19 HR Tech companies in San Francisco.
By the Numbers
Funding
Juicebox
San Francisco
Juicebox is an AI-powered recruitment company founded by Ishan Gupta and David Paffenholz, aiming to disrupt recruiting with AI that can reason and take actions. It serves 2,500+ clients, seven-figure revenue, is cashflow positive, and has
Gigs
Gigs is building the operating system for mobile services, enabling tech companies to embed connectivity and automate phone-plan provisioning for fintechs and HRIS platforms. Backed by nearly $100 million from Ribbit Capital, Google, and Y
Alex (formerly Apriora)
Alex AI builds the future of hiring with an autonomous recruiter that conducts real-time video interviews, asking employer-selected or job-based questions and personalized follow-ups to speed hires and improve signals; it supports thousands
Central
**Central Payroll, benefits, state compliance & other bullsh*t for startups** 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 an
Paraform
Paraform is a recruiting marketplace that connects companies with a network of specialized recruiters to fill roles faster and more accurately. Backed by prominent investors and partners like Palantir and Decagon, it aims to be the first en
Miter
Miter positions itself as the modern construction operating system, a leading HCM platform for the $2 trillion construction industry that uses AI and embedded payments to overhaul HR, finance, and operations, delivering cost savings and pro
Rippling
Rippling is a San Francisco-based workforce management platform that unifies applicant tracking, payroll, IT, and expenses, delivering a shared source of truth, automation, and insights by syncing data across apps to enable faster, better d
Complete
Complete provides compensation for fast-growth startups, serving elite tech teams such as Render, Linear, Vercel, and DataStax. Revenue has grown threefold this year, momentum as the company is at an inflection point and plans significant t
Colare
Colare is an end-to-end hiring platform for hardtech teams in automotive, aerospace, energy, and defense. Its AI-powered simulations replicate real engineering workflows—from CAD to systems problem solving—to evaluate talent, with stack-ran
Simplify
Simplify builds AI-enabled hiring infrastructure to democratize the job search, offering an AI-powered talent agent to help users plan, manage, and achieve career goals, backed by Craft and Y Combinator, with 1M job seekers applying to 100M
Instawork
Instawork is an on-demand staffing app that connects hourly hospitality workers with businesses, backed by $120 million in funding and led by CEO Sumir Meghani. Founded in 2016 in San Francisco, it aims to create economic opportunities glob
Zeal
Zeal is a Series B fintech backed by Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Portage, born in Cairo and operating from London. It builds an ecosystem for staffing, payments, loyalty, and AI insights, onboarding thousands of workers weekly and proc
Human Interest
**The 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses.** Human Interest is on a mission to ensure that people in all lines of work have access to retirement benefits. Nearly half of all working Americans are not saving enough for their future
Gem
Gem is a recruiting technology company helping organizations hire great teams; co-founded by CEO Steven Bartel (former Dropbox engineer), it launched in 2018 and has attracted funding from Accel, Greylock, and Y Combinator to modernize recr
Homebase
Homebase helps small business teams operate effectively, with more than 100,000 small businesses relying on its offerings.
Dover
Dover is building the first end-to-end recruiting orchestration platform via a Recruiter Marketplace that connects companies with expert Recruiting Partners; launched in 2024 and now serves 200+ early-stage tech companies, 150+ using its pr
Hammr
Hammr modernizes payroll and HR for the U.S. construction industry, offering a construction-specific alternative to platforms like ADP and Paychex in a $2.2 trillion market. Backed by $5M from YC and industry leaders, it's billed as a Rippl
Trueplace
Trueplace provides interview-preparation tools through its Confetto AI and Soreno AI platforms, offering resources designed to help individuals prepare effectively for interviews.
Sourceress
Sourceress is a San Francisco-based AI recruiter, founded in 2017, with a 35-person team. Its process leaves hiring managers excited about candidates more than 85% of the time.
