Acquisition
Jun 2022Pave acquired Advanced-HR from Morgan Stanley, including Option Impact, Option Driver, and the Venture Capital Executive Compensation Survey (VCECS), alongside its Series C financing.
SourceCompany research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Pave is an AI-native compensation management platform that helps companies benchmark pay, price jobs, run merit cycles, and communicate total rewards using real-time compensation data and workflow software.
Primary product
AI-native compensation management platform
Founded
2019
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
150-200
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Compensation management software / HR tech
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
New York City, New York, United States
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS subscription
Freemium software
Data and benchmarking subscriptions
Workflow software
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
Founder and CEO
GM, Market Data & VP, Insights & Strategy
VP of Legal
Work & culture
Highly cross-functional, collaborative, and transparency-oriented; official culture language emphasizes one team, intellectual honesty, play to win, and a high standard for pay and decision-making.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
Public hiring materials emphasize cash plus equity, standard health and retirement benefits, and a 3-5 round interview process. Pave also markets its own compensation benchmarks and planning tools as part of a transparent pay philosophy.
Benefits
Cash and equity
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k)
Flexible paid time off
Hybrid work with office presence and remote members
Product & market
Pricing
Freemium plus enterprise subscription pricing; individual modules and full-suite packages are available.
Differentiators
- —Real-time compensation data instead of annual survey snapshots
- —Direct integrations with HRIS, ATS, and EMS systems
- —AI-assisted job matching and predictive machine learning
- —Aggregated, de-identified benchmarking data
- —Broad benchmark coverage across countries, metros, job families, and pay types
- —Integrated workflows for market pricing, merit cycles, and total rewards communication
Technology
Google Cloud
Vertex AI
Gemini
OpenAI
TypeScript
Python
React
Kubernetes
Terraform
Datadog
Looker
ClickHouse
GitHub Actions
Zapier
Workday
ADP
BambooHR
Salesforce
HubSpot
Atlassian
Customers
OpenAI
McDonald's
Alphabet
Atlassian
Block
Databricks
CrowdStrike
Snowflake
Roblox
Stripe
Xero
Clio
Workato
Dropbox
Instacart
Competitors
Mercer / Radford
Salary.com
Payscale
Lattice
Syndio
Carta Total Comp
CaptivateIQ
CompBldr
Scale & contact
Signals & risks
Latest news
PR Newswire · Jun 2026
Pave released its 2026 AI Maturity in Total Rewards Benchmarking Report, based on 525+ compensation leaders, finding low AI adoption maturity and outlining a five-step path to ROI centered on data foundations and AI-powered benchmarking.
Pave blog · Dec 2025
Pave summarized 2025 product and data growth, including new features, expanded benchmarking data, and increased platform usage across compensation workflows.
Pave blog · Oct 2025
Pave detailed new product capabilities including Auto-smoothing, updated integrations, expanded pay and equity support, Smart Flags, and additional workflow enhancements.
Pave blog · Sep 2025
Pave introduced its broader platform vision, new AI-powered features, and the Pave Agent at Total Rewards Live 2025.
PR Newswire · Jul 2025
Pave announced availability on Google Cloud Marketplace, said its workloads run on Google Cloud, and highlighted Vertex AI, Gemini, and enterprise customers using the platform.
Jobs and careers at Pave
17 jobs at Pave
Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform
On-site
Engineering
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY; San Francisco, California, United States
2w ago
On-site
Full-time
Technical Recruiter
On-site
G&A
San Francisco, CA; San Francisco, California, United States
2w ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior Software Frontend Engineer, Market Pricing
On-site
Engineering
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States
2w ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior Software Engineer, Agent
On-site
Engineering
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States
2w ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Manager
On-site
Customer Success
San Francisco, California, United States
3w ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior Software Backend Engineer, Market Pricing
On-site
Engineering
New York, New York, United States, San Francisco, California, United States; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Sales Development Representative
On-site
Sales
San Francisco, CA; San Francisco, California, United States
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior Security Engineer
On-site
Engineering
San Francisco, CA
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Customer Success Engineer
On-site
Customer Success
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior Software Engineer, Product
On-site
Engineering
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Analytics Engineer
On-site
Data
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Engineering Manager, Compensation Planning
On-site
Engineering
San Francisco, CA
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Software Engineer, Product
On-site
Engineering
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior Software Engineer - Developer Platform
On-site
Engineering
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Insights Analyst
On-site
Data
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Enterprise Account Executive
On-site
Sales
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
6mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Software Engineer - Core Platform
On-site
Engineering
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
7mo ago
On-site
Full-time