Warp
HR/payroll software space. They realized that every existing payroll solution was just manual work dressed up with software. Same complexity, same errors, same time drain—just with a nicer interface. Ayush and the Warp team have set out to solve this problem at its root - by building an automated platform that understands the requirements for 10,000+ tax jurisdictions _without any_ human intervention. They took a very product-centric approach to scaling - rather than over-hire and over-spend, they made sure to automate every bottleneck in their system. It seems to have worked - customers can now set up their HR, payroll, and tax compliance in just 10 minutes. They now support hundreds of customers - from 2-person startups to companies with 100s of employees - on all things payroll, tax compliance, and HR. And they, backed by $24 million (including a recently announced Series A), are hiring for 10 roles across all departments: operations, GTM, design, engineering, and more.
WorkOS
WorkOS builds tools and services for developers to help them implement authentication, identity, authorization, and overall enterprise readiness. They’ve raised $100m and have customers including OpenAI, Cursor, Perplexity, and hundreds of others.