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September 24, 2025

How to get a job at Sana: “We hire the top 0.0001% of the market"

The Stockholm-headquartered AI company’s hiring process centres around finding generalists who dare to dream big


Olivia Elf, Sana's vice president of operations

Founded in 2016 by high school wunderkind Joel Hellemark, Stockholm-based Sana Labs has quickly become one of Europe’s most talked-about AI companies.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the DACH region and the future of work, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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