Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
91
/100
Trajectory Rank
Business
Rare earth metal discovery
Founded
8 years ago
2018
Employees
250
Valuation
$3.0 billion
Company type
Private - Venture-Backed
KoBold Metals is a Rare earth metal discovery company with 28 job openings. It is currently valued at $3.0 billion as a private company. 250 people work at KoBold Metals. The company was founded in 2018.
Jobs
Open jobs
28
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
9
(32%)
2.
Finance
4
(14%)
3.
Data Science
3
(11%)
4.
Business Operations & Program Management
2
(7%)
5.
Data & Analytics
2
(7%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🇺🇸 United States
24
(86%)
2.
🌎 Remote
23
(82%)
3.
🇨🇦 Canada
2
(7%)
4.
🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area
2
(7%)
5.
🇫🇮 Finland
1
(4%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
Python
12
(43%)
2.
AWS
3
(11%)
3.
Docker
3
(11%)
4.
Git
3
(11%)
5.
Kubernetes
3
(11%)
Financials
Valuation
$3.0billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Nov 2025
Latest secondary valuation
$3.3billion
11% from last round
Estimate as of May 4, 2026
Data source: Caplight
Most recent funding
7 months ago ($280 million)
Total funding
$1.2 billion
Value 'created' (valuation - total funding)
+$1.7 billion
Lead Investor - Series A
Andreessen HorowitzValuation per employee
$11.8 million
TrueUp
Rank
#413
Culture
Employee sentiment
Data not available
People
Employees
250
Rankings and awards
TIME 100 Most Influential People in AI
Mfikeyi Makayi (CEO, KoBold Metals Africa)
2025
Career-Launching Companies (by Aakash Gupta)
2025
Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers
2025
TechCrunch Most Disruptive Startups
2024
Norrsken Impact 100
2024
More rankings Layoffs
No known layoffs
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