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Niantic
Niantic, Inc. is a software development company and video game developer based in San Francisco, California, known as a leader in augmented reality mobile games and technologies.
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Niantic at a glance
Niantic is a gaming company headquartered in United States, founded in 2010. It has raised at least $986.2M across the 7 funding rounds on record. Its most recent funding round raised $300M in November 2021. Xcout recorded 354 job postings from Niantic in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Jira, Looker, Tableau.
Niantic funding rounds
At least $986.2M raised across the 7 rounds on record. The 5 most recent:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC Form D filing | $300M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $244.6M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $198.8M | — | |
| Series B | $200M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $2.8M | — |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Niantic
Xcout recorded 354 job postings from Niantic in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since April 2026.
Tools named in Niantic's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it and all 33 tools — see Niantic's hiring signals →
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 229 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 90 scale-up communication services companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Niantic’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.
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Niantic competitors
A few of Niantic's closest competitors — see the full list of competitors and alternatives →
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More on Niantic in Xcout Intel
- 7 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access