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Flash
Flash operates an AI-powered shopping assistant and product research platform that helps consumers find and evaluate consumer goods like cosmetics, electronics, and skincare. Users can input product links, social media videos, or text queries to access data-driven rankings, ingredient analysis, and research-backed reviews.
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Flash at a glance
Flash is a fintech company headquartered in Brazil. It has raised at least $130M across the 2 funding rounds on record. Its most recent funding round, Series D, raised $30M in August 2026. Xcout tracks 4 named people at Flash, including Ricardo Salem (CEO). Xcout recorded 88 job postings from Flash in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Jira, Confluence, HubSpot.
Flash leadership
- Ricardo SalemCEO
- Pedro LaneCOO and Co-founder
- Guilherme Laneco-founder
- Ricardo Salemco-founder
Flash funding rounds
At least $130M raised across the 2 rounds on record. Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series D | $30M | 3 named | |
| Series C | $100M | 1 named |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Flash
Xcout recorded 88 job postings from Flash in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since June 2026.
Tools named in Flash's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it — see Flash's hiring signals →
Recent Flash news
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 50 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 81 startup financial services companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Flash’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
Signed-in members see the AI-skill share and its change with peer percentiles, role mix, posting momentum and advertised US pay against the market.
Investors
Tech stack
Flash competitors
A few of Flash's closest competitors — see the full list of competitors and alternatives →
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More on Flash in Xcout Intel
- 4 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
- 2 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- 2 corporate events with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
- The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access