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Scuba
Shared context engine for teams and their AI agents
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- AABCLSISN+16
- New York
- AI
Open roles at Scuba
3 positions we're tracking, re-checked daily
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Applied AI Engineer (retrieval + agent systems, NYC in-office)
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Product Engineer (interfaces + backend, NYC in-office)
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Product Designer (capture, sharing and AI interaction, NYC in-office)
New York, USAMid-levelFirst seen today
Tracking Scuba
Last checked October 17, 2026Know when Scuba is hiring before anyone else
A role stays uncontested for about four days. Here's the window, and where we put you in it.
From $5.99/week, cancel any time.
- Live
- +2h+2hRole spotted & verified1 applicant
- +4h+4hYou get the alert1 applicant
- Day 3Day 3You've applied~8 applicants
- Day 7+Day 7+Hits the job boards250+ applicants
The product
What Scuba is building
Scuba is a shared memory for a team, built so that people and their AI agents work from the same context. The basic unit is a Capture: an article, screenshot, doc, video, Slack thread, text or voice note (up to 90 minutes, fully transcribed) saved from the browser, any app, an agent, or straight into Scuba. Scuba summarizes and organizes every Capture automatically. There is no wiki to maintain and, in the company's words, "no manual edits required." On top of Captures sit three primitives. Collections group shared context around a launch, a key client, company strategy or a competitive shift. Briefings are daily digests that flag new trends, important changes and conflicts in what the team is saving. Sessions are AI conversations that start from what the team already knows instead of a blank prompt: pressure-test an idea, draft a proposal, plan next steps, with interactive citations back to the source Captures and web search when needed. The agent angle is the real bet. Scuba exposes the team's memory over MCP, so Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor can read and create Captures, and @Scuba works inside Slack. Noah Desai Weiss puts the thesis in one line: "The frontier models aren't intelligence bound. They're context constrained." Scuba wants to be the layer that holds a team's knowledge, decisions and direction over time, so any agent you point at a problem already knows the backstory.
The money
Why this matters
Every team adopting agents hits the same wall. The model is capable, but it doesn't know why the team killed the last pricing plan, what the big client said on Tuesday, or which strategy doc is stale. That context lives in heads, DMs and browser tabs, and today it reaches the agent only when someone pastes it into a prompt. MCP has made it cheap for one store of context to feed every agent a team uses, which makes 'who owns the shared memory' a real platform question for the first time. The team is unusually qualified to answer it. Weiss started Slack's Search, Learning & Intelligence group in 2016 and later ran product as CPO, and Slack's core insight was that a team's conversation becomes its system of record. Scuba is the same idea pointed at the agent era: capture is ambient, organization is automatic, and the output is context agents can use. The angel list (Slack's two co-founders, plus the founders of Instagram, Stripe, Dropbox, Vanta, Harvey and Granola) reads like operators who have felt this problem inside their own companies.
Investors: Accel (Andrew Braccia; led pre-seed, co-led seed), IVP (Shravan Narayen; co-led seed), Conviction, BoxGroup, Homebrew, Scribble Ventures, Angels: Stewart Butterfield, Cal Henderson, Patrick Collison, Reid Hoffman, Mike Krieger, Drew Houston, Christina Cacioppo, Olivier Pomel, Winston Weinberg, Jeff Weiner, Marissa Mayer, Chris Pedregal and others
The outlook
Hiring outlook
Three roles live on Scuba's Gem job board (Product Engineer, Applied AI Engineer, Product Designer), all full-time and in-office in New York, posted Oct 12, the day before launch. The press release names hiring as an explicit use of the $34M.
Working at Scuba
Scuba is a AI company based in New York, USA. Working at a AI company at this stage means opportunity to shape your role based on the company stage.
New York, USA is where most Scuba positions are located.
How to actually get hired at Scuba
Why applying the normal way doesn't work
There's an ATS, but at Scuba, referrals get priority. Your cold application competes with sourced candidates and internal recommendations.
Who to contact at Scuba
- Who decides
- the hiring manager
- Best channel
- LinkedIn or direct email
What to show them
Build a small MCP server that serves a pile of mixed team artifacts (Slack exports, docs, voice-note transcripts) to Claude or Cursor. Write a 20-task eval of real questions like 'why did we drop plan X?' and show how retrieval changes answer quality: naive top-k against a version that tracks decisions and supersession over time.
A cold email that works at Scuba
What Scuba screens for
Accel led both rounds, and in the release its partner Andrew Braccia compares Scuba to Slack's channels and to Cursor. Accel was an early Slack investor and is betting the Slack product team can do it again. IVP co-leading the seed is unusual for a growth fund and tells you how competitive the round was. The founders have worked together since 2011 (Google, Foursquare, Slack), and this is their fourth project together. The team is ten people: a CEO, a CTO, a founding designer and seven founding engineers. The three open roles went up the day before launch, so the next hires will set the culture, and an in-office, LinkedIn-only application filters hard for people who really want this.
Customize your CV for the Scuba role. Matching the job description language helps clear ATS filters.
Avoid
Don't make these mistakes
Don't pitch Noah on what makes a great PM or on product-led growth. He wrote the widely shared '10 Traits of Great PMs', has talked through Slack's PLG playbook on Lenny's Podcast, First Round and 20VC, and ran Slack's self-serve business, so repeating his own ideas back to him is noise. Skip 'second brain' or note-taking comparisons as well: Scuba is pitched as team memory for agents, not personal notes. Dolapo has built teams at Facebook (AR, Stories), Slack (Virtual HQ) and The Browser Company, so 'I love building delightful consumer UX' tells him nothing. Show him a retrieval or eval result.
Mistakes that kill Scuba applications
A recycled CV gets rejected fast at Scuba ( people). They notice.
Don't open with what you want. Open with what Scuba is dealing with right now — Every team adopting agents hits the same wall, and what you'd do about it.
Most AI applications get ghosted. A day-five follow-up can double your response rate.
Tracking Scuba
Applying to Scuba? Get the contact, not the form.
The Scuba interview process
We don't yet have verified candidate reports for Scuba. What follows is the typical process for a -person AI company, so treat it as a model, not confirmed detail.
Interview stages
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Recruiter Screen
Phone or video · 30 min
What it testsBasic qualification and logisticsUsually run byRecruiter or HR - 2
Hiring Manager Interview
Video call · 45 min
What it testsRole fit and experience deep-diveUsually run byHiring manager - 3
Technical/Functional Round
Video call · 60 min
What it testsSkills assessment and problem-solvingUsually run byTeam members - 4
Final Round
In-person or video · 60 min
What it testsCulture fit and cross-functional alignmentUsually run bySenior leadership
Scuba take-home assignment
Scuba includes a take-home exercise in their interview process. For AI roles, this typically involves a practical problem that takes 2-4 hours. Focus on clean, working code over premature optimization. They're evaluating how you think and communicate, not just the solution.
Scuba interview timeline
Expect 14 days total. Compared to similar AI companies (14 days median), Scuba is about average.
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Scuba jobs, frequently asked questions
How many jobs does Scuba have open?
3 open roles at Scuba, last checked October 17, 2026.
Does Scuba hire remotely?
All current Scuba roles are based in New York, USA.
What roles is Scuba hiring for?
Scuba is hiring across Engineering, Design. The most recent opening is Applied AI Engineer (retrieval + agent systems, NYC in-office).
How do I apply for a job at Scuba?
Use the apply links above, or check our guide to getting hired at Scuba.
Does Scuba respond to cold emails?
Not enough data yet on Scuba's cold email response rates.
Who is the hiring manager at Scuba?
At this size, hiring is usually run by the hiring manager.
How competitive is it to get hired at Scuba?
Expect 100-250 applicants in the first two weeks for AI roles at this size. Apply within 72 hours for best odds.
How many rounds is the Scuba interview?
4 stages: Recruiter Screen, Hiring Manager Interview, Technical/Functional Round, Final Round.
Is the Scuba interview hard?
Focus on technical depth and system design, not puzzles. Technical Interview is reportedly the most challenging round.
Does Scuba give a take-home task?
Yes, Scuba includes a take-home assignment.
How long does Scuba take to get back to you?
Around 14 days across the full process.
What should I prepare for the Scuba interview?
Focus on technical depth and system design. At people, they're testing whether you can operate without process, not whether you memorised algorithms.
Where is Scuba based?
Scuba is headquartered in New York, USA.
Tracking Scuba
Last checked October 17, 2026Get Scuba roles before they're posted
A role stays uncontested for about four days. Here's the window, and where we put you in it.
From $5.99/week, cancel any time.
- Live
- +2h+2hRole spotted & verified1 applicant
- +4h+4hYou get the alert1 applicant
- Day 3Day 3You've applied~8 applicants
- Day 7+Day 7+Hits the job boards250+ applicants
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