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Howdy.com and the art of keeping the people you hire
An engineer can work anywhere. A team needs somewhere to belong. Howdy.com sells the infrastructure between those two ideas.
Niural AI spent years building what a paycheck takes for granted
Before it could ask an AI coworker to run payroll, Niural had to build the machinery that moves the money. Its wager: growing companies will pay to stop changing systems every time they change shape.
Remote sells the paperwork that lets talent stay put
A video call can cross a border in seconds. An employment contract cannot. Remote built a business in the gap - and is now reaching from payroll into the rest of working life.
Wrapbook and the Case of the Vanishing Paperwork
Hollywood knows how to make a person disappear on screen. Wrapbook is tackling a less glamorous trick: making the same crew member’s paperwork stop reappearing on every shoot.
PIO and the Price of One More Country
A first overseas hire can bring a whole country’s paperwork with them. PIO sells a way to handle the contracts, payroll and local obligations before expansion becomes an administrative occupation.
Mercans wants payday to be boring. In 160 countries.
A payroll specialist with its own calculation engine, Mercans is selling an escape from the monthly spreadsheet scramble. Its customer stories put a price on the problem.
Magnit Built a Control Tower for the Workforce Nobody Owns - One Client Says It Saved $25.7 Million
Most companies can count their employees. Contractors, consultants and temporary workers are another story. Magnit sells the software, operators and market data to turn that blind spot into a managed system - and the savings claims get very specific.
RemoteMore Failed Twice, Then Built a 50,000-Engineer Shortcut for Lean Tech Teams
Two founders named Boris burned through two startup ideas before finding the expensive bottleneck hiding behind remote work: companies did not need more resumes - they needed qualified interviews, compliant payroll and specialists who could start without months of overhead.
Pebl Wants Global Hiring to Feel Like Booking a Flight. The Hard Part Is Everything You Don't See.
Pebl sells a quick click into 185-plus labor markets. Behind it sits the decidedly unquick work of licenses, payroll rails, local benefits, immigration rules, and human judgment.
Shor
Shor is a San Francisco fintech (YC S25) that runs international payroll and Employer-of-Record services for startup founders. It pays contractors and full-time employees across 150+ countries by settling on stablecoin rails in the backend while customers transact in ordinary currencies - cutting the intermediary fees that make legacy providers like Deel and Rippling expensive. Setup happens on a single call, payroll runs within a week, and pricing starts at $19/month per contractor and $299/month per EOR employee.
Workpay
Workpay is a Nairobi-based HR and payroll software company that helps local and global businesses hire, pay, and manage employees and contractors across Africa. Its cloud platform combines payroll processing, time and attendance, leave, expenses, benefits, and Employer of Record (EOR) services so companies can run compliant payroll in local currency without setting up a legal entity in each country. Founded in 2019 out of an earlier product called TozzaPlus, the Y Combinator-backed startup serves more than 1,000 companies and processes over $200 million in payroll value a year.
RemotePass
RemotePass is a global employment and payroll platform that helps companies onboard, manage, and pay distributed teams across more than 150 countries. It combines Employer of Record (EOR) services, contractor management, and compliance with an embedded fintech layer that gives workers USD accounts, global cards, and health insurance. Founded in the UAE in 2021 and dual-headquartered in Boston and Abu Dhabi, the company has facilitated over $800 million in cross-border payroll for more than 35,000 workers.
Multiplier
Multiplier is a global employment platform that lets companies hire, onboard, pay and manage full-time employees and contractors in 150+ countries without setting up local entities. Founded in 2020 in Singapore, it bundles Employer of Record (EOR), Contractor of Record, global payroll, PEO and HRIS tooling into one dashboard, handling local labor contracts, tax, benefits and compliance so distributed teams can operate legally across borders.
Paismo
Paismo is a people-first, AI-powered HR and payroll platform built for small and mid-sized businesses in emerging markets. Founded in 2022 by University of Pennsylvania alumni Rebecka Zavaleta and Usama Mahmud, it combines core HR, time and attendance, leave, performance management and automated payroll into one cloud system - with localized features designed from the ground up for markets that legacy HR software has long ignored. Backed by a $1.5M seed haul led by Indus Valley Capital, Paismo now spans the US, UAE, Pakistan, Mexico and Ethiopia, and has layered on Employer of Record services and a one-click payroll partnership with easypaisa.
Plane
Plane (formerly Pilot) is a San Francisco-based global payroll, HR, and compliance platform that lets fast-growing companies pay U.S. employees, international employees, and contractors from a single system. Founded in 2017 out of Y Combinator's Winter 2017 batch, Plane runs domestic payroll, hires people abroad through employer-of-record services, and pays contractors in 240+ countries and 130+ currencies - pitching itself as the easiest-to-set-up multi-country payroll tool, with an unusual approach of charging foreign-exchange fees at cost rather than marking them up.
Atlas HXM
Atlas HXM is a Chicago-based Human Experience Management platform and the original direct Employer of Record (EOR), letting companies hire, pay, and support talent in 160+ countries without setting up local entities. By owning and operating its own legal entities worldwide, Atlas handles payroll, benefits, compliance, and immigration through a single technology platform, onboarding international employees in as little as two weeks.
Deel
Deel is a global HR and payroll platform that lets companies hire, pay, and manage workers in 150+ countries, handling contracts, compliance, taxes, benefits, and IT - all in one place.
RemoFirst
RemoFirst is an Employer of Record platform that lets companies hire, pay, and manage full-time employees and contractors in 185+ countries without setting up local entities. Founded in 2021 in San Francisco, it competes with Deel and Rippling by undercutting them on price - starting at $199 per employee per month - and handling payroll, taxes, benefits, equipment, and visas on its customers' behalf.
Terminal
Terminal is a global talent platform that helps companies build and manage remote engineering teams across Canada, Latin America and Europe. It vets developers, handles employment, payroll and benefits as employer of record, and matches them with startups and enterprises hiring full-time or contract engineers.