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The 2026 founding-engineer comp benchmarks

Every quarter we pull compensation data from closed searches across our book. Here's what founding engineers are commanding at seed and Series A in Q1 2026 — broken down by geography, domain, and equity vs. cash mix.

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The 2026 founding-engineer comp benchmarks

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