| Type | Safety & alignment |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 |
| Founders | Eric Ho, Dan Balsam, Tom McGrath |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, US |
| Website | goodfire.ai |
Goodfire hiring
Goodfire lists 29 open roles on its Greenhouse job board today, and 7 of them are research, model, training or inference roles. Top locations: San Francisco, CA (27), San Francisco, CA & New York, NY (1), London, England (1).
- Forward Deployed Research ScientistSan Francisco, CA
- Forward Deployed Research Scientist, Life SciencesSan Francisco, CA
- Machine Learning EngineerSan Francisco, CA & New York, NY
- Research FellowSan Francisco, CA
- Research Lead, TrainingSan Francisco, CA
- Research ScientistSan Francisco, CA
- Research Scientist (London)London, England
Source: Goodfire careers (Greenhouse), read 2 Nov 2026. All research roles at tracked labs.
Goodfire funding filings
Goodfire has filed 2 Form D notices with the SEC under the name we track. Form D is filed after an exempt securities sale; "amount sold" is what the company reported at the time.
| Filed | Form | Amount sold | Offering size | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Feb 2026 | D | $150.0M | $161.7M | SEC filing |
| 2 Jun 2025 | D | $52.0M | $52.1M | SEC filing |
Source: SEC EDGAR full-text search for "Goodfire", Form D. Name matches can include unrelated filers; tell us if one is wrong.
Goodfire models
Latest releases
- Goodfire/Hackathon-gpt-oss-20b-SAE-l158 Aug 2025
- Goodfire/Evo-2-Layer-26-Mixed18 Jun 2025
- Goodfire/SDXL-Turbo-SAE-ldown.attns.2.121 May 2025
- Goodfire/DeepSeek-R1-SAE-l3715 Apr 2025
- Goodfire/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-SAE-l199 Jan 2025
- Goodfire/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-SAE-l508 Jan 2025
Most downloaded
- Goodfire/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-SAE-l1998 downloads (30 days)
- Goodfire/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-SAE-l5035 downloads (30 days)
- Goodfire/DeepSeek-R1-SAE-l370 downloads (30 days)
- Goodfire/SDXL-Turbo-SAE-ldown.attns.2.10 downloads (30 days)
- Goodfire/Evo-2-Layer-26-Mixed0 downloads (30 days)
Source: Hugging Face Hub, organisation Goodfire, read 2 Nov 2026.
Goodfire: quick answers
Is Goodfire hiring?
Yes. Goodfire had 29 open roles on its job board on 2 Nov 2026, including 7 research and model roles.
Who founded Goodfire?
Goodfire was founded in 2024 by Eric Ho, Dan Balsam, Tom McGrath.
How much has Goodfire raised according to SEC filings?
Its most recent Form D, filed 9 Feb 2026, reported $150.0M sold. Form D figures cover one offering, not total funding.
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