Village Labs LinkedIn · May 2026
Village Labs described giving two talks totaling four hours on AI-native thinking for ESOP companies and said it is helping the ESOP community understand practical AI use cases.
Helping America's businesses become employee owned
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Village Labs is a Brooklyn-based, YC-backed B2B software company building AI tools for ESOPs and advisory firms, with Peninsula as its flagship product and repurchase forecasting as a second major offering.
Primary product
Peninsula, an AI platform for ESOP advisory firms
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AI software for ESOPs and employee ownership
Offices
3 jobs at Village Labs
Business model
Stage
seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Seed · Sep 2024
Latest amount
$500K
Sep 2024 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Head of Repurchase Technology
Head of Client Experience
Investors
Mission-driven and employee-ownership focused, with an emphasis on practical AI adoption, ESOP domain expertise, secure and auditable enterprise systems, and hands-on collaboration with clients.
Compensation
Public job mirrors suggest competitive early-stage startup compensation with equity and standard benefits; examples include engineering roles around $106k-$114k estimated and sales roles with six-figure OTE. Official compensation policy is not publicly posted.
Benefits
Pricing
Peninsula appears to use a team-license + per-seat SaaS model; Repurchase Forecasting is a paid service delivered on completion, and enterprise/custom advisory pricing is also offered.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
~$0.5M/year (third-party estimate)
Village Labs LinkedIn · May 2026
Village Labs described giving two talks totaling four hours on AI-native thinking for ESOP companies and said it is helping the ESOP community understand practical AI use cases.
Village Labs LinkedIn · Nov 2025
The company said it connected with 2,000+ attendees at The ESOP Association’s Employee Owned 2025 conference and highlighted its AI tools for ESOP companies and service providers.
Y Combinator · Sep 2024
YC’s company page introduces Village Labs as a Summer 2024 company helping businesses become employee owned through ESOP software.
TechCrunch · Sep 2024
TechCrunch included Village Labs in its YC Demo Day coverage and described the company’s mission to help businesses become employee owned.