / year · San Francisco, California, US
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OpenAI develops advanced AI systems and products, including ChatGPT and GPT models, serving millions of users globally.
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OpenMind
San Francisco physical AI company founded in 2024 by Stanford professor Jan Liphardt, building OM1, a robot operating system, and FABRIC, an open-source fleet learning protocol.
OpenMind is a physical AI company founded in 2024 and based in San Francisco, building what it describes as the brain and infrastructure for robots designed to work alongside people. Its focus is a specific gap in the field: robots that can act but lack social intelligence. The company was founded by Jan Liphardt, a Stanford professor, and has raised $20 million in seed funding.
Two products define its technical work. OM1 is a hardware-agnostic operating system that acts as the central intelligence layer for robots ranging from quadrupeds to full-size humanoids, spanning robot operating systems, human-robot collaboration and social intelligence. FABRIC is an open-source protocol that lets robots share learned knowledge across a fleet, so that what one machine learns becomes available to the whole system. The company is shipping its first fleet of OM1-powered robotic dogs.
Engineering problems span physical AI, fleet learning and multi-robot coordination, with deployment aimed at manufacturing, logistics and retail. The company is expanding to deploy robots across operations.