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Eight Sleep

World's first sleep fitness company, building AI-powered smart mattress and health-sensing technology · New York, United States
Consumer HardwareHealth TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceSeries D100 people employeesRemote

WellHired's take

Eight Sleep has built a genuinely differentiated hardware-plus-AI business - real, profitable-leaning consumer hardware revenue combined with a serious AI health-sensing roadmap (digital twins of sleep physiology, predictive health, expansion into medical applications like sleep apnea) - backed by top-tier investors including Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures. The company is explicit that this is an intense, demanding environment (employees report up to 60-hour weeks) rather than a typical 9-5 - a genuine fit only for someone who wants maximum ownership and is comfortable with that level of intensity in exchange for outsized impact and equity upside.

About Eight Sleep

Eight Sleep was founded in 2014 by Matteo Franceschetti, Massimo Andreasi Bassi, Andrea Ballarini, and Alexandra Zatarain, backed by Y Combinator, headquartered in New York City. The company's flagship product, the Pod, combines liquid-based thermal regulation with biometric sensors to personalize sleep temperature and track metrics like heart rate variability, positioning Eight Sleep as an AI-powered health-sensing platform rather than simply a mattress company. Eight Sleep has raised over $250M in total funding, reached a $1.5B valuation, and was recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2018, 2022, and 2023, with the Pod named to TIME's Best Inventions list two years running.

Fuel human potential through optimal sleep, using AI, design, and data to personalize and improve every night, and expand that intelligence into every dimension of personal health.

Values & culture

Mamba mentality - intensity and ambition rival Olympic athletes

Immediate responsibility from day one

Collaboration with exceptional, driven talent

Equity participation for every full-time team member

Mamba mentality

intensity and ambition are treated as a genuine cultural expectation, explicitly not for those seeking work-life balance.

Immediate responsibility

substantial ownership starts from day one, not after a ramp-up period.

Equity alignment

every full-time employee participates in equity, with refreshers tied to company growth.

Leadership team

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Matteo Franceschetti

Co-founder & CEO

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Massimo Andreasi Bassi

Co-founder & CTO

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Alexandra Zatarain

Co-founder & CMO

Benefits

Full healthvisionand dental insurance for employees and dependentssupplemental life insuranceflexible PTOpaid parental leaveequity participation with periodic refreshersa free Pod for every employee

At a glance

FundingSeries D
Total raised$250M+
Team size100 people employees
Founded2014
HQNew York, United States
Work modelRemote
Backed byY Combinator, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, SoftBank

Industries

PrimaryConsumer Hardware
AlsoHealth Technology
AlsoArtificial Intelligence
MarketB2C, Consumer Hardware, Artificial Intelligence

Open roles

Total1 roles

Location

CityNew York
CountryUnited States
Global officesNew York City, New York, USA (HQ)
Remote policyRemote

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