# Brightside

> Brightside is an employer-paid financial-care benefit that pairs employees and their families with dedicated human Financial Assistants, technology, and financial solutions. It helps with urgent bills, debt, credit, emergency savings, and existing benefits while earning no commissions from employees’ product choices.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Chandler, United States
- **Founders:** Tom Spann (CEO and co-founder), Jacky Chiu (CTO and co-founder), Callum King (Co-founder and board member), Shawn Leavitt (Originator of Brightside; late founding benefits visionary), Christine Tozzi (Founding chief strategy officer), Petrina Thompson (Founding head of client service)
- **Products:** Brightside Financial Care, Brightside Savings Account, Brightside Spending Account, Paycheck-linked partner loans, Navi
- **Notable:** No. 137 on the 2025 Inc. 5000; the company reported 2,772% revenue growth from 2021 to 2024., Inc. Best Workplaces recognition in 2023, 2024, and 2025., Amazon confirmed over 150,000 hourly employee users cumulatively since 2022 in September 2026.

## Products & services

- **Brightside Financial Care** — Dedicated human Financial Assistants help with urgent money needs, debt, credit, savings, life events, and access to employer and community resources. Public launch in 2018.
- **Brightside Savings Account** — Automatic paycheck savings, with no fees or balance requirements; availability depends on employer.
- **Brightside Spending Account** — Spending account with direct deposit up to two days early, with no fees or balance requirements; employer availability varies.
- **Paycheck-linked partner loans** — Financial Assistants explore free resources first and help eligible employees apply to lending partners. Brightside is not the lender and does not decide approval.
- **Navi** — Brightside’s AI supports Financial Assistants by sorting through options; identified in the company’s October 2026 information page. Launch date unverified.
- **Employer reporting and benefits navigation** — Aggregate engagement and financial-health reporting, reviews of business outcomes, and navigation to existing employer benefits.

## Achievements

- No. 137 on the 2025 Inc. 5000; the company reported 2,772% revenue growth from 2021 to 2024.
- Inc. Best Workplaces recognition in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
- Amazon confirmed over 150,000 hourly employee users cumulatively since 2022 in September 2026.
- Its November 2022 financing release stated cumulative funding of more than $75 million.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Company information page describes Navi AI support for human Financial Assistants and reaffirms employer-funded, confidential service.
- **2026-09** — Amazon reported cumulative Brightside use by more than 150,000 hourly employees since 2022.
- **2026-09** — Brightside published an account of a Conference Board presentation with Amazon on financial stress and healthcare costs.
- **2025-08** — Brightside announced No. 137 placement on the Inc. 5000.

## Links

- Website: https://gobrightside.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gobrightside/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/go_brightside?lang=en
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/BrightsideBenefit/

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Last updated: 2026-10-16