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Plena's mission is to synthesize world-class sports information and make it useful to every athlete and team around the world.

Plena is a team of researchers of sports and technology on a quest to combine fragmented data into a cohesive narrative. With the advancement of tech, data has gotten cheap, but utility is expensive. Our commitment to making information useful is a point of view that guides our research and products.
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02 · Principles

Principles that shape our research and products.

These help you get a sense of our culture and our perspective on what technology should be for sports.

01
AI transparency.
We use AI, and we want our customers to know exactly how. Every output in our system can be audited — teams can see how a conclusion was reached. That's what separates a trusted recommendation from a vague summary out of ChatGPT, and it's what makes our systems trustworthy in real settings.
02
Human steer-ability.
Our systems defer to domain expertise. They augment judgment; they don't replace it. Users can override, redirect, and recalibrate outputs — preserving the practitioner's authority over the final decision. The AI is an instrument, not an authority.
03
Authenticity.
The system is explicitly designed to serve sport as it exists — individual development, collective performance, competitive integrity, and human relationships. It will not optimize toward outputs that hollow out what makes sport meaningful. This is a deliberate constraint, not a limitation.
04
Accessibility & interactivity.
Deep capability delivered through interfaces that require no technical fluency. We build systems that meet practitioners in their language, their workflow, and their context — not the other way around. Interaction is expected, and we work hard to make engagement high at every level.
05
Research first.
We don't pretend to have all the answers — but we hold high standards in finding them, following the scientific process. In research, work has to survive peer review. That's what keeps results reliable, and it's what we want to be known for. From a single guide to every product we ship.
04 · Where we are

Growing quickly across the USA.

Plena is an early-stage research and development company. We're looking to expand our reach via strategic partnerships, key hires, funding, and media attention.

If you're a program that wants to shape what this product becomes rather than inherit it fully formed, now is the time. If you're a candidate who wants to do work that ships and work that publishes, we'd love to talk. If you're an institution with more information than you know what to do with, we want to hear from you.

PARTNERSHIPS

If you push the boundaries of sports research and want your insights used by millions, reach out.

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TEAM

If our vision resonates with your values, explore the open roles below.

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FUNDING

We are actively seeking serious backing from individuals who resonate with the vision and have the expertise to support our mission effectively. If that is you, please reach out.

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MEDIA

We're open to discussing our work. Reach out to set something up.

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05 · Careers

We hire great people who share the vision.

If that's you, the roles below aren't the whole list — they're the public part. Feel free to reach out if nothing seems like a fit.

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ENGINEERING
Founding Full-Stack Engineer · AI Pipelines
USA · Remote
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RESEARCH
Applied Research Scientist · Multimodal AI Systems
USA · Remote
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DOMAIN
Head of Partnerships · Basketball Programs
USA · Remote
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LOCATION
Chicago, Illinois · Puerto Rico
Rooted in our research ecosystem. Team distributed across the US.