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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

About

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 Β· 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
StripeMcKinseyUPennπŸŽ“ 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

Product & design

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator Β· Jul 2024
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The first back-office platform that automates all the painful compliance work.

Central launches as a payroll, benefits, and operations platform for startups that automates compliance tasks end-to-end, handling payroll registrations, tax filings, workers’ comp, government mail monitoring, BOI reporting, and insurance across states and countries. It targets founders and automates setup and ongoing tasks to save time and reduce fines, with a free start and migration support.

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