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Gauntlet AI

Gauntlet AI runs a tuition-free, intensive AI engineering fellowship that trains experienced software engineers into AI-native builders.

gauntletai.com · Austin

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Money

No filing, no announced round, no reported figure.

No public funding found.

People

Austen Allred, Founder[3][8]

Austen Allred, CEO[3][4][5][6][7][15]

Brett Johnson, COO[3][4][5][6][7][15]

Ashalesh Tilawat, CTO[3][4][5][6][7][15]

Josh M., CMO[3][4][5][6][7][15]

Headcount: sources disagree
95as of Apr 2026

Gauntlet AI · Jun 2026[7]

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Jun 21 2026newsAbout Gauntlet AI - The Standard for AI-First Talent company claim, not independently confirmed[9]
Jun 21 2026newsGauntlet AI company claim, not independently confirmed[7]
Jun 21 2026newsHire Proven Talent - Gauntlet AI company claim, not independently confirmed[11]
May 12 2026newsGauntlet AI Awarded a Position on Treasury's $118M Technical Workforce Development BPA[1]
Apr 30 2026newsGauntlet AI Celebrates Fourth Cohort[2][10]
Aug 18 2025newsCapital Factory partners with Gauntlet to build AI workflows for VC.[12]
Comps

Scale AI · scale.com · Scale AI is a talent source for Gauntlet AI (2 hires), indicating some overlap in AI engineering talent pool.[7]

BloomTech · bloomtech.com · Same founder (Austen Allred) and prior company; shares executive talent and likely operational DNA.[3][5]

Lambda School · lambdaschool.com · Austen Allred co-founded Lambda School, which rebranded to BloomTech; Gauntlet AI is a similar intensive training model but focused on AI and tuition-free.[3][5]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[9]

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Gauntlet AI runs a tuition-free, intensive AI engineering fellowship that trains experienced software engineers into AI-native builders.

gauntletai.com · Austin

Stagenot publicly disclosed
Raisednot publicly disclosed
Headcount95
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Foundednot publicly disclosed
CompsScale AI +2

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