Warp

Warp is building an AI-native employee management platform that automates payroll, compliance and benefits for high-growth companies. Rather than providing tools for human administrators, the platform deploys AI agents that own entire workflows end to end - opening state tax accounts when a new hire is made, for example, or resolving government notices without human involvement. The company frames its ambition as automating an entire category of core administrative work rather than shipping a point solution.

The platform processes over $500 million in annual payroll, a figure the company says is growing quickly, and Warp has raised more than $85 million to date. Its investors include Y Combinator, Sound Ventures (Ashton Kutcher), Battery Ventures and the founders of Dropbox and Replit. Team members have previously worked at MIT, Ramp, Brex, Google, Dropbox and Apple.

Warp operates from the Flatiron district of New York City and expects employees to work in the office five days a week, on the view that speed and physical proximity confer an advantage at this stage of the company's development. It looks for people who ship constantly, own outcomes and care about craft. The company's technical work spans agentic automation, payroll and compliance systems, benefits administration and workflow automation.