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Motive
Motive, Inc. is a technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that builds products for workforce management and related sectors.
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Motive at a glance
Motive is a logistics tech company headquartered in United States. It has raised at least $37.3M across the 3 funding rounds on record. Its most recent funding round raised $6.3M in November 2024. Xcout tracks 24 named people at Motive, including John W. Habeck (Pres., CEO, Secy.). Xcout recorded 629 job postings from Motive in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Claude, Gemini, Model Context Protocol.
Motive leadership
- John W. HabeckPres., CEO, Secy.
- Thomas HansenPresident, Go-to-Market
- Chirag ShahChief Financial Officer
- Amish BabuChief Technology Officer
- Hemant BanavarChief Product Officer
- Jiphun SatapathyChief Information Security Officer
18 more named people on record for Motive, with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →
Motive funding rounds
At least $37.3M raised across the 3 rounds on record. Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC Form D filing | $6.3M | — | |
| Series B | $16M | — | |
| Series B | $15M | — |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Motive
Xcout recorded 629 job postings from Motive in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since June 2026.
Tools named in Motive's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it — see Motive's hiring signals →
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 269 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 225 scale-up industrials companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Motive’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.
Tech stack
Motive competitors
A few of Motive's closest competitors — see the full list of competitors and alternatives →
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More on Motive in Xcout Intel
- 24 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
- 3 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- 1 corporate event with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
- The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access