Zapier acquired the team behind Vowel; Andrew Berman joined Zapier as Director of AI.
SourcePublic company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Zapier is a remote-first AI orchestration and workflow automation company founded in 2011. It connects 9,000+ apps so non-technical teams can automate workflows, govern AI agents, and move data without code.
Primary product
AI orchestration and workflow automation platform
Founded
2011
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
700-800
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
workflow automation / AI orchestration
Offices
14 jobs at Zapier
Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$1.2M
Latest round
Seed · Oct 2012
Latest amount
$1.2M
Oct 2012 · Bessemer Venture Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Leadership
CEO and Co-founder
CTO and Co-founder
Chief People & AI Transformation Officer
Chief Product and Technology Officer
VP, Product
Founders
Mike Knoop
Co-founder
Investors
Highly distributed, documentation-heavy, asynchronous, and transparency-oriented culture; employees are trusted to work independently and everyone participates in support and cross-functional collaboration.
Work style
Remote
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Zapier says it shares compensation early in hiring, pays equitably within a country regardless of city, emphasizes strong base salaries (described as 90th percentile), and supplements pay with profit-sharing and some equity rather than relying heavily on equity.
Benefits
Pricing
Free, Pro, Team, and Enterprise plans; task-based usage pricing with pay-as-you-go on some plans.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$200M-$300M
Estimated monthly visits
6.2M
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
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