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Gusto (YC W12) — Provides growing businesses with everything to take care of their team

Launched in 2012 as ZenPayroll, Gusto serves more than 300,000 businesses nationwide. Each year we process tens of billions of dollars of payroll and provide employee benefits—like health insurance and 401(k) accounts—while helping companies create incredible work places.

Gusto is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2012 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Provides growing businesses with everything to take care of their team. The founders listed are Josh Reeves (Founder/CEO), Edward Kim (Founder/Empowering Gusto's Engineering Team), Tomer London (Founder/; Empowering Gusto's Product and Design Teams) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 23, 2011).

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Gusto

New accelerator entry · 2011-11-23 · the record

Winter 2012
batch
2400
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2012
Announced2011-11-23
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size2400
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Human Resources
SectorsB2B, Payroll, Health Insurance
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringYes
Sitehttps://gusto.com
Previously known asZenPayroll

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Launched in 2012 as ZenPayroll, Gusto serves more than 300,000 businesses nationwide. Each year we process tens of billions of dollars of payroll and provide employee benefits—like health insurance and 401(k) accounts—while helping companies create incredible work places. Through one refreshingly easy, integrated platform, we automate and simplify your payroll, benefits, and HR, all while providing expert support. You and your employees will get the peace of mind you need to do your best work.

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