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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.
ADP
Founded to hand-process payroll for a handful of New Jersey firms, ADP now quietly moves the paychecks of one in six American workers - and it hasn't missed a quarterly earnings increase since 1961.
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.
Hubpay
Hubpay is a UAE-regulated fintech that gives small and medium businesses a global payments platform - multi-currency business accounts, competitive FX, cross-border payroll, and regulated payment links in one dashboard. Founded in 2019 by Kevin Kilty and licensed under the Abu Dhabi Global Market, it was the first independently regulated fintech in the UAE authorized to offer digital money services, and it now connects the UAE with markets across Asia, Africa, and Europe.
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.
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.
Bolto
Bolto is an AI-native, all-in-one platform that helps fast-growing companies hire, pay, and manage software talent across borders. It pairs expert local recruiters with AI screening to deliver candidate shortlists in days, then handles payroll, onboarding, and compliance in 150+ countries - replacing the patchwork of recruiters, EORs, and payroll tools companies usually stitch together.
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.