# Aeqium

> Aeqium is a San Francisco-based software company building an AI-driven compensation planning platform for HR and people teams. Founded in 2020 by former Uber, Palantir, Walmart Labs and Braze engineers, Aeqium replaces spreadsheet-based comp cycles with an agentic system that builds salary bands, runs pay-equity and analytics, manages merit and bonus reviews, and communicates total rewards to employees. It integrates with common HRIS, ATS and equity systems and counts companies like Braze, Warby Parker, Hopper, WHOOP and dbt Labs among its customers.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Peter McKee (Co-Founder & CEO), Dwijen Patel (Co-Founder), Jared Katz (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~12-14 employees
- **Products:** Compensation Planning Platform, Aeqium AI (Agentic Configuration), Compensation Bands & Analytics, Total Rewards Employee Portal, Interactive Offer Letters
- **Notable:** Raised seed funding from Vestigo Ventures and Ridge Ventures in March 2023., SOC 2 Type 2 certified and GDPR compliant., Adopted by well-known brands including Braze, Warby Parker, Hopper and WHOOP.

## Products & services

- **Compensation Planning Platform** — End-to-end software to run merit, bonus and equity cycles with custom matrices, approval chains and budget guardrails - no coding required.
- **Aeqium AI (Agentic Configuration)** — Plain-language AI that configures comp cycles, builds compensation logic, manages salary bands and surfaces analytics automatically.
- **Compensation Bands & Analytics** — Salary band creation and management with pay-equity monitoring, compa-ratio tracking, pay-compression and retention-risk detection.
- **Total Rewards Employee Portal** — An employee-facing view giving staff full visibility into their total compensation and rewards.
- **Interactive Offer Letters** — Customizable, interactive offer communications for candidates.
- **HR Systems Integrations** — Direct integrations with most HRIS, ATS and equity management systems, plus CSV upload, with SOC 2 Type 2 certification and GDPR compliance.

## Achievements

- Raised seed funding from Vestigo Ventures and Ridge Ventures in March 2023.
- SOC 2 Type 2 certified and GDPR compliant.
- Adopted by well-known brands including Braze, Warby Parker, Hopper and WHOOP.
- Reported customer results of comp reviews completed in half the time with 90% fewer errors.

## Latest updates

- **2023-03** — Announced seed investment from Vestigo Ventures and Ridge Ventures, positioned around accelerating pay transparency and stock-based compensation challenges.
- **2024-11** — Team reported at roughly 14 employees, all in North America, per company profile data.
- **2025-01** — Repositioned marketing around 'the only AI built to execute compensation planning,' emphasizing agentic, plain-language configuration.

## Links

- Website: https://www.aeqium.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aeqium
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPPLKWriA-3BPgzQOR4UCAA

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Last updated: 2026-07-07