# Howdy.com

> Howdy.com is an Austin-based staffing and talent-support company connecting US businesses with full-time Latin American professionals. It combines recruitment with payroll, benefits, equipment, local workspaces and performance coaching, positioning itself as a partner for building long-term distributed teams.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Austin, United States
- **Founders:** Jacqueline Samira (Co-founder and CEO), Frank Licea (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** Nearshore recruiting and team support, Payroll, benefits and employment support, Howdy Houses, Performance coaching, AI-Native Engineering
- **Notable:** Inc. 5000 rankings: No. 238 in 2023, No. 565 in 2024, No. 1,751 in 2025 and No. 2,897 in 2026., January 2023 company announcement reported $21 million raised across financing to date., Acquired GeekHunter in 2023, expanding its Brazilian recruiting presence.

## Products & services

- **Nearshore recruiting and team support** — Sources and vets full-time engineers and other professionals; supports clients with onboarding and ongoing talent operations.
- **Payroll, benefits and employment support** — Handles cross-border employment administration with EOR and other contracting structures.
- **Howdy Houses** — Local workspaces and community programming; the first opened in Montevideo in 2019.
- **Performance coaching** — Pairs professionals with experienced engineering-management coaches.
- **AI-Native Engineering** — Published curriculum covers prompting, context management, spec-driven development and evaluation engineering.
- **Leverage AI for Managers** — Six-week cohort program described in the company FAQ.

## Achievements

- Inc. 5000 rankings: No. 238 in 2023, No. 565 in 2024, No. 1,751 in 2025 and No. 2,897 in 2026.
- January 2023 company announcement reported $21 million raised across financing to date.
- Acquired GeekHunter in 2023, expanding its Brazilian recruiting presence.
- Company reports 98% retention; its FAQ describes this as professionals staying with partners through their first two years.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Inc.’s 2026 list ranks Howdy.com No. 2,897, with 108% three-year growth.
- **2026-06** — Manatal published an interview page with co-founder Frank Licea about developer-first recruitment; the interview itself discusses earlier company milestones.

## Links

- Website: https://www.howdy.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/howdy/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/hurrayforhowdy
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@howdylatam
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howdylatam/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/hurrayforhowdy
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@howdylatam

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Last updated: 2026-10-05