# Niural AI

> Niural AI combines US payroll, PEO services, international employment, contractor management, benefits and payments in one workforce platform. Its EMMA AI coworker operates inside these workflows, supported by proprietary tax and payroll infrastructure and banking and insurance partners. It targets businesses whose workforce complexity increases as they grow.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Nami Baral (Co-founder and CEO), Nabin Banskota (Co-founder and President), Sarin Regmi (Co-founder; former CTO), Brabim Baral (Co-founder)
- **Products:** US Payroll, US PEO, Employer of Record, Contractor Management, Niural Armor / AOR
- **Notable:** Expanded Series A to US$52 million in June 2026., Launched Niural AI Labs in June 2026., Reported completion of a SOC 2 Type 2 examination covering Security and Availability in October 2025.

## Products & services

- **US Payroll** — Multi-state payroll, tax forms, HR reporting and benefits administration under the customer’s entity.
- **US PEO** — Co-employment services for payroll, HR, compliance and access to pooled benefits.
- **Employer of Record** — International employment without establishing a local entity; advertised coverage exceeds 150 countries.
- **Contractor Management** — Contracts, timesheets, invoices, expenses and international contractor payments.
- **Niural Armor / AOR** — Contractor-of-record services with classification liability and IP protection subject to contractual terms.
- **Niural Pay** — Accounts payable with invoice extraction, approval routing, ERP integration and fiat or stablecoin payments.
- **Niural Wallet** — Holds and tracks funds across USD and crypto rails for payroll and other payments.
- **EMMA** — AI coworker embedded in payroll, onboarding, compliance and benefits workflows.
- **Global Entity Payroll** — Payroll and consolidated reporting for customers’ existing international legal entities.
- **AI Benefits Selection and Enrollment** — Plan guidance and enrollment with in-house underwriting; publication metadata dates the announcement to April 2026.
- **Niural AI Labs** — Research arm developing agents for complex, regulated operational work.

## Achievements

- Expanded Series A to US$52 million in June 2026.
- Launched Niural AI Labs in June 2026.
- Reported completion of a SOC 2 Type 2 examination covering Security and Availability in October 2025.
- Reported team growth from 40 to 110 and more than 200 product and feature releases during 2025.
- Slingshot AI case study reports a 40% benefits-cost reduction; this is a vendor-published customer result, not a general guarantee.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Added Ashby to the ATS integration ecosystem on July 28.
- **2026-06** — Launched AI Labs and announced US$21 million in strategic capital, expanding Series A to US$52 million.
- **2026-04** — Aetna master medical partnership went live.
- **2026-02** — Announced Global Entity Payroll expansion across more than 150 countries.

## Links

- Website: https://www.niural.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/niural
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/niuralhq
- GitHub: https://github.com/Niural
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@niuralhq

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Last updated: 2026-10-04