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Warp

Active · AI-native Employee Management Platform for High-Growth Companies

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14signal of 100 · rising 4
  • team of 80Team size · YC's directory+9.9
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4

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Competitors

AICampfireShared: mid size, fastest growing, campfireYC S23San FranciscoStartup →AIAlgoViralShared: high growth, native, startupYC S21LondonStartup →OthermalibouShared: run payroll, hr tech, employeeYC W24ParisStartup →AIGeneral LegalShared: high growth, top, workYC W26Startup →OtherAcquiredGatherShared: high growth, hr tech, managementYC S20New York CityStartup →
Companies closest to Warp
Company
CampfireShared: mid size, fastest growing, campfireYC S23ActiveAI
AlgoViralShared: high growth, native, startupYC S21ActiveAI
malibouShared: run payroll, hr tech, employeeYC W24ActiveOther
General LegalShared: high growth, top, workYC W26ActiveAI
GatherShared: high growth, hr tech, managementYC S20AcquiredOther

Adjacent

AIJuiceboxShared: top startup, fastest growing, hr techYC S22San FranciscoStartup →Developer toolsInactiveBridgecardShared: top startup, high growth, workYC S22LagosStartup →AIAcquiredCentralShared: payroll, hr tech, trustYC S24San FranciscoStartup →AIAffinity LabsShared: high growthAntler 2025UKStartup →OtherHuman InterestShared: high growth, hr tech, employeeYC S15San FranciscoStartup →
Companies next to Warp
Company
JuiceboxShared: top startup, fastest growing, hr techYC S22 +1ActiveAI
BridgecardShared: top startup, high growth, workYC S22InactiveDevtools
CentralShared: payroll, hr tech, trustYC S24AcquiredAI
Affinity LabsShared: high growthAntler 2025Not statedAI
Human InterestShared: high growth, hr tech, employeeYC S15ActiveOther

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Company
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FlexDeskAI Agents for corporate real estate teamsteam of 8hiringActiveAI
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SalientAI Servicing for Auto Lendersteam of 40hiringActiveAI
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About Warp

Warp is the AI-native employee management platform for high-growth companies. We run payroll, HR, compliance, benefits, and IT on a single platform for companies from 5 to 10,000 employees, using AI agents to complete the work that legacy systems leave to people. We've raised $85M from Battery Ventures, Peak XV, Sound Ventures (Ashton Kutcher), Sapphire, A-Star, SV Angel, and Homebrew Capital. Some of the fastest growing companies of today trust Warp to reduce HR and admin overhead so they build faster. We're proud to serve top startups like Serval, Bland, Greptile, Reducto, Corgi, Campfire, alongside our mid-size and enterprise customers. We're humbled to have the backing of people who have built some of the most important companies of the last two decades: Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, former Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson, Dropbox co-founders Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan, Eventbrite founder Kevin Hartz, former Cruise founder Kyle Vogt, and Replit founder Amjad Masad.

YC batch
W23 · Winter 2023
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI
Team size
80
Location
New York City, NY, USA
Checked
7h ago

YC tags: B2B, HR Tech, Payroll, Operations, AI

Warp in W23: 274 companies, 69% AI

Warp: questions

Which YC batch was Warp in?

Warp was in Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch (W23).

Is Warp still active?

Y Combinator lists Warp as active.

Where is Warp based?

Warp lists New York City, NY, USA as its location on YC's directory.