About

Founded

2020

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Industry

Edtech

Company Description

The world’s only AI-powered dynamic interview prep platform — unlimited benchmarking, personalized skill development, and world-class mentorship to accelerate your engineering career.

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Funding

Total Raised

$4 million

Valuation

Undisclosed

Significant Investors

Andreessen Horowitz, Designer Fund, Combine, Lachy Groom, Slow Ventures

Company Traction

As of June 2023, Formation claims fellows' compensation increases by an average of $96,000 compared to previous roles.

As of April 2021, Formation reported 30 placements in engineering roles with an average starting salary of $120,000.

Leadership Team

Sophie Novati: Co-Founder & CEO of Formation. Former Staff Software Engineer at Nextdoor.

Michael Novati: Co-Founder & CTO of Formation. Former Principal Software Engineer at Facebook.

Selena Ma: Head of Fellowship Recruitment at Formation. Former Program Manager at Facebook.

Katelyn Zeff: Fellowship Program Manager at Formation. Former HR Onboarding Specialist at OpenSea.

Danielle Poleski: Head of Experience at Formation. Former Product Operations Manager at Jigsaw.

Press

TechCrunch (April 8, 2021): Formation raises $4M led by Andreessen Horowitz to train truly ‘exceptional’ software engineers

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