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Central

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Payroll, benefits, state compliance & other bullsh*t for startups

Summer 2024Founded 202315 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Central kills back-office work for startups. While HR/payroll platforms give you software to figure it out, Central actually does all the work using AI agents and human experts: payroll, benefits, compliance, accounting, taxes, and more. That's 10+ hours back every month. Thousands of founders trust Central. Learn more and start for free at centralhq.com

Founders ยท 3

Josh Wymer
Josh WymerFounder
Meta

Josh is the CEO at Central. He was the 12th employee at Mixpanel, ran product engineering, and helped scale it to $1b+ valuation. He's also worked as a software engineer at Meta and played baseball at Virginia Tech.

Pranav Kashyap
Pranav KashyapFounder
StripeMcKinseyUPenn๐ŸŽ“ IIT

Pranav is the COO at Central, helping other companies automate back-office work. He previously built payment and tax products for millions of users at Stripe, rebuilt Mixpanel's self-serve and messaging products and spent a number of years working with technology companies at McKinsey and Sequoia Capital. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from IIT Bombay and an MBA from Wharton.

Nilay Modi
Nilay ModiFounder

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