# Pebl

> Pebl, the company formerly known as Velocity Global, is an employer of record and global workforce platform that lets businesses hire, pay, support, and relocate people without first creating a local legal entity. Its pitch combines a decade of employment infrastructure with self-service software and Alfie, an AI workforce agent grounded in vetted country guidance. Customers range from startups to Fortune 500 companies, and Pebl says its network reaches more than 185 countries.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Founders:** Ben Wright (Founder and Chairman)
- **Team size:** Approximately 800 employees in supplied company data; LinkedIn lists 501-1,000 employees and showed about 515 profiles in August 2026.
- **Products:** Employer of Record, Global Work Platform, Alfie, Global Payroll, Benefits Administration
- **Notable:** Expanded service coverage to more than 185 countries and reported 65 owned entities at the September 2025 rebrand., Supported more than 1,500 customers worldwide by September 2025., Processed more than $1 billion in annual global payroll according to the company.

## Products & services

- **Employer of Record** — Pebl becomes the local legal employer while the customer directs day-to-day work; the service covers compliant contracts, payroll, taxes, statutory benefits, leave, onboarding, and offboarding.
- **Global Work Platform** — A central system for hiring, paying, managing, and supporting international employees, with country guidance, cost visibility, reporting, and integrations.
- **Alfie** — Pebl's AI workforce agent provides vetted global-employment guidance, reporting, support routing, and, from 2026, executable workflows such as requests and approvals.
- **Global Payroll** — Multi-country payroll operations, tax handling, reporting, and workforce payments, including crypto-ready wallet deposits that keep official payroll in local fiat.
- **Benefits Administration** — Locally compliant statutory and supplemental benefits with country-specific guidance and administration.
- **Global Immigration** — Visa, relocation, and immigration support for international employees and business travel needs.
- **Contractor and Agent of Record Services** — Contractor engagement, payments, risk review, and conversion paths intended to reduce worker-misclassification exposure.
- **Global Equity and International Pensions** — Support for cross-border equity administration, token equity reporting, and retirement benefits.
- **Pebl Embed** — APIs and bespoke integrations that put global offer, onboarding, employee profile, and time-off workflows inside partner HR, recruiting, finance, or internal systems.

## Achievements

- Expanded service coverage to more than 185 countries and reported 65 owned entities at the September 2025 rebrand.
- Supported more than 1,500 customers worldwide by September 2025.
- Processed more than $1 billion in annual global payroll according to the company.
- Built an in-house network of more than 200 legal and hiring experts.
- Guided more than 160 cross-border M&A deals by September 2025.
- Named a Leader in NelsonHall's global EOR evaluation five times through 2025.
- Ranked No. 4 on the 2018 Inc. 5000 list, according to NelsonHall's company history.
- Raised $500 million across its 2021 and 2022 institutional funding rounds.
- Reported 99.9% payroll accuracy and timeliness for its embedded employment infrastructure.
- Alfie reported an 83.5% support-ticket deflection rate and a 98.2% deflection rate for global hiring and compliance questions by June 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Pebl expanded Alfie from a guidance assistant into a workforce agent that can complete approvals, requests, reporting, and other in-platform HR workflows.
- **2026-06** — Patrick MacKelvie joined as chief revenue officer; Dutta Satadip became chief business officer; Shawn McIntire became chief legal and people officer; founder Ben Wright returned to the chairman role. Pebl said first-quarter growth was 40%.
- **2026-01** — Pebl introduced crypto-ready payroll and token-equity support, keeping wages and statutory processing in fiat while allowing deposits to licensed wallet accounts where permitted.
- **2026-01** — Doug Pullman was named chief marketing officer following the rebrand and AI-first product expansion.
- **2025-12** — The company announced new AI agents for global hiring, support, and compliance workflows.
- **2025-10** — Pebl formally launched Alfie as an AI assistant for global hiring guidance and workforce support.
- **2025-09** — Velocity Global rebranded as Pebl and launched its AI-first global hiring platform.

## Links

- Website: https://hellopebl.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hellopebl/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/HelloPebl
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HelloPebl
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hello_pebl
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellopebl/

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Last updated: 2026-08-13