Company details

HEADCOUNT

1-24

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Energy & Climate

WEBSITE

http://www.copperlabs.com/

About the company

Copper Labs builds hardware and software that pull near real-time data from existing electric, gas, and water meters, aimed at helping utilities run more data-driven customer and grid programs. Public write-ups describe a small device that bridges “legacy” meters to the internet so usage data can be accessed more frequently than traditional meter reads. Copper Labs is based in Boulder, Colorado and was founded in 2016. A 2022 funding announcement described plans to grow sales, engineering, and marketing.

Locations and presence

Copper Labs is listed as headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with a small employee footprint visible on public profiles. The main website currently shows a “Coming Soon” relaunch page, so role and policy details are not easy to validate from the company’s own site.

Palpable Score

38.7

/ 100

Copper Labs looks like a very small team where an early-career hire could learn fast through autonomy and proximity to core work. The score is held back by a lack of verifiable junior entry roles, a thin public hiring process, and minimal outcome evidence beyond a tiny number of reviews.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

4.0

/ 20

The company does not show a live careers page or a reliable jobs feed, and the main website currently does not publish open roles.
Copper Labs is listed on Built In with “No jobs to discover at this time,” which makes entry-level access hard to verify in practice.
The company’s recent role evidence on third-party boards skews experienced (for example an Account Executive listing), rather than “0–2 years” or internship pipelines.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

8.0

/ 20

The company does not publish interview stages, timelines, or assessment expectations anywhere public-facing on the company website.
Copper Labs has limited but real external process signals via Indeed “interview insights,” yet the detail is too thin to judge consistency or workload fairness.
The company has too little candidate experience material publicly available to confirm feedback norms, task burden, or response times across roles.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

11.0

/ 20

The company is described in an employee review as offering flexible hours, autonomy, and a wide range of projects, which can be strong learning terrain for an early-career hire.
Copper Labs operates in a technically and commercially complex utility domain (meter data, grid programs, customer engagement), which can create rapid skill growth if coaching is present.
The company does not publish onboarding, mentoring, or progression practices, so learning support depends on individual managers rather than a visible system.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

8.7

/ 20

The company does not publish salary ranges or benefits details for roles, which caps pay fairness confidence for early-career candidates.
Copper Labs has at least one employee review noting compensation was not as strong as other opportunities, which is a caution signal even with a small sample.
The company’s public materials do not clarify job stability signals that matter for juniors, such as permanent vs contract mix, equity basics, or benefits eligibility.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

7.0

/ 20

The company has only one visible employee review on Glassdoor, so retention and progression conclusions are heavily evidence-limited.
Copper Labs has a public funding story tied to growth plans, but growth intent is not the same as published junior promotion or retention outcomes.
The company’s LinkedIn footprint confirms a small team and active presence, but Copper Labs does not publish early-career outcomes like promotion timelines, junior tenure patterns, or internship conversion rates.