Cinder

Overview

Cinder is a trust and safety platform that deploys AI agents to help companies detect and respond to digital abuse, fraud, and manipulation[2]. Founded in 2022[8], the company is headquartered in New York City[7] and was backed by Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch[4]. The platform provides content moderation and data labeling for AI applications[1], offering infrastructure to protect companies from AI abuse[5]. According to Y Combinator's company directory, Cinder empowers businesses to orchestrate and automate digital safety at scale, with end-to-end capabilities to mitigate harm, investigate abuse, and produce trustworthy AI outcomes[6]. The company operates with a team of 30 employees[9] and actively recruits candidates based in New York City or willing to relocate there for in-person work[6].

From content moderation to AI safety, Cinder empowers businesses to orchestrate and automate digital safety at scale. Cinder was founded to help organizations foster safe online spaces for everyone. Our platform empowers companies from start-ups to enterprises with end-to-end capabilities to mitigate harm, investigate abuse, and produce trustworthy and reliable AI outcomes. Building your world-class company means keeping your users and community safe—Cinder unlocks faster growth by making safety easy. We work with customers in every industry from frontier AI labs to e-commerce and social media. We're hiring across a variety of teams and looking for candidates based in NYC or open to relocating to NYC, and able to work in-person. [6]

New York City [7]

2022 [8]

Y Combinator's directory lists the company location as New York City, NY, USA. [11]

Growth & traction

30 [9]

Y Combinator lists a team size of 30. [13]