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# Office Manager at Ambient.ai

- **Company:** Ambient.ai
- **Location:** Redwood City, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-24
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ambient.ai/f4eddcf1-cff4-4017-9a50-7ee0e6d5718c

## Job description

Build a safer world with us, one incident at a time. Ambient.ai is the category creator and leader in Agentic Physical Security. Powered by Ambient Pulsar, the first reasoning Vision-Language Model purpose-built for physical security, our platform seamlessly integrates with existing security cameras and physical access control systems to unify monitoring, access control, threat assessment, response, and investigations through an always-on reasoning layer that augments security operators with superhuman capabilities. The results: 95% fewer false alarms, investigations 20x faster, and 10x faster response. The momentum speaks for itself: we doubled new ARR in FY26, and have delivered results for world-class customers including Cisco, ServiceNow, SentinelOne, TikTok, Bayer, and MoMA. That kind of momentum creates an environment where great people thrive, and it shows: we recently ranked #71 out of 500 on the [Forbes best startup employers list](https://www.forbes.com/lists/americas-best-startup-employers/). Founded in 2017 and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and Allegion Ventures, Ambient.ai is on a fast-paced journey to fulfill our mission: prevent every security incident possible. Ready to learn more? Connect with us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ambient-ai/?viewAsMember=true) and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@ambient-ai-inc) About the role: We are looking for a high-energy, proactive, and tech-savvy Office Manager who wants to wear many hats and to serve as the backbone of our daily operations. You won’t just be sitting behind a desk; you will be the curator of our environment, the architect of our celebrations, and the first line of support for our team. What you'll do:

- Environmental Pride: Take full ownership of the office aesthetic. This includes daily rounds to ensure conference rooms are "client-ready," the kitchen is pristine, and the coffee is flowing.
- The Seamless Employee Lifecycle: You will own the new hire experience. This means being innovative and obsessed with the details—ensuring every laptop is delivered on time, every desk is perfectly set up with swag, and every new employee feels welcomed and ready to contribute on Day 1.
- Events & Culture: Bring the "fun" through creative, well-organized and detail-oriented event planning. You’ll manage our company swag and lead the Anniversary Recognition Program with meticulous organization.
- Tech-savvy: We are a tech-forward company - you should be comfortable using, Google Suite, specifically Google Sheets and can create basic equations, Google slides, AI tools and can troubleshoot basic IT tools such as Zoom rooms if IT Manager is not available.
- Vendor management & financial rigor: Manage office expenses and vendor costs to optimize budget and find savings whenever possible.
- Visitor Experience: Provide an Ambient Class experience with professional energy, ensuring interviewees and customers feel welcome.
- Office Compliance & Safety: Ownership of workplace safety and regulatory compliance. This includes maintaining up-to-date knowledge of local health and safety regulations (OSHA), managing office security protocols (badge access, guest logs), etc.
- India Office Support: Order office supplies, coordinate onboarding
- Other Responsibilities: Office lead for replica weapon testing process, manage and lead company meetings every Friday, and other duties as they arise

What you'll bring:

- Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree is preferred
- Proven Experience: 2+ years in Office Management, Event Management, or a similar high-touch operational role. Experience in a high-growth startup environment is a significant plus.
- Able to lift 25+ lbs
- The Embodiment of "Ambient Class" & "Own It": You are a self-starter who takes immense pride in your work. You represent Ambient Class through discretion and a "white-glove" standard, fixing problems before they arise. You don’t need a map to execute; you simply own the physical and cultural health of the office, knowing that every detail matters.
- Proactive & Fast: You operate with a sense of urgency and have a "no task too small" attitude—you’ll jump from a budget spreadsheet to onboarding a new hire without missing a beat.
- Professional & Discreet: You are a high-level communicator who knows how to hold a crowd's attention but also knows when to maintain strict confidentiality.
- The "Kind No": You are approachable and helpful, yet firm in maintaining office policies and budgets.
- Tech Savvy: You are an expert in Google Suite (Sheets/Excel) and eager to use AI technology to solve manual problems.
- Reliable: You take pride in being the first one in the door to ensure the team is set up for success by 9:00 AM.

Why join us:

- We are creating an entirely new category within a 120+ billion-dollar physical security industry, and we’re looking for team members who share our mission to prevent every security incident possible
- We have an impressive customer roster of F500 companies, including Adobe, TikTok, and SentinelOne
- Regular full-time employees receive stock options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
- Comprehensive health + welfare package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, EAP, Legal Services, 401k plan)
- We offer flexible time off to rest and recharge, including Winter Break (time off between Christmas and New Year’s for most roles depending on customer demand)
- The latest tech and awesome swag will be delivered to your door
- Enjoy a full range of opportunities to connect with your awesome co-workers
- We love to [hike](https://www.alltrails.com/us/california/palo-alto), are foodies, and love music! Check out our most recent [Ambient Spotify Playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3m2bFd0UGTJ4Uicrw9xPXG?si=985964b33f734b78)

#Onsite Ambient.ai is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Ambient does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Ambient is an E-Verify participant.

## About Ambient.ai

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Ambient.ai provides an AI-powered agentic physical security platform that transforms existing camera and access control infrastructure into a unified intelligence layer to prevent security incidents in real time.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Redwood City, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Shikhar Shrestha (CEO) and Vikesh Khanna (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI-powered enterprise physical security (category creator of “Agentic Physical Security”)
- **Target customers**: Large enterprises with 1,000–100,000+ employees, including Fortune 500 companies, top U.S. technology firms, healthcare systems, educational institutions, data centers, and critical infrastructure operators. B2B, security teams (CSOs, CISOs, SOC managers).
- **Mission**: Prevent every security incident possible.

## Products & Services
- **Ambient Foundation (Base Platform)**: Always‑on situational awareness layer that unifies cameras, access systems, and sensors. Features Agentic Video Walls, Semantic Search (natural‑language video querying), multi‑site management, and PACS Visual Previews.
- **Ambient Advanced Forensics**: Compresses investigations from hours/days to seconds. Includes Similarity Search, License Plate Recognition, and Incident Timeline creation – up to 20× faster investigation speed.
- **Ambient Access Intelligence**: Agentic solution for access control monitoring. Links access control alarms with visual context to auto‑validate events, eliminating 90–95% of false alarms (DFO/DHO events) and saving up to $500K annually.
- **Ambient Threat Detection**: Real‑time threat analysis with 150+ validated threat signatures (perimeter breaches, tailgating, assault, brandished firearms, loitering, etc.). Contextual Threat Analysis Engine interprets intent; 90% of alerts resolved in under one minute.
- **Ambient Pulsar (Vision‑Language Model)**: The industry’s first always‑on, edge‑optimized reasoning VLM purpose‑built for physical security. Trained on 1M+ hours of ethically sourced enterprise video, NVIDIA‑accelerated, continuously learning.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with strategic investment from Allegion Ventures (largest check Allegion has written). Also backed by Y Combinator, SV Angel, and individual investors including Jyoti Bansal (AppDynamics), George Kurtz (CrowdStrike), Frederic Kerrest (Okta), and Mark Leslie (Veritas).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: a16z (led Series A & B), Allegion Ventures, Y Combinator, SV Angel.
- **Growth Signals**: 4×+ top‑line and customer growth since emerging from stealth in 2022. Used by most of the top 10 U.S. technology companies and multiple Fortune 500 organizations. Recognized as a Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Star, YC Top Company, and SIW Reader’s Choice Awards winner.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Category creator** of Agentic Physical Security – distinct from legacy video analytics or AI‑powered cameras.
- **Hybrid edge+cloud architecture**: processes video on‑premise (raw video never leaves customer environment) while providing centralized cloud SOC console; works with 200+ ONVIF‑compliant IP camera brands and integrates with major VMS/PACS providers (Genetec, Milestone, LenelS2, Honeywell Pro‑Watch).
- **Privacy‑by‑design**: no facial recognition, no PII stored, SOC 2 Type II certified, GDPR/CCPA‑aligned.
- **Purpose‑built VLM (Ambient Pulsar)** enables real‑time temporal reasoning and open‑set threat understanding at machine speed.
- **Proven outcomes**: 90–95% false alarm reduction, 20× faster investigations, up to $500K annual labor savings.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale enterprise adoption**: expanding beyond top tech companies into healthcare, education, financial services, energy, manufacturing, defense, and government.
- **Deepen AI capabilities**: continuous improvement of Ambient Pulsar and expansion of threat signature library.
- **Agentic autonomy**: moving toward more autonomous response (escalation, dispatch, talkdown) while keeping humans in the loop.

## Why Work Here
Culture and benefits information sourced from [ambient.ai/careers](https://www.ambient.ai/careers):
- **Mission‑driven**: “If improving lives through technology is what gets you up in the morning” – team directly prevents school shootings, robberies, and asset theft.
- **Perks & benefits**: 95% medical premium coverage, 75% dental & vision, 401K (pre‑tax/Roth via Guideline), Flexible PTO, early stock option exercise via Employee Incentive Plan.
- **Culture**: Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), team outings (hiking, good food, celebrating with music), “We’re serious about our jobs—but we’re people too.”
- **Engineering culture**: Built on frontier AI (vision‑language models, edge computing); founders are Stanford AI researchers. Small but growing team (~140+ employees). Emphasis on innovation, autonomy, and real‑world impact.
- **Work model**: Not explicitly stated as remote/hybrid/office; careers page lists open roles globally. Redwood City HQ likely onsite or hybrid.

## Sources
1. [ambient.ai - Homepage](https://www.ambient.ai/)
2. [ambient.ai - Careers](https://www.ambient.ai/careers)
3. [ambient.ai - About](https://www.ambient.ai/about)
4. [ambient.ai - AI Info (structured data)](https://www.ambient.ai/ai-info)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com - Ambient.ai Job Board](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ambient.ai)

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